Tips on How to Sight Read Effectively Every Time

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7 жыл бұрын

In today’s lesson, I will be giving your some powerful tips on developing your sight reading technnique. Whether you are a beginner, or you have been playing for a while, sightreading is a really important skill to develop. If you keep in mind the tips and strategy outlined in this video, you will be able to begin to master sight reading and improve your overall piano playing dramatically. Sight reading is difficult at first, but does get easy as you practice and get better at it.
More lessons on Sight Reading strategies:
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SIGHT READING RESOURCE 1 - Belmont.edu
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SIGHT READING RESOURCE 2 - EASY HYMNAL
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@p3rrypm 4 жыл бұрын

If you’re used to playing moonlight sonata, “Plays Fur Elise”. 😂

@jillweissman2134 6 жыл бұрын

Hi there. Oops, you play Fur Elise, not Moonlight Sonata.

@LessonsOnTheWeb 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember making that mistake lol Oops

@AFormerClarity1 6 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that.

@oysteinsoreide4323 5 жыл бұрын

@@LessonsOnTheWeb It is the right composer at least. :p

@Photologistic 5 жыл бұрын

Lol, I noticed as well. 2:19

@kaylynnsadler8783 5 жыл бұрын

Came down here just to see if I was the only one who noticed 😂

@miavalone 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I had piano lessons for ten years when I was younger. Now I haven't played for about 6 years and I am just getting started again. I always was really bad at sight-reading and I am really looking forward to practice. :)

@artesyamoore 6 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Your videos are so helpful and I truly appreciate them. Thank you!

@NataliaBelovaRUS 4 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I needed! Notes for sightseeing reading! Thanks!

@Madeline64 4 жыл бұрын

“If you’re used to playing moonlight sonata” *Plays für Elise* “You’re not going to want to sight read moonlight sonata” 😂 love this

@TheSteveGainesRockBand 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you posted this. I was scratching my head. I thought, I've played that, but they called it something else. I went back to my piano book and it says Fur Elise.

@joecrosby3933 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great tips, and the great link!

@LessonsOnTheWeb 6 жыл бұрын

Hey students, check out this playlist to learn more about developing your sight reading technique. goo.gl/ydaEcR

@nickharris5684 4 жыл бұрын

I’m able to sight read all 12 keys, Major and minor, in one hand position, but really struggle to sightread C Major moving hand positions. It’s getting quite frustrating! Lol. Thank you for the advice, and the link to the Church Hymnals, I’ll give those a shot and continue seeking advice and of course, SIGHTREAD EVERY DAY! Cheers!

@LessonsOnTheWeb 6 жыл бұрын

Hello students, check out these other lessons MORE LESSONS ON READING MUSIC goo.gl/2Y5ya6 BEGINNERS PIANO LESSONS goo.gl/GGvwK8 HOW TO PLAY WITH BOTH HANDS LESSONS goo.gl/4fnBGG

@DARLCHAN 6 жыл бұрын

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@kenrichardson59 6 жыл бұрын

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@thepianoplayer416 7 жыл бұрын

Great suggestions. Sight-reading is not something you master in a week but a process that can take a few years. Another online teacher also suggested using a hymn book from a church because they have 4-part harmonies. Besides the Treble & Bass, they have 2 other parts in the middle (2 notes for each hand). You can find pieces including Christmas classics in different keys.

@LessonsOnTheWeb 7 жыл бұрын

Nice suggestion on the Christmas classics. They also make good sight reading pieces.

@freddiemercury4552 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but you look alike Klaus Meine. Love to hear your story about 22 year without sight reading. My age are 29, I just start seriously reading music. And I play guitar since 12. I also love piano and I plan to learn piano in future maybe at age 35. Because of this I found your youtube channel about last 3 day, and i like it, hahaha. I just wonder, if I practice read everyday about one hour, when I will be a good reader. If somebody can share their experience. (sorry if my English broken)

@albertodemo658 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Tim sorry if you've covered this already but I really struggle with sight reading when it comes to both hands together. I can read notes pretty fast on both bass and treble cleffs, and I have no issues with ledger lines either, if I do one hand at the time. When I play together I really struggle, even with simple notes within the cleff.. It's like my brain can't compute the information and freezes. Hopefully you'll see this, and as always excellent video !! :)

@venkatvallabhaneni1227 4 жыл бұрын

Me too, I do not know how to do that.

