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How to Improve Bass Clef Reading for Piano QUICKLY+ 3 Helpful Resources
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2024
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Bass Clef Reading for piano seems to be more difficult to do for a variety of reasons. I talk about why this is the case and the simple and fast solution to get better at sight reading bass clef notes.
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What grade piano are you now?
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I really think flash cards are great. I would love to get them, where can I and also when you are playing 3 or more notes at one time say ACF on base clef, how do you get used to that. I am having trouble especially like a song like you just have played
Excellent Video! Excuse me for butting in, I would love your initial thoughts. Have you tried - Rozardner Possess Violin Reality (google it)? It is a great one off guide for understanding how to master the piano minus the hard work. Ive heard some decent things about it and my buddy at very last got astronomical success with it.
Just starting learning piano.
How long cannot take me to be good to play any piece of music?
I agree with your tips. Many pianists and younger students get frustrated on why they can't sight read fast or at the tempo required. Many piano teachers or lessons tend to always "teach" a song and don't necessarily run through a sight reading exercise. When a new song is played by sight initially, it "WAS" sight reading; but once our mind and fingers get accustomed to the song, it becomes repetition and no longer trains sight reading ability. Great video.
Thanks so much Andrew!! Great comment!! :)
1st things 1st. Notes are the absolute basics. It was Pythagoras that came up with the octave and the pentatonic scale. He started with one note. Doubled it on a stringed instrument. Then he found 2nd thirds 5ths. So that was really first. If somebody is doing flight of the Bumble Bee ..they will be lost at first unless they were taught in a constant method. Maybe one such method would be the ledger lines after getting both cleffs down.. A-C ascending from G trebble cleffs. Then work down CBA..then the student might be introduced to the F Clef GBDF(A).
Let the student draw it out or fill in
the notes. The starting from the
G B D F A notes go up and see how the ascending notes morph into the trebble section ABCDEF..
NOW that F .. should be sed backwards and realized it FEDCB
..wait a minute that's just the alphabet backwards. I draw this out in spiral notebooks. Then later the student will realize the A is shared. Maybe a good time to talk about Ledger lines.
Although, learning a piece well enough to play it through at tempo, without memorizing it, actually does improve sight reading. In doing so you are reading it every time and teaching your mind how the notes on the page relate to your fingers. Your first time through is technically sight reading, but subsequent times through refines those reading skills.
One of the best ways to improve at anything is to know what your weaknesses are and work on them.
How do you work on sightreading?
i honestly think the explanation is really simple for why so many have issues with bass clef. More people learn treble clef first. then you have to go and tell your brain that all those lines and spaces you learned are something else entirely and it just doesn't wanna stick.
I must confess, my familiarity with reading treble clef comes from 50 years of playing treble instruments. I'm getting better with bass clef, but I still tend to think the notes (in bass clef) just "fell down" a line or space from the treble. I will definitely try your advice of sight reading bass lines every day.
I’m a student struggling with this now and will add my 2 cents. The student keyboard looks wonderful and I will get that. And obviously the bottom line of any learning technique will be to read a lot. But I have a couple of other things I have picked up in various places. 1. Don’t try to learn all the notes at once. You get saturated. 2. Learn where all this Cs are, and note the symmetry. There is a C 2 lines below the lower staff, and another 2 lines above the upper staff. There is a C one line above the lower staff and one line below the upper staff. And there is a C at the second space from the bottom of the lower staff, and the second space from the top of the upper staff. 3. Learn that the ‘“G” or treble clef is an ornate letter G and points you to a G on the treble clef, and the symbol on the bass clef is an F (connect the dots to the straight line) and shows you where an F is on the bass clef. 4. Using these 7 landmarks, start to fill in / memorize other notes in relation to them- for example, since second space up on bass clef is a C, middle line on bass clef (on degree above that C) is a D. 5. Learn 1, 2 or 3 additional notes each day or week and repeat that small number a lot, until you are really comfortable with them. Obviously you may be playing other notes in scales, exercises or pieces. But in the part of your practice that is focused on learning reading, concentrate on the small subset of notes until you are very comfortable with those you have already added to the C, G and F landmarks. That way you avoid getting overwhelmed and discouraged. 6. Find some bass lines written for jazz and / or rock music, and play those, maybe along with listening to the tunes for fun. It won’t teach you the chords, but you can add those later. 7. Write out all the inversions of some commonly encountered chords, triads, or if you play jazz, 7th chords, and notice the shape of the chord as a whole. Like a 7th chord in root position is either 4 notes on adjacent lines or 4 notes on adjacent spaces. So you don’t need to identify 4 notes to read and play that chord. You only need to read the bottom note, realize it’s. 7th chord in root position, and know what key you are in. Eventually you want to start reading chord “words” and not note “letters.”
