How to Get MUCH Better at Piano Sight Reading
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Күн бұрынDo you want to learn how to sightread music like a pro? This piano tutorial will walk you through several tips and techniques on how you can master this ability. Learning how to sightread music to play the piece as it is written is especially useful for one's development in piano.
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0:00 Intro
0:36 Tip Number 1
4:57 Tip Number 2
6:45 Tip Number 3
9:26 Tip Number 4
11:11 Tip Number 5
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@jazerleepiano Жыл бұрын
Here are handy 🕘 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:36 Tip Number 1 4:57 Tip Number 2 6:45 Tip Number 3 9:26 Tip Number 4 11:11 Tip Number 5
@bikennembang4471 Жыл бұрын
I wana learn piano person to person from you brother can you help me outㅡ?
@adrianthomas6244 Жыл бұрын
Great tips thank you very much, iam humbly speaking mostly self taught, and I managed today, to sight read the whole of the 2nd movement of the sonata in c major and a bit of the 3rd, and also the theme 1st variation with a little of rondo alla turka of k 331 mozart sonata in A major, it was patchy and I did do what you mentioned look up and down, I think I made myself dizzy 😵 lol, so I will definitely take these tips on board, I do have fortunately a ability to memorise what I play, which is what I done with sonata in C major 1 st movement, so that does help, being able to recite the pieces when I sight read them first, greetings from wales uk.
@TheSteveGainesRockBand Жыл бұрын
Jazer, Thanks so much for these videos. I've been sight reading for 5 years so I'm getting pretty good at it. You asked in the video for us to post any questions. Do you have a video that guides more advanced players in how to position their hands? I'm getting better at setting up my hands based on what notes I see in the next bar, but I could sure use some good tips. Thanks again.
@cheryldavies2793 Жыл бұрын
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@henrychamatata6926 9 ай бұрын
Brother.......sorry can I have pdf resources on sight reading from initial grade😢😢
@377559 Жыл бұрын
I have been following your advice for several months now - trying to play simple church style hymns without looking at the keys. It has done wonders for my sight reading! One other thing I have found helpful when trying to learn more difficult music involving leaps is to practice short passages with eyes closed. This is very tough at first, but it really forces me to get that spatial awareness on the keyboard that you were talking about. The way I think about is is to remember the famous blind pianists. If they can do it, then surely the rest of us can if we try hard enough. What is your opinion about this?
@denisehill7769 Жыл бұрын
This worked for me too, the one thing that made me "see" the keyboard in my mind and stopped me nodding up and down and constantly losing my place. Having small hands helps me, as an octave is the limit of my stretch, but focusing on the feel of the hand position with the eyes closed has also made a huge difference.
@Mutuli Жыл бұрын
@377559 how long have you played the piano or organ for that matter.
@377559 Жыл бұрын
@@Mutuli I studied piano when I was a teenager and have recently taken it up again after decades of neglect.
@TheRobloxGamer12332 10 ай бұрын
This works for me too I can play music that I can’t play before now ❤❤❤
@danamundy1187 8 ай бұрын
I totally agree with you!!! 👍👍💯
@Feathers147 Жыл бұрын
I have been playing piano without being able to sight read anything for years. I have finally come to appreciate the value of music theory so I have a better understanding of exactly what I am composing. My sight reading has always been neglected because I suck at it, however this video has been the most helpful guidance that simply just speaks to me and I finally feel that I can learn this incredible talent by following all the tips you have clearly demonstrated. Thank you for your insights and instructions, this is a 10 out of 10 video 🙏👌👍👏👏👏
@jazerleepiano Жыл бұрын
I am glad my tutorials have been of help, John.
@user-uf2ox2mh1m 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for a wonderful lesson ❤1-No looking down; 2-keep fingers close to keys 3-practice accurately at slow tempo so brain recognizes each correct note 4-scan ahead; review for challenging parts 5- review analyze for patterns, fingerings, structures, chords any others.
@gloriaballard 10 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness!!!!!!! You are an incredible teacher!!! I’m self taught and have played for over a decade. Wish I had found you sooner, but so grateful to begin to learn correctly now. I am dedicated to learning better! You are life changing!
@littleemarshmallow Жыл бұрын
I've been playing the piano for nine years now. Recently I found one of your videos and decided watching it. It turned out that I didn't do some things you said would help so I tried it out and found out that it actually really helped alot. I watched a few of your other videos too and learned very much from them. You pointed out things nobody told me before and thanks to you I finally managed to improve my playing again, since I was kinda stuck and not very motivated anymore, I just wasn't able to make a progress. Thanks to you and your videos I started to rediscover why I loved playing the piano so much. I really owe you one now. :) Thanks for making those videos and please keep it up! ❤
@susankurpeski9704 Жыл бұрын
I have been playing the piano for many years and was always a poor sight reader. Your video has given me a lot of wonderful instruction . Thank you Jazer.
