I don't even know notation, I just play, though I am not that good, but I used to play for 6 to 8 hours a day. You hear a song, it gets in your head, you mess around until you can play it, it takes time but its doable. I don't have a keyboard anymore, but I hope to change that soon, as there are so many opportunities to make music with synths and so forth in virtual instruments.
Notation is confusing, 1/8 note, ok, an eighth of what, an eighth of the bar, an eighth of a beat, and that changes with tempo. Dotted, tied whatever you call that, hollow, so confusing. Unless you have to play with others, just play the music in your mind. If you know a song, you can play it. You may have to take time to discover where the notes are, but especially if you have previous piano experience, just hear the music in your mind and play it as you hear it. I used to compose 3 to 4 hour pieces that I never wrote down because I don't know notation. I had the music in my mind, and whenever I wanted to play the same piece, I just played the song in my mind and the piano / keyboard followed along.
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