John Milton Ward1)
Peter Luongo2)
Randy Dary3)
Being able to read treble staff notation is useful for its precision and as a transferrable skill that a student can take to any other instrument, but following a chord chart, improvising, and being able to call out chords by the numbers is likewise a practical skill for rhythm section musicians in Jazz and popular settings.
Philip Tamberino5)
Guido Heistek6)
Although tablature is certainly helpful, it is far from sufficient for the needs of any uke player. … Tablature tells you which notes to play, but it does not tell you how long any given note should last. … The easiest way to grasp the concepts of rhythm is to learn a bit of standard music notation. … Not only is learning to read music fairly easy, but the ukulele itself can make the learning a lot of fun!
David Hodge7)