Why Learn to Read Music?

Why learn to read music? The answer is simple…

Learn to read music
so you can read to learn music!

Those who learn to read music–those who become musically literate–will be richly rewarded by…

gaining access to an incredibly rich library of composed music and educational materials.
deepening their understanding of how music works.
understand how to think like a composer.
automatically learning how to “memorize”, improvise, and transpose like a musician!

Takeaways

Not knowing how to read music–in other words, being musically illiterate–is not something to be proud of.

Knowing how to read music is not just a valuable skill in itself; the process of learning how to read–done right-teaches you what makes music tick.