@NellyAver Жыл бұрын
What amazing pieces of advice you gave here! I have a concert in which I perform some extremely hard piece, so next time when I practice it I will be reflecting my "behaviour" with the music sheets and hopefully finally will be able to even enjoy this process!
@dominiqueterosier3590 Жыл бұрын
You’re really great Jazer, it’s a real pleasure to watch your videos!
@felicityatkinson Жыл бұрын
Your way of explaining is amazing. Really interesting and logical. I’ve been teaching piano for 33 and I love to watch your videos and often take new teaching tips from them.
@mchaelbarber7484 2 ай бұрын
I'm more than glad I've found probably the most gifted music teacher on the net who can really help people who struggle like I do. I watch you will no sound and follow your voice text.
@garreth4137 8 ай бұрын
I'm so grateful for your videos! Learning piano with a combination of a weekly session with a teacher and lots of your videos throughout the week makes learning piano very, very enjoyable and manageable :)
@markshoub7335 9 ай бұрын
Incredibly clear and useful tips for developing skills over time. Much appreciated!
@freshaloevera Жыл бұрын
Ive started learning the piano about two weeks ago and im starting to learn sightreading properly, i can easily learn a piece by memory by looking at the notes, memorizing them and play it with no problem, but i cant sightread immediately bc i still struggle with knowing what note it could be, i still also need to practice my knowledge of keys on the piano, really appreciate the tips right now
@adriandrake4208 9 ай бұрын
Hi Jazer, I’ve been learning for 3 years now, and its still so daunting to me. Encourage me with one tip! Thanks Jazer, the best teacher out there
@SuddenUpdraft Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the G advice. I have pretty strong muscle memory and have to be very careful to get fingering correct on the first couple of times and not hit wrong notes. For example, I’m 68 years old and took up piano 4 years ago after a 30 year hiatus. There were still bad habits that I had to unlearn. Now, my teacher encourages writing in the fingering, which is very helpful. It is difficult, however, to find your place once you look down.
@user-cj8so9hu4y 9 ай бұрын
This lesson is so helpful. I’ve been trying to teach myself for several years and what you shared in this lesson is exactly what I do. I lose my place in the music while I’m looking down at the keys. Thank-you for sharing these helpful tips.
@kennyhaughan9605 10 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Thanks for your help, I’ll put into practice tomorrow
@user-ng7hz7ow6s 9 ай бұрын
Such great tips for sight reading! So glad I found your site! 🎹
@busraozdemir4676 8 ай бұрын
Your videos are just what I am looking for. They are really helpful for me. Thank you.
@Kaitzu Жыл бұрын
just what I needed! been trying to learn how to sight read for awhile so this will definitely help!
@anthai1741 Жыл бұрын
I had some students that often forget which bars are coming. I assumed that they might not looking at the piece enough, they prefer looking at their hands while they’re playing. So I asked them to look more. After a while, they started move their heads up and down the sheet. But I found out that, They actually illustrated the movement of sight reading, they are not clearly understand what are they looking for on the music sheet. Thank you for the tips, I will try it by myself frist before teaching back to my students.
@jamesnicholson3313 10 ай бұрын
Many many thanks for the wonderful video and very helpful.
@danielbunag612 8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Sir Jazer Lee, for this piano tutorial video....
@sandrafrancis3631 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the good and encouraging tips.
@donlarson4460 Жыл бұрын
Wow! you are really good... all of these lessons are truly resonating with me and I can see my playing improving... thanks!
@andikasavana4539 Жыл бұрын
agreed. even we play our piano without using sheet paper, its important to playing without looking in our hand because we need to have a strong feeling about notes and its also good for teach our hearing sensitivity
@Kim-by1vh Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this information. Your tips are very much appreciated and extremely helpful.
@yanjiesu5399 Жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing this great video, it really answer me a lot of my questions!
@jayneyharmony Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jazer for the fantastic tips. Love your tutorials 🎹🎶👍
@joelee7853 Жыл бұрын
This is a great video, Jazer. Your videos are great as they give tips as to how to help my 8 y/o son practice. Thank you. Your tip about finding the G is awesome. I have suggested to my son to just "trust your fingers" and read the music. Hopefully he will "get" this part. Also, I completely agree with the spatial awareness. It is almost like if someone was to ask you (without a keyboard), how far apart are your thumb and baby finger if you wanted to play 1-5, and you would not be very far off from the actual distance..
@deterdinghenry3592 Жыл бұрын
Great! Concise, short, powerful... ¡Thanks!
