How to Get MUCH Better at Piano Sight Reading
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- Do 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
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4:57 Tip Number 2
6:45 Tip Number 3
9:26 Tip Number 4
11:11 Tip Number 5
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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.
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.
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Brother.......sorry can I have pdf resources on sight reading from initial grade😢😢
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.
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?
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.
@377559 how long have you played the piano or organ for that matter.
@@Mutuli I studied piano when I was a teenager and have recently taken it up again after decades of neglect.
This works for me too I can play music that I can’t play before now ❤❤❤
I totally agree with you!!! 👍👍💯
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 🙏👌👍👏👏👏
I am glad my tutorials have been of help, John.
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!
♥ 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!
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.
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.
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 :)
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!
Incredibly clear and useful tips for developing skills over time. Much appreciated!
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.
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! ❤
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
You’re really great Jazer, it’s a real pleasure to watch your videos!
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.
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.
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
Your videos are just what I am looking for. They are really helpful for me. Thank you.
Such great tips for sight reading! So glad I found your site! 🎹
Wow! you are really good... all of these lessons are truly resonating with me and I can see my playing improving... thanks!
just what I needed! been trying to learn how to sight read for awhile so this will definitely help!
Thanks for the good and encouraging tips.
Thank you so much for this information. Your tips are very much appreciated and extremely helpful.
Brilliant tips as usual, thank you 🙂
This is something that will make a difference - Thankyou!!
Thank you so much Sir Jazer Lee, for this piano tutorial video....
Thanks Jazer for the fantastic tips. Love your tutorials 🎹🎶👍
You have such an incredible ability to teach the piano. Thanks you for all your wonderful videos ❣️🎼🎹
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
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..
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
Thank do much for these tips. I have learnt a lot from this video Sir.
More grace
Thx so much for that lesson Marie
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!
Thanks so much Jazer. Fantastic
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. ❤❤❤.
thank you for sharing this great video, it really answer me a lot of my questions!
Thanks for this! Welcome back... I've missed your videos.
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!
Yay! I'm glad it worked for your student as well.
Thank you for the useful tips!
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
Love this Lesson Thanks you sir for this Lesson
you’re literally my piano teacher. tysm for your tutorials and tips!
Thankyou soo much for this info ..very helpful..
Brilliant! Thanks for your help, I’ll put into practice tomorrow
Yepeeeee, thank you so much Sir.
U r absolutely right. I also told my students the same thing
Great tips Jazer. Thanks
Thank you for the tutorial
Thank you again ❤
Super helpful tips. Thanks!
Thank you for another great video.
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
Great! Concise, short, powerful... ¡Thanks!
super helpfull, u r so right
Can’t believe I missed this video last month, it addresses an area where I really struggle, thank you.
Excellent and inspiring❤❤
Thank you! I’m relearning piano and you’ve helped a lot
Great tips, thanks!!!
A Masterclass on sight reading. Thank you!
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.
Thk!!!! I needed it
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.
Very useful, thanks alot ❤
Thank you for your great support!
Many many thanks for the wonderful video and very helpful.
I´ll will begin to follow your advice that looks so useful. Allways wonder how to do that. Thanks
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!
Hello Angena! You're quite welcome!
@@jazerleepiano Thank you!
Thanks Jazer, I'm going through these tips, great advice, thank you so much.
You're welcome. 🤓
The guy is very well spoken. Many years of careful learning and practicing. I'm watching his videos to learn speaking English as well.
Great tips. Thanks
This is really helpful.
how u giving all these insanely helpful lessons for free this is awesome
Great advice and I can relate to every single one. It’s reassuring to realize I’m not the only one 🎵🎵
"Not to look at your hands." Brilliant! Thank you!
Great tips!!!
Always intersting and constructive video, thanks