I think there should be some daily time spent looking at standard notation. Using notation as opposed to tab leads to musical independence.

Peter Luongo²⁾

I did not think much of tablature before the ukulele, but in playing the traditionally-tuned instrument, with what is called „rentrant“ tuning, I did finally see how tablature does make sense in that special case. Trying to write for that weirdly-placed high G string is easier with tablature.

Randy Dary³⁾

Generally speaking I'm against the use of tablature in the context of music education. This, however, is an exception as the playing position of every note must be transcribed exactly.

James Hill⁴⁾

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⁾

I often end up writing the melody to the song in tablature below the words. That way the student can pick the melody first, get it in their head and then sing it.

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⁾