Is it normal to struggle this much?
Its normally very easy for me to pick things up, but I've been studying music for almost 6 weeks now and I feel like I haven't made enough progress. I have 2 hour long sessions per week and I also do some self study.
For the first 2 weeks my instructor and I just worked on reading music, and I wasn't allowed near the piano until the third week. I suppose I've made some semblance of progress, but WAAAYY less than I would have expected. I am OK at identifying different notes and symbols, but my frustration has no end because I cannot find the notes on the piano and its hard to actually identify their sounds.
I'm 22 and I'm studying music to incorporate it in a thesis on song lyrics I have to complete next year (if this information is even relevant). I think my instructor is running out of patience with me because he says that I should have made more progress than I have- so am I not serious enough, or am I doing something wrong or just completely tone deaf?