The tips you say you have picked up are very observant, Stephen! If you keep practicing the things you've shared with us, you'll be well on your way!:)
Thank you!
This video was super helpful! I recently picked up piano, and I’ve only ever played clarinet before that (I still do), so I had to learn the base clef from scratch, while also reminding myself that it’s not treble clef! Every time I tried to play a base clef C, I would play a treble clef A, etc. I made flash cards for myself, and even just making then helped tons. Thanks so much for the tips!
Glad it was helpful Twixo6! I studied clarinet when I was younger like you!
Another reason we're struggling with that damn clef is made obvious in your example : whereas in the treble clef most of the notes are inside the staff and thus easily decipherable, when it comes to the bass clef there are tons of notes outside of the staff and that's a pain in the ass (cause we need to count the lines). Also chords, obviously.
yes indeed
I think what you should mention is that music theory helps a lot. One should always analyze the progression and harmony of a piece. One will be able to kinda predict what will come next.
I like the landmark system. I have that above the piano, but I haven't started sight reading...yet.
I was a young 65 year old that watched one of your videos and went out and bought a piano. And I find you have one of the most musical styles in all of your exercises...I mean songs that you give us.
Here is when you see an excellent teacher. Great didactic resources!! Keep with the good job!! Thanks for the encouragement !!! I'm a piano player beginner
Thanks so much for this video! I’ve been playing the piano since I was a kid, but I suffered a severe injury which prevented me from playing the piano, and I forgot a lot of the notes and music theory. Your videos really help me remember and refresh my memory on it! 😁
this really helped, i’ve been playing piano for about 2 years and i still struggle reading bass clef. i’ll be sure to look into those resources!
Your advice is really spot on. You get to the point without a long preamble. I find it saves so much time since I am so impatient to master the art.
My tip : A C E G is a A minor7 chord
@Mr. Davis all the spaces between lines are notes from A minor7 chord (notes: A C E G). When you put your hand on a keyboard in that position you’ll see that’s a quite simple pattern (chord) to memorize.
Got it! Great mnemonic!!!
I play trumpet for 8 years now so I only learned the treble clef. now I try piano too and I try to remember them both. and with these tips I guess I can learn the bass clef too.
(sorry if my English is bad... im dutch)
I've been reading treble clef for years now, so when I tried to pick up piano it was super confusing to me 😭Ty for making this video!
I have been playing treble instrument for 20 years when I decided to start learning piano, and reading bass clef was really hard. I ended up with a trick that I am still using: I just read the space (or line) above the note (in other words, I read 2 notes above). It works quite well to me, now after some time I got more familiar with the bass clef and I can read the note directly, but when in doubt I still use this trick...
Oh my goodness...I LOVE the Alfred flash cards! I used them as a kid until I could do the whole deck in 1min. Now, each and every one of my students use them.
I love these resources all in all! Slightly hesitant about the last one as it could be used a crutch for a long time instead of memorizing the clefs.
My strategy is to sightread everything and don't memorize any pieces. Don't play any pieces that you can't comfortably read through. It forces you to play lots of music at the same level before you progress to more difficult pieces.
how do u not memorize something u constantly play. its rare for me not to remember even after the 1st play through
I'm so bad at sight-reading base notes I have to write what the base note is under it....it's a lot easier for me now! Treble notes as you say, are no problem as they usually hold the tune!
