Lots of people would love to play an instrument and many people already do. But even seasoned musicians need to put a lot of effort into reading music unless they have learned how to do it properly. For the most part musicians tend to use their ears more than their eyes when they are trying to follow a piece.
You can listen to a piece of a song over and over again while you pick the notes out on a guitar or piano, and this can work well if the progression is simple or the melody is plain. If the piece is significantly complex or sophisticated, this becomes a lot harder, if not impossible. It is much easier to figure out how to play a campfire song on a guitar than it is to learn a song in the Spanish classical style, for example.
This is where being familiar with notation can save loads of time and effort. Just like scanning your eyes over a newspaper article or back cover of a book, you can get the basic information very quickly if you can sight read.
Even if you have just started to learn this skill, you will immediately see the benefits. At first you may only be able to get a vague idea of the most basic elements of the song, but as you become more advanced you will be able to take it all in just like you would a book.
If you do not yet play an instrument, you can make the entire learning process easier if you start to acquire this skill from the beginning. Take these elements of your lessons seriously. They seem boring, but theory and the ability to think in notation is very important.
Lots of people are useless when it comes to reading music, even some famous rock stars. If you put the effort into learning this skill, you will be able to play anything anyone gives you the notation for.
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