I guess it depends a lot on how you learn. I've learnt almost everything I can do reasonably well by "sitting down and doing it". The same goes for making music

I guess it depends a lot on how you learn. I've learnt almost everything I can do reasonably well by "sitting down and doing it". The same goes for making music, sitting down, hitting keys, and bit by bit, some simpleton version of Für Elise comes out, then looking at the sheet music, seeing a link between the sounds I'm making and the symbols.. Seeing that there are symbols that don't fit with what I'm playing, trying to hit more notes, find out that those in between is why my version sounds simple, learning to hear those new notes, and just iterate endlessly.