You’re a great teacher Jazer and I really enjoy watching your tutorial clips . Would be very helpful if you can share a few tips on how to quickly read notes outside the lines on both clefs. I struggle a lot when it comes to notes outside the lines
Same
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video, this is not my first video from your collection, but I am learning key pieces…that no other instructor ever said to me before making me realize the reason why I haven’t progressed is these missing pieces in my training left me with fragmented knowledge. Once you realize, you see how your bad habits have completed you need to play a “rift”, but you aren’t building the necessary skills to read the music, associate the read information into placement on the piano, and lastly making your hands work without being watched. Connecting that to work means scales…to build the skills to work together… fluid..omg, now I’m anxious to practice.
Thanks Jazer for lesson.
All Cows Eat Grass took me back to learning to read music in the 60s. Now that I'm playing the piano, I'm confident with sight reading most of the bass clef, with the exception of anything below G (below 'All'). It's definitely due to practising pieces, that familiarity grows.
I love those resources. Great video!
Thanks Ying Zheng, hope you find them useful in your learning! Comment here if you have specific questions I can help with!
Thank you so much 😭 I struggle so much with this one
Great Video . Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
You are very good. Wish I had you as my first piano teacher.
Challenge accepted(!)
I agree, this is one thing you need to soldier thru, do a lot of sight reading. Mine is coming along but I feel I am about 1/2 way to just immediately knowing the notes.
Some things that are extremely helpful. The middle note of the trebble cleff is B. Note the 2nd space above the trebble cleff is B..also the second space below the trebble is B. Learn the notes above and below those ledger notes..sending at first.. GABCD.
Do the same at bottom F cleff. Do it descending at first G F E (D)
The center note of the base cleff is
D..that's big.. look the top of the base cleff. D is also two spaces above the F cleff. Start really noticing patterns. When I ditched sayings I became relaxed, confident, about 4 times faster.
Learn to say the notes backwards and forwards. The song fly me to the moon..C B A G F E D.. Think C Bag F E D C. Write it on a flash card or spiral notebook or in sheet music you own and don't mine writing on. Also the circle of fifths be learned in minutes. Actually the pattern can be said in 1 second. Half of it can be learned and said in a minute. I made it up.
Thanks Jazer that really helped me!
It's a pleasure GreneBean! :)
I practice my base and treble separately until I can do the motions without thought. Then I do both together. I kinda read a little different too. I know the first ledger above base is middle C and below treble is middle C so I see it as more of a layout of the piano than the notes themselves.
It helps a lot as a beginner Thank you.
Key signatures often help with this, because they directly transpose. So when you know that the C and F are sharp, seeing the key signature on the bass clef shows at a glance where the C and F keys are.
thank you! one trick that kinda worked for me is reading group of notes from the bottom to the top, like you already hv the idea that it's a chord or something like that 🙃
Your last tip to sight read 5 pieces in bass clef a day was the best! Thank you!
Hello Jazer, I found your videos very helpful Thanks. could you please do tutorial videos on sheet music reading for absolute beginners
THANKS for your great advice. If you want to be good at something you have to do it a lot. I need that reminder as I'm struggling to find the time.
You got this!
@@jazerleepiano you are the best and I really mean it. You communicate effectively.
Omg this makes so much more sense! Thank you show much for showing it visually!!
I know some base notes quickly, don't know why I can remeber them, though... With the others I read the treble clef and add a third ^^
I'm not so good at sight reading bass clef fast, But I use a method which is just read the note as a treble clef note and then just turn it up a third for example:
There is a (supposedly) G note on the bass clef. I read it as G, Turn it up a third and I get B, Which is the actual note. It helps a bit.
