Is Music Theory Hard to Learn?

After two decades, here’s my honest opinion as a singer and violin player.

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I remember when I first started learning how to read music notes when I was very young, and I must confess it was initially fun, learning the time signatures, notes, clefs, accidentals (sharp, flat, natural), etc.

But as the material became advanced and complicated, the journey of learning music theory seemed a…