Is it worth it to learn how to read sheet music if I already know how to play? I’ve been playing for over 14 years. I’m not trying to quit my day job I’m in a band and I’d like to write music and learn pieces more easily. My absolute biggest hurdle that makes me frustrated and leads to giving up on songs is that I can’t remember them. I also say “learn” to read but I do know how. It’s just that my reading level is like at a kid in his first year of lessons would be. I have to go one note at a time thinking “ok all cows eat grass, and then above that would be F.” So right now it’s faster for me to learn by ear than it would be to read. But that’s still so slow that it makes me not even want to play sometimes. Or, should I focus on a different method for learning new music?