Reading music makes explaining all the other stuff (harmony,rhythm) quite a bit easier.
Harmony can be described numerically but seeing it on the staff is a picture worth at least 5-10 more words.

Knowing how to read notes makes learning a new song (especially getting all the notes "proper") easier for all but the few greats who could do without.
From there do whatever you want with it. But at least start out with an accurate understanding.


So says the guy who barely reads.


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