@edwinaviscara1257 4 жыл бұрын

Me too bro

@NoName-lp1qu 4 жыл бұрын

what I do to help me is that I don't read treble and bass clef separately. practice slowly and together, the more you do it the better you will get

@ralphrobinson9502 4 жыл бұрын

Happens to me too, no matter how slow I go.

@a_sea_oasis 3 жыл бұрын

@@NoName-lp1qu 👉 Agreed 100%. I forced myself to play each hand separately many times until I played the notes without guessing. After that it was easy to play two hands together.

@speedskis777 5 жыл бұрын

moonlight sonata --> *starts rapping drake lines*

@Madeline64 4 жыл бұрын

Underrated

@rva 6 жыл бұрын

You are awesome young man, thanks! : ) new supporter

@musiclover6481 5 жыл бұрын

Rebecca Vocal Athlete hey Rebecca cool to see you here! Love your videos btw 👍

@eyesontheprize6637 4 жыл бұрын

A hymn book I grew up with had 4-part harmony; soprano and altos on the treble clef, the words under that, then tenor and bass on the bass clef. I still have those hymnals. Also, choir music is set up in 4-part harmony. Guess that would be for a more advanced pianist for sure.

@chanele.parfume5708 3 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate you so much x

@sinaisinai43 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic content. Thanks.

@stokerslodge 6 жыл бұрын

excellent, very helpful

@ecoria-x9113 5 жыл бұрын

Really struggling with this at the minute >:/ Granted, I haven't played long (3 and a half months), but I find that I do one of these three things; 1. Forget to look at the sheet and just play from memory 2. Look at the sheet, follow the notes, but hands ignore the brain and muscle memory takes over and plays E when brain tells it to play F 3. Look at the sheet, follow the notes, and then suddenly "wake up" and realized I've zoned out and focused on the sound of what I'm playing without being 'present' Just so frustrating lol ...

@alexrivera.churchpianist 5 жыл бұрын

Joan Frederiksen Feel you... i have the same problem hahaha xD

@georgebradley4583 5 жыл бұрын

That’s good! As long as your brain knows it’s zoning out! The more you practice the more your brain is automatically going to start playing what is presented on the paper.

@ProbablyAnEarthbender 4 жыл бұрын

Ditto, I have the same problem

@user-hw5eh2je1n 8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@eyesontheprize6637 4 жыл бұрын

When I was younger in choir our conductor, who was also a pianist, always broke up the song. He played it first, then got the sopranos to learn their part, the tenors their part, the altos and the basses, although not necessarily in that order. Similar to what you are recommending re sight reading.

@johnharte2729 11 ай бұрын

Informative lesson

@yulia3154 5 жыл бұрын

thank you

@kensingtonpride 4 жыл бұрын

If you're used to playing "What Is A Juggalo" > Starts playing Moonlight Sonata

@tarasgroblev3500 3 жыл бұрын

him: "something like moonlight sonata". also him: plays fur elise.

@annettemonkey1998 Жыл бұрын

That was Fur Elise lol 😊what were you saying about sight reading 🤔only kidding. Great videos. Thankyou for sharing ❤

@Emmanuelle_Neo09 6 жыл бұрын

so, sight read has to be something mechanical ? great video

@jennifermclain5853 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoying your videos.....having a hard time reading the notes off the the lines. Advice? Thank you!

@LessonsOnTheWeb 3 жыл бұрын

This video should help! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aq6mpriV3r66XXk.html

@Caliber24 5 жыл бұрын

nice video

@joelgonzalez8490 6 жыл бұрын

hello....... God bless you........... do we have to sight read a piece once o twice? or do we have to sight read it until master it? ( and then get a new one, for sight reading improvement) thanksss

@LessonsOnTheWeb 6 жыл бұрын

I would play through each example twice. Once as a genuine sight read and another to correct as many mistakes as you can.

