I am almost entirely self-taught, and I don’t know how to read music at all. Read tablature, it’s much easier to understand.

Unfortuantely all you can do is practise, practise, prcatise. I used to have to listen to the music first but don’t becuase it does nothing for you. I have appalling sight reading now. Try and play it a few times first and then if you need to listen to it.

Its easy…even to learn to read music. But you can definitely learn to play using tab…or just watching someone else…and pretty soon you will be reading the music and realize it wasn’t that hard. And it is a hand-eye coordination kind of thing

you can play by ear and learn to form a few chords and even play with tabs but if you’re going to be good you should pick up some knowledge of musical theory as you learn. it will enhance the experience for you.

No. There are certain people out there that can hear a song once or twice and play it on another instrument perfectly. I don’t know if those people possess perfect pitch or what.

First, pick a piece you havn’t heard of before, and cannot play. Look over the rhythm, count it in your head, look at the different notes and how high or low you will be playing, look at where is the best position for your hand (fingerings), and most importantly play SLOW. Give your brain time to comprehend what you eyes are seeing and what your hands are playing. Doing rhythm and note reading drills will also help. Keep practicing and good luck!

whoever said the guitar is really easy has obviously
never tried.

it’s definetely not easy, perfecting songs and acctually
playing takes so much time. but tabs are quite easy to read,
its just getting them right.

Not really I am a self taught musician who learned many instruments by dedication and practice, but if you want to learn to read music that’s also fine .

no u can play used tab…(tabliture) which is lots easier then reading music……playing guitar is really easy

To become a beast at sight reading, you have to practice sight reading.

If you sight read random pieces for fun more often, you will find that you will improve your sight reading skills. Just like anything else, it takes practice.