Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Little Swans (Swan Lake)

Then when i try to learn read music and learn about music theory, all tht upward progress grinds to a halt. Ofcourse its necessary and will eventually take u to heights tht wouldnt be possible otherwise, but it really is such a tedious grind tht it drastically slowed down my progress and curbed my motivation of learning to play piano.

Im still doing it. Seeing the pay off with people who stuck with it, and my love for the piano keeps me chugging along, but id be lying if i said im doing good or tht this theory stuff didn't slow me down alot, but there really isnt much to get around it. You either stick with it or u give up, or u get stuck.