@mccalidro9944 8 ай бұрын
Thankyou soo much for this info ..very helpful..
@gnagyusa Жыл бұрын
Super helpful tips. Thanks!
@suemoyers67 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant tips as usual, thank you 🙂
@maryfrey Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! Welcome back... I've missed your videos.
@eugeniustheodidactus8890 Жыл бұрын
♥ I learned to TYPE in one semester of high-school and never looked down at a keyboard since. Why after 40 years of playing piano, did I just have the epiphany to approach _sight reading_ music in that way? ---------> Because you mentioned hand *positioning on the "G" ... not looking down!* Very similar to typing. Sight reading is a total separate thing to learn....discipline needed. Thank you so much!
@AndreaRuizCa Жыл бұрын
omgg thank you sooo much!!!! I was h aving trouble on how to practice sight reading and I am about to go to the piano and practice these :D thanks
@colleensmith6655 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Jazer. Fantastic
@emmanuelmengot9061 8 ай бұрын
Thank do much for these tips. I have learnt a lot from this video Sir. More grace
@jadef1531 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much I always thought I was dumb and unable to read music but it turns out keeping eyes on the sheet may help This fills me with hope again
@mchaelbarber7484 2 ай бұрын
This is something that will make a difference - Thankyou!!
@solidgoldbeeper Ай бұрын
first tip helped me SO much. thank you
@steveklinck526 3 ай бұрын
Great tips Jazer. Thanks
@IslandArt61 5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this. I have been recognizing many of the things you point out, but only after weeks of trying to solve something that doesn't feel right. Then you lay it out in a 10 minute video that would have saved me so much time If I'd watched it long ago. Dang!
@mariehawash3386 Жыл бұрын
Thx so much for that lesson Marie
@urgreatmf 7 ай бұрын
super helpfull, u r so right
@MusicCave-du2wj Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jazer😸 you are the kind of teacher I wish I had! Many of my students need to see this video😛 not looking at their hands constantly is exactly what I’m trying to get them to do too! And I tried your tip ( tapping the beats on my student’s shoulder) with my student who used to struggle with counting and it worked!
@jazerleepiano Жыл бұрын
Yay! I'm glad it worked for your student as well.
@ginnerzapata5909 6 ай бұрын
I used to play some piano when i was a kid, i have a kind good ear and i learnt some music teory, so i was able to "scan the piece" and put some arpegiated chords on the left hand and make it sound "good". But know i want to actually read the pieces, thanks for this video, i practiced one hour more o less while pausing and trying to apply the steps and i can see the difference, got a lot of mistakes due to bad spacial awareness, but it actually surprised me how well i could read/practice at 50bpm. Thanks a lot, subscribed.
@JoseVGavila Жыл бұрын
Great tips, thanks!!!
@ademusayoalabi-ji7kv Жыл бұрын
Love this Lesson Thanks you sir for this Lesson
@alexandrakitenge4493 Жыл бұрын
Ohhh my God, your vídeos are so helpful. You can be proud of yourself as a teacher, and I'm proud to have you as my teacher. ❤❤❤.
@steveklinck526 3 ай бұрын
Great tips. Thanks
@georgewilliams258 2 ай бұрын
You have really helped me. Thanks
@b-jscott 8 ай бұрын
You have such an incredible ability to teach the piano. Thanks you for all your wonderful videos ❣️🎼🎹
@A_Random_Pianist Жыл бұрын
I’m trying to sightread Mozart sonata 16. This is really help me out! Great video! And it’s just perfect that you use as example also (thanks for the fingering technique😊)
@vinitakuma Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your tips on sight reading. They are very useful!
@user-hu7ru5fk9d 16 күн бұрын
Tio number 1 has really helped me. Sight-reading is the part I struggle most on in an exam and my grade 5 exam is in a couple of days. I may be a little late but just by not looking at my hands has made a massive improvement. Thank you👍!
@doublegrace2640 Жыл бұрын
Yepeeeee, thank you so much Sir.
@kitgroovemachine 10 ай бұрын
Thanks, this is valuable information to me right now !
@parisanazemi Жыл бұрын
Very useful, thanks alot ❤
@jskpiano Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tutorial
@dlburn1483 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great video.
@pianocoachingconceptkanal1290 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your great support!
@SquareMahogany 7 ай бұрын
Thank you! I’m relearning piano and you’ve helped a lot
@nalininagaraj9950 Жыл бұрын
Excellent and inspiring❤❤
@promiserichardson4270 Жыл бұрын
Great tips!!!
@ProgramistaNaBudowie 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the useful tips!
