thanks for your opinion, I read the full discussion and take back the harsher parts in my tone in previous writing, while I'm not taking back the whole statemen

thanks for your opinion, I read the full discussion and take back the harsher parts in my tone in previous writing, while I'm not taking back the whole statement. there must'be been somewhere in my original post this disambiguation perhaps, that reading and writing the infamous notation are (of coursE) two separate things and unless one's performing the instruments it was created for, it makes certain sense to explore other notations. it is thus understandable when a certain set of characters are the only language that one reads/writes for his whole life it is perhaps easier to climb the steep learning curve once and then just stick with it. many musicians that I have known do exactly this - stick with classic notation, and never ever touch DAWs. producing these obnoxiously simple pop songs then sounds like PHD-level math. totally get what you're saying about playing certain instruments, and the fact that some of them evolved or were created alongside said notation back in the day (hundreds, yet not thousands of years ago). when I play - I play mostly by memory - melodies, drums, and not the strings. this cannot be the case though if one works on a new score to play, indeed. your point about chord charts and "read not write" will be remembered. merci. p.s. yes, everyone is missing greatly on learning new stuff by being stubborn, perhaps myself including.