I 100% agree with David Snyder that learning to read music on the guitar is a cornerstone skill to improving your guitar playing.

I am a poor sight reader. This has definitely slowed my advancement. I've played for 50 years. I'm a semi-pro level player.

David's example is a good one. It takes me a long time to learn a new melody because my sight reading is so poor. I can read a chord chart or real book lead sheet chords no problem. I can improvise over the changes. Just don't ask me to play the head. Unless I've memorized it.

I've tried reading a few times over the years with limited success. Each time I get a little better. But I still suck.

So, taking David's advice I'm getting ready to try it again.

I've owned the Berklee Guitar Method (Levy) for a decade or two.
I've also become familiar with Tomo Fujita, an interesting and inspiring Berklee instructor.

He created a project to act as a work along to the Berklee method.
I plan on giving it a go and see if it sticks a little better this time.
Here's a link to his approach if others are interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFhSawP4uXQ

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