I think you fellows are making too much work out of it--reading music is a basically mindless activity--you look at the page, and play TaTiTaTiTaah if that is what it says. It is mostly practice and repetition, first to learn what the notes mean, then to make sure you get them right--A lot of people get figetty when they sit down to play, and never learn how to relax and just concentrate on the page--Laugh if you want, but learning a yoga excercise for centering and focussing often does more good here than a stack of books and a line of music teachers.