A friend of mine read fluently but in her normal course played by ear. She couldn't understand why anyone should find reading difficult because, as she said, it is just a language, a language that is on paper in front of you and doesn't change.

She was impressive. You would start singing or humming something and she's interject, Wait! Wait! and get a pen and a piece of paper then say, OK. Now! and then she'd write down the notes as you sang.

That would be a helpful skill to have. However, I read laboriously and as long as I have people like that friend in my life I probably won't change.