I haven't seen the video yet but I play sax first from treble to try and read was a challenge. I originally noticed that everything on bass was one line or space down from treble. That was very useful trick
Wonderful stuffs! Thanks heaps
You play beautifully! And shared lots of good tips!!! 👍
One of the best to familiar with the both clafs
I play cello in 3 different clefs all the time fingering with my left hand but still have problems with bass clef on the piano, especially when playing Chopin ballades and polonaises with the right hand moving all over the keyboard. My left hand seems to get confused (right brain problems?) & disoriented sometimes. Now I know why. So you are recommending that I spend more time on the bass clef for several days. Makes sense. Thanks!
I’m better at treble clef because I learned it as a child doing recorder. Now I’m having to learn the bass clef to play piano. One hack I find works very fast while playing is to think of the bass clef notes as having all slipped down one line or space from the treble clef positions. So “upper D” on the treble clef is on the second line from the top there, but on the bass clef the “upper D” is on the third line from the top. There is an F on the treble first line from the top and in the bass clef there is an F on the second line from the top, and so on.
I like it very much i m in india place called Goa panaji really i want learn ur technic of learning very nice bye putting the scale just big page indicating the full script very nice to to know exactly where if mistake takes place.sir
I had my first day of an advanced band class, I play the bass guitar and felt like someone handed me a guitar for the first time, this helps so much!!
Thank you for the cards tip and especially the long chart on the piano.
My first two instruments were viola and bassoon, so thankfully, clefs are not an issue for me, personally! Then took up classical guitar, so no issues with treble either.
Thank you for these tips.
Brother! My fingers easily get numb when I tried to play faster notes. Could you please help me with my fingering exercise. And as a piano player how should I take care of my hands.
If you will play morning, try wash your hand with warm water (tolerable), then before you start playing watch "exercise before playing piano" it will teach you how to stretch fingers and activate muscles. Then;
-Play basic hand independence practice piece or search it "hand independece exercise"
-then after that pause and shake your hands. Then you can start playing.
Set routine Exercise - Piano warmup + independence exercise + scale - Practice sight reading easy piece everyday. You can start with books of Alfreds , Czerny, Beyers, and other beginner books.
Just bought the flash cards! Didn't know these existed and I really need help learning the notes! Thanks :D
Thanks Jazer, You have some nice tools that help with bass clefts sight reading !!!
That Hal Leonard Student Keyboard Guide is god!
I am helping my Dad to learn piano and to read scores. This is really helpful for teachers also
Thank you
Well done sir . Good explanation .
I found that it depends a lot on the context as well. I also play trombone, so I'm reading one clef as fluently as the other. But still I tend to memorize the left hand and read the right one. Why? No idea. Bad habit? Nobody's ever given me an answer.
Great channel by the way
Thanks Mr J
I think there's a better way that you haven't mentioned, when you look at the note in the bass clef, just take it 2 steps up and it will be the equivalent of the treble clef.
F would sit on the top line in treble clef, but in Bass clef it would sit 2 steps below, on the second line. so you just take it 2 steps up in your mind until you start to remember the notes by themselves
i love you thank you
yes, I don't understand why he did not mentioned this from the get go!
I think if i have to improve my sight reading, classical sheet music is the best in my opinion.. i dont really read notes coz i play by ear but i do realize tht by learning some of the c;assical musiv(classical is hard for me ) i feel tht it is much easier when i look at the pop music sheet....most of the time i sing....classical music is too stressful..i will only play classical when i want to challenge myself.
You are genius .. thanks a lot
me as a flute trying to learn bass guitar 🥲
Good luck!
me as a flute just teaching myself piano on youtube
Thank you very much for these SUPER helpful suggestions. I have struggled with sight reading in general but especially bass clef in the past and will be orering these tools. I will be starting the 5 piece a day site reading exercise today as well.
And my question can you pls make a playlist for music sheet reading
Thanks teacher
Thank you so much!!
Fantastic!!! I love your videos! Thank you!!😊
Thanks so much Dan for stopping by! :D
That's the exact song I am working on that drove me to ask the question of reading bass clef better
I really like your vedios. Your tips are awsome for beginners like me. Thank you Jazer : )
wow, this helps a lot. thank you Jazer!
