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In fact I think that's what I'll do. I'll take piano lessons. In my country there is an academy that teaches piano playing from a Jazz approach but I will still go to learn to read sheet music.

If I'm honest with you, I only want to learn to read music to analyze other pieces and thus learn more about composition. I feel much more comfortable using a DAW than using a music notation program like Finale or Musescore. I wish there was a way to analyze music without reading sheet music, using something like Guitar Pro or similar software for other instruments in general.

I've written songs, but they've been in the world of popular music. I want to start getting into academic music composition, or classical music as many call it. How can I learn to read music as a composition student? As far as I understand, an instrumentalist's music reading is different because they learn to read sheet music while playing their instrument (sight reading), so they have a sound reference. But how do you learn or study sheet music reading to become a composer? I play electric guitar and a bit of piano, but I'm not an instrumentalist. I don't know how to approach learning music reading. Do composers hear the score in their heads? How can they learn to read sheet music without playing an instrument? I'm confused about the difference between sight reading as a performer and reading music as a composer. Thanks for the help.