Not easy, but less difficult. Not at all useless. When I've forgotten how to play a melody and don't have the sheet music I ask my wife which notes are wrong an

Not easy, but less difficult. Not at all useless. When I've forgotten how to play a melody and don't have the sheet music I ask my wife which notes are wrong and in a matter of seconds she has me back on track. This is something that might take me so long I just give up and practice a different song. She can also listen to any song and instantly transcribe chords and melody for me. That's a huge time saver in learning a song. One which I don't lean on very often because I want to develop my own skills. But her ear enables her to learn and play songs far more quickly than me.