Hello Jazer, I really enjoy your videos and have already seen great improvement in just a month. I played the violin and I never learned the Bass Clef. Now I play the piano, self taught, and I have difficulty with my left hand. What can I do.
The Hal Leonard student guide chart looks great, but my piano only has 6 octaves. Would it fit into the space?
Great tips. Have you ever thought of sharing music theory?
My boys piano teacher always has them play hands separate at first when they start learning a new piece of music .....they grasp it quite quickly to proceed hands together❗
Do you have a teaching to help with large finger spans in the base clef, eg larger than 1 octave? Joan
One thing I find confusing about sight reading is, when a piece has two bass clefs( or two treble clefs),
I know that two bass clefs means most notes are below middle C and 2 treble means most are above middle C.
My question is what way should you move your hands when it changes from middle C position to above or below?
Do you move both hands or just one?
I already know what the Bass Clef notes are, all I need to do now is put it into practice and convert my weaknesses into strength.
Thank you so much for your tips. Where can we purchase the keyboard sheet? TIA
Great, I already know about the treble clef "FACE" and "Every Good Boy Deserves Fries" but I never Thought about "All Cows Eat Grass" Thank you for the tip.
Hey Jazer. Very nice content.
I livres in Sydney for 2 years. Where are you from?. I love your country. Cheers from Brazil.
As a novice, I can't help wondering why they did not design this system in a way that similar notes would live on the same lines regardless of the them being on bass or treble clef.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Great tips, thanks!
Great tips. Thanks for the good info!
It's a pleasure :)
Thank you so much it really helped :)
after 4 week now i can read treble clef "easy" (slow but i will know the key lol)
but for the left hand (bass clef) it's look very hard
gonna need to pratice more
i have trouble finding pieces to play. how do i find pieces that are around my difficulty? the video mentioned that i should try and sightread 5 pieces a day but im having trouble finding 1 good piece a month. any tips?
Apps are great for learning and testing notes too
Do you know any beginner level sheet music? I am absolutely new to reading sheets but i have been playing piano for 6 months.
im a beginner and i still dont know how to differentiate a black key and a white one when i look at the staff. is there a way for me to know which key to play ? i thought i only play black keys when is see a sharp or a flat by a note,
Since I learn the cello my sight reading ability for bass cleff becomes so much better. Now I have to tackle and master the tenor cleff. xD
Hello I do get mixed up with the notes on the bass clef because they are similar to the treble clef notes. I started learning Piano just 2 weeks ago. Because I got a Piano keyboard from a Thrift STore. I have slight dyslexia.
Good tips and you got to it quickly - thanks!
Thanks for checking out this vid roxywillow! What sort of tutorials would you like to see on this channel?
@@jazerleepiano I've played guitar, including classical guitar, for years, but never bass clef, so that has been a challenge - I took your advice from this vid and will work with those "helpers". Last night, I practiced for an hour, playing only with the left hand. I did buy a set of flash cards, so will use those! Thanks.
roxywillow nice one!
Hi , I'm playing piano for more than one and half a year , I'm on Beyer no 101and I'm facing problems
I no longer try to read the sheet and practice to play it I only see toturials
It started since the music sheet got tougher I kept watching toturials about how they play it I kinda memorized it and played it ( the sheet ) ! It is kinda making me nervous that , am I really doing right or it will affect my ability to play piano , what should I do? Should I stop doing that?
Hi there, you should persist and learn to read sheet music no matter how difficult. If you just keep watching youtube tutorials you will always be musically illiterate. When someone puts a sheet music in front of you and wants you to play it, you'll have no idea how to do it. I recommend still read sheet music, don't just memorise everything. Read easier ones first to keep yourself motivated.
@@jazerleepiano Thanks For your advice , I really didn't know what to do !
Where can i purchase this stuff youbtalking about . Any shop in sydney have this ? I cant find the second on online
Yeah. Just do a ton 😄
And another one, that I uses - the "third" method. If it looks like D treble clef, so it's F in bass. If it looks like G in treble, so it's B in bass