Can't read a note!

Luciano Pavarotti hit the high notes, but couldn't read it, Paul McCartney enjoyed a successful career without being able to do it, Vangelis, who composed the scores to Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, one of the greatest composers of electronic music, pretended to do it whilst at school, but used his memory instead.

So, just how important is reading music? Are you still ...a musician even if you can't read music? If Vangelis did not rely so heavily on synthesizers, would he have been a "great composer"?

A big disadvantage? Can't read a note in music? Can't read a word in society?  Should children be forced to learn how to read music?

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