I personally LOVE to read sheet music the way some people love to read novels. (Though I love to read novels too--or at least the good ones.)

Everyone is different, but I love musical notation because you can read the musical story, right in front of your eyes.

Here is a page from a copy of Recuerdos De la Alhambra by Tarrega I marked up. At measure 21 the song goes from A minor to A Major. The build up to this transition is such a work of meticulous planning genius, and it takes my breath away every time. Just flat-out gorgeous. I love to play it, and I love to read it. Just to marvel at the perfection.

The ladies seem to love this song as well. Forget Stairway to Heaven. Play this. The A minor to A Major transition first happens in this amazing rendition at the 2 min mark.

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