Could Beatles Read Music?

Legendary musician Paul McCartney sat down with 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi for an in-depth chat about his new album, Egypt Station, and he revealed something rather contradictory: he is unable to read or write music, and neither could any of his Beatles bandmates. ... “I don't see music as dots on a page.

Did any of The Beatles read or write music?

The Beatles

And not one of them could read or write music. As incredible as it may seem, “The Fab Four” managed to mesmerize the entire world without this simple ability. In a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine, John Lennon said, “None of us could read music… None of us can write it.

Did The Beatles understand music?

TIL the Beatles did not know how to read music and George Harrison once said that he thought if he learned music theory it would ruin his ability to write songs.