@joelgonzalez8490 6 жыл бұрын

thanks for your answer......

@franciscapoch3237 4 жыл бұрын

Hi! The Belmont resources are not there anymora. Do you know where can I find other easy reasources? This question is open to everyone :) thanks

@sarahjennings1824 4 жыл бұрын

I found them!!! Go to the top of Belmont's page to the search...type in sightreading...at the bottom of this short page will be...sightreading(8)....click on that... the first entry will be the one to click and viola...the resources.. I found them you can too!!

@yuripole0000 4 жыл бұрын

hi are you sure its for free the belmont resources?

@maxthecat1235 3 жыл бұрын

should i read chord name on top on bar

@joecrosby3933 Жыл бұрын

Do you know if the Belmont site still has the sight reading examples? I can’t find them anymore

@shirleyanngilbreath4353 3 жыл бұрын

I can play a lot of songs however, stink at sight reading... Have to constantly look at the keyboard. Not good. Hope this helps. Thanks

@noremac4807 4 жыл бұрын

Rick, the links don't take me to any sight reading exercises on the Belmont website?

@davidhiscox864 3 жыл бұрын

www.belmont.edu/cmpa/music/new-students/keyboard.html

@isaiahvillatuya3987 5 жыл бұрын

When I practice sheet music, my hands are always in just one position through out the whole song (I’m a beginner) but if playing a harder song that requires you to move your hands using a larger area of the piano, how do your practice that? Is your hands supposed to always be in a position somehow? Sorry I’m not good at explaining

@venkatvallabhaneni1227 4 жыл бұрын

So you want to learn where all the notes are in relation to each other, like typing, once you know your home row (which would be your starting position in Piano) just learn to play without looking, it make it easier later on, trust me.

@venkatvallabhaneni1227 4 жыл бұрын

FluffyTaur I forgot to add that when I first started Piano I did not learn this and now I realize its importance

@isaiahvillatuya3987 4 жыл бұрын

@@venkatvallabhaneni1227 Okay thank you for the advice! Ill be sure to practice that

@alehhh1752 4 жыл бұрын

Ah you read watermelon too?

@nickharris5684 4 жыл бұрын

@FluffyTaur I’m struggling with same exact problem. I can sight read all 12 Major minor keys in one hand position, but can’t do C Major moving hand positions, it’s killing me lol

@serikim4550 5 жыл бұрын

Im a beginner and few knowledge about piano world but I know Fur Elise. Moonlight sonata? Okay! But still thanks!

@tswanson23 5 жыл бұрын

So does sight reading include not looking at your hands even getting into position? Or is it only about reading and playing straight through first time ?

@LessonsOnTheWeb 5 жыл бұрын

You definitely want to look at your hands and get them in position before playing. Once you start playing, you can glance at your hands every once in awhile but don't make a habit of looking down at them all the time.

@tswanson23 5 жыл бұрын

@@LessonsOnTheWeb Thank you for the quick reply and your online lessons.

@eyesontheprize6637 4 жыл бұрын

Just a tip for viewers... I found an old hymnal at a thrift store. I also asked a pastor at one church if I could buy a copy of one if his hymnals and he told me to just take one.

@flockenlp1 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I think the first link to Belmont isn't working anymore.

@relentless_animal4127 4 жыл бұрын

Ya, I can’t find it either

@pandadncr4825 3 жыл бұрын

Guess I'm too late the excersises are not on the Belmont site anymore :( at least i can't find them

@davidhiscox864 3 жыл бұрын

www.belmont.edu/cmpa/music/new-students/keyboard.html

@politereminder6284 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidhiscox864 thank you

@k0d0kushi73 4 жыл бұрын

I can play fantaisie inpromptu but struggle to sight read minuet no 1 by bach lol

@sureshkumar-zo5vi 6 жыл бұрын

i have a question in sight reading.. while playing on both hands which one to read first ,i mean from treble to bass clef/ bass to treble clef?

@LessonsOnTheWeb 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, We are actually going to cover this on Friday but to give you some info now... you want to read from the bottom (pitch wise) to the top. Meaning you will start reading the left hand first.

