How can musicians who can’t read music still write songs and play music?

Question

I saw a video where Dave Grohl was talking about how he can’t read music. How does that work if he’s writing and performing songs?

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Answer 1

The same way people can speak English but not read. They just hear it, copy it, learn what goes well together, and go on.

Not the greatest example, but look up TheDooo on youtube. GRAPHIC CONTENT/LANGUAGE WARNING! Look up some of his guitar on omegle videos. He’ll literally listen to a song once, and then almost perfectly play it.