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Do I need to learn to read music to play guitar?
Reading music is not an essential skill to have when learning to play guitar, especially if you are playing rock and pop music. Many great guitarists cannot read music. There are other forms of notation to help guitarists and allow music to be written, called 'tabs'. Tabs aren't the ultimate savior, though.
Can you teach yourself to read music?
Absolutely anyone can learn to read music with the right approach and some practice. Learning to read music is not hard – anyone who can read the alphabet of everyday language or read numbers already has the tools to learn how to read music. ... And it does so to learn new things and to become more effective at a task.