@sureshkumar-zo5vi 6 жыл бұрын

LessonsOnTheWeb thank you a lot.. iam waiting for friday. 😄

@madwoman8297 4 ай бұрын

You were playing 'Fur Elise', not The Moonlight Sonata, but nevermind, helpful video anyway👍

@kylaligayo2366 5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it says 66 bpm or 150 bpm and How can I put that rhythm into my music?

@LessonsOnTheWeb 5 жыл бұрын

You will need a metronome to do that. You can buy one or you can get an app for your phone or even type in metronome into google. You set the metronome to the number indicated in the piece and that is the suggested tempo for the piece. Keep in mind that when you are first learning the piece, you will play it much slower.

@kylaligayo2366 5 жыл бұрын

Im having a hard time with rhythm, bpm

@TheSunshinedreamer1 4 жыл бұрын

Before you sight read choose a level 1 piece to start and clap the rhythm through a couple times then scan the piece for fingering and hand positions and new notes and chords. Play slowly and sing or hum the rythm as you sightread. Best:)

@rickpalmer3340 5 жыл бұрын

You said you didn’t develop your sight reading until you went to college. Please tell me, how can you play the piano without being able to sight read?

@LessonsOnTheWeb 5 жыл бұрын

Well I could read music but I couldn't read through pieces well enough to really sight-read. So you can play piano, just not very well lol.

@rickpalmer3340 5 жыл бұрын

Piano Lessons On The Web So did you rely to a great extent on the technique of recognising and reading intervals between notes on the staff?

@grantmalone 4 жыл бұрын

@@rickpalmer3340 You can get by just 'sight-reading' incredibly slowly, working out the notes and rhythms one by one, bar at a time, and then committing it to memory and practicing from your head. Once you have it in your head you don't really need the sheet music anymore except to remind you of the general shape or the odd note you forget, and you can play the piece at a pace way faster than you are able to read it. But that isn't proper sight-reading where you can sit down with a new piece and immediately play it at a decent tempo without too many mistakes (or none if you are good at it!) Lots of people get by this way and end up getting much better technically while their sight-reading is still extremely basic, so they are limited in exploring new pieces without grinding through them at a snail's pace.

@michelleflick1937 4 жыл бұрын

That was Fur Elise, not Moonlight Sonata. Thanks for the tips.

@iknowyourerightbut4986 4 жыл бұрын

That’s not the Moonlight Sonata... I mean... you got the right composer!

@jaygonzalez906 5 жыл бұрын

So when you say sight read do you mean read the music sheet and play through it, or simply read the music sheet? I’m guessing playing through as you read because you said it’d be better to sight read something below your level

@joelgonzalez8490 4 жыл бұрын

hi....Sr. but.... how many time do we have to sight read a piece?.. once, twice? or until it sounds good and fluent?

@arthouston7361 6 жыл бұрын

I see you went to WCU. Are you still in the Philly area?

@LessonsOnTheWeb 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I still live in the Philly area. Are you from there?

@arthouston7361 6 жыл бұрын

Yes. I went to VFMA, and then NYU. I came back to town and started working in radio after doing some work for NBC in Manhattan. Being a player rather than a listener/air jock was something to which I aspired, but things always seemed to take higher precedence. Now, many years later, I am a leading Bass voice in a choir, and after 24 years of doing that, I feel it is time for me to "make the time" to get deeper into this, and the piano seems to me to be the universal instrument. Yesterday, I bought the Alfred book on advice of our accompanist (a young woman who studied diligently at Bob Jones, and is VERY good) and I dug out the Yamaha PSR 270 that I bought at the Sam Ash store in King of Prussia 20 years ago, to help me figure out my bass lines. So, it looks like you will have another regular visitor here!!

@lionheart6614 6 жыл бұрын

"Playing something like moonlight sonata" *plays a bagatelle*

@savionidlebird9174 6 жыл бұрын

LionHeart that was für Elise

@willemeret2398 4 жыл бұрын

savion Idlebird fur Elise is bagatelle no 25 A minor

@laurietop8731 4 жыл бұрын

Your first link to sight reading resources no longer works. Could you update it?

