“Although this book includes TAB, I've never used this system and have never known any guitarist that did. TAB would never be used in any professional musical situation; using it to learn music is a crutch. Standard musical notation is the only method of communicating music other than using your own ear.
I think that reading music is essential, not only for understanding music, but for playing guitar professionally as well.” — John Scofield
Although I find that too strict. I think tabs can be useful in addition to reading notes. Best wishes, Michael