@richarpadilla1891 Жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial about sight reading, i've been playing piano for several years and i wanna show my respect for you Jazer, you are a very good piano teacher ! I'll give you a 💯
@jazerleepiano Жыл бұрын
Thanks, mate! 🤓
@43plank Жыл бұрын
Thk!!!! I needed it
@KingoftheJiangl 8 ай бұрын
Very helpful!
@janebrueton5398 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jazer, I'm going through these tips, great advice, thank you so much.
@jazerleepiano Жыл бұрын
You're welcome. 🤓
@Thatoneboringguylmao 4 ай бұрын
You've been truly helpful , thanks
@angenalaschka5976 Жыл бұрын
hello everyone, hello Jazer Lee, I discovered your videos for the first time about "Musical Basics". There is so much truth in what you say. It feels so good how you describe exactly the problems that one knows as a piano learner, exactly the typical "classical" mistakes :-) , which happen to you, or the "waste of time" practicing "wrong". Your tips and solutions are worth their weight in gold and I often recall them when practicing. Thank you very much for that and also for how authentically and clearly you shared all this with us!
@jazerleepiano Жыл бұрын
Hello Angena! You're quite welcome!
@angenalaschka5976 Жыл бұрын
@@jazerleepiano Thank you!
@testynet 11 ай бұрын
great idea ... you are a good teacher, can understand psychology in learning
@maxlou5448 Жыл бұрын
Hello, i love the way you're explaining stuffs, you're my favourite piano teacher of youtube, and i'm glad to see you more active on YT this month! Thx a lot!
@jazerleepiano Жыл бұрын
Hi Max, I am glad to be back. 🤓
@jazz1376 Жыл бұрын
you’re literally my piano teacher. tysm for your tutorials and tips!
@OceanEmbrace Жыл бұрын
thx, so much. it helped a lot.
@alainmaurice2406 Жыл бұрын
Always intersting and constructive video, thanks Jazer....
@pansylim6254 Жыл бұрын
U r absolutely right. I also told my students the same thing
@mathewpaul1888 Жыл бұрын
Thank you again ❤
@JL-od3ik Жыл бұрын
This is really helpful.
@suzanneroyce9300 Жыл бұрын
Can’t believe I missed this video last month, it addresses an area where I really struggle, thank you.
@inky006 Жыл бұрын
I've been practicing for at least 15 years and I still have to look at my hands. I will try these tips and finally learn to keep my eyes on the music.
@rhondabob 9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@jazerleepiano 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for the support @rhondabob!
@santamariajorge 8 ай бұрын
I´ll will begin to follow your advice that looks so useful. Allways wonder how to do that. Thanks
@taichikuen Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Jazer.
@sungvin Жыл бұрын
My sight reading practice is: -> have multiple hundreds of sheet music pdfs in my google drive -> i can't learn them all -> i just sight read them for a few hours
@nate-ox5lw Жыл бұрын
how u giving all these insanely helpful lessons for free this is awesome
@gerryforte2193 Жыл бұрын
Great advice and I can relate to every single one. It’s reassuring to realize I’m not the only one 🎵🎵
@VeroAndrad Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Mr.Cockney Ай бұрын
As a self learner and a typewriter for 40 years (that had to learn typewriting by myself with a “blind method” when I was a teenager) I smile at your video because you are bloody right! When I first looked at the keys of the piano, I immediately felt that I had to take the same approach as I was taught for typewriting. Magicians say that “hand is faster than eyes” and this is definitely true. The problem is (as it was to me when I first faced a typewriter) that you have to have FAITH in that concept. We humans are mostly visual and it is very difficult to asume that hand is infinitely faster and more secure than eyes. You have to learn a new skill and it is slower process, but when you go through this, you discover a new world. I also learnt that “black keys” (that also are the bête noire for beginners) are in fact our best friends, for this and other motives! Mr. Lee, thank you very much for your videos!
@chanm7033 Жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙏🏻
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great tips! Excellent KZfaq channel. 👍🇨🇦👍
@JohnKostohryz 8 ай бұрын
Great video…I will try to incorporate your advice.
@colomboeduardo3961 Жыл бұрын
Maestro Jazer: amazing video (as always). Your advices for amateurs like me are really useful. Thank you very much. Un abrazo from La Palma.
@jazerleepiano Жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Colombo!
@tshwarotshite5086 Жыл бұрын
THIS IS AMAZING
@danwhite1983 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@zhihong627 3 ай бұрын
The guy is very well spoken. Many years of careful learning and practicing. I'm watching his videos to learn speaking English as well.
@richard135b7 Жыл бұрын
A Masterclass on sight reading. Thank you!
@richardly1543 Ай бұрын
Sight reading C major is obvious/pretty straight forward. It's when you add sharps and flats where it gets more complicated. Cause it's not just a matter of reading intervals. You actually have to know exactly where your note is at all times to know where it should be flat/sharp or regular
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