@kimharrisonakaacousticanar1079 4 жыл бұрын

I've tried it today and it doesn't do anything either?

@JaeFreshmen 4 жыл бұрын

@@kimharrisonakaacousticanar1079 here you go www.belmont.edu/cmpa/music/new-students/keyboard.html

@scottmccrossin2418 4 жыл бұрын

@@JaeFreshmen Thank you for that update Jae. I had the same question.

@JaeFreshmen 4 жыл бұрын

Scott McCrossin no problem

@ProbablyAnEarthbender 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, theres nothing I hate more than nursery rhymes and stuff like that. I've found some easier pieces I do like, but theyre easy enough that once I finish stumbling through the sheet music, I remember how to play them. Just don't know where to find more I like

@samanderson806 3 жыл бұрын

Barber's grandson has entered the chat.

@eps4560 3 жыл бұрын

there's enough fur elise comments already here so please..... don't. don't you dare add one. don't do it. moving on, this vid is helpful.

@zekesnow7716 4 жыл бұрын

That ain't moonlight buddy but thanks for the tips

@matthewnabil 3 жыл бұрын

"Moonlight Sonata" *plays Für Elise*

@rosmarywoods 4 жыл бұрын

Hey that' wasn't "Moonlight Sonata". That was Fur Elise.

@allmyinterests5139 4 жыл бұрын

If you play Moonlight Sonata.... at least it was Beethoven, close enough lol

@HilbertXVI 7 жыл бұрын

2:23 Moonlight sonata? .-.

@LessonsOnTheWeb 7 жыл бұрын

Haha, I meant Fur Elise. The students in the live stream gave me hell for that one lol.

@HilbertXVI 7 жыл бұрын

LessonsOnTheWeb Lol I can see why

@yuan-bean-music-studio 3 жыл бұрын

Nice lesson. Where's your hair? I saw you have much more hair in your other videos.

@lawrencetaylor4101 Жыл бұрын

One mistake I made is to not sightread as I learned scales, chords and arpeggios.

@dr.westwood 3 жыл бұрын

The audio for this video is either way out of sync or doesn't go with this video.

@nights222 4 жыл бұрын

2:17 XD not moonlight sonata that fur Elise XD LOL

@marykesh 6 жыл бұрын

Lol that’s not moonlight sonata... that’s fur Elise

@LessonsOnTheWeb 6 жыл бұрын

Haha true. Brain fart!

@RafaelQuirinoVex 3 жыл бұрын

That is not the Moonlight Sonata...

@jacob_1866 4 жыл бұрын

you should just glue a hat to your head

@diannabrown2673 6 жыл бұрын

Um.... wasn't the first thing u started to play, "fur Elise" not "moonlight sonata"?

@teampatience7410 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tim, I really want to watch this video but your audio is out of sync with the video - in fact I think maybe you are talking about something else in reality?! Just wanted to let you know in case it is an easy fix. Thank you!

@solangefoley7413 5 жыл бұрын

When you referred to Beethoven. Moonlight sonata you actually played Fur Elise oops!

@Andy-ve7xd 6 жыл бұрын

I like your hair.

@binyoung7297 5 жыл бұрын

hahaha

@PARENTALADVISORYPODCAST 5 жыл бұрын

I gave up on sight-reading

@davidveltum6730 4 жыл бұрын

VØID Big mistake

@kaitlynrebeccapowell7164 5 жыл бұрын

You played Fur Elise, NOT Moonlight Sonata...Also no point in "sight reading" christmas music vbecause you already know how it should sound...

@aslanmusic7678 5 жыл бұрын

Mate listen if you had the simplest understanding of classical music you would be able to distinguish the difference between moonlight sonata and the world famous bagatelle.

@LessonsOnTheWeb 5 жыл бұрын

or I just made a mistake because I am human. Nice investigative work there.

@shadow392 4 жыл бұрын

Piano Lessons On The Web lol

@NagaChitraPranav 4 жыл бұрын

Aslan Music r/wooooosh