With over 20 years of performing background, I know how hard it is to get thru those Music Theory Classes and Aural Skills Classes without feeling like a failure in many ways. I started performing when I was 12 and enjoyed it. The one thing I had a problem with was learning how to read music because my choir director was too busy worrying about we sounded instead of teaching us fundamentals of Music. Even though I have been performing for so long, I wanted the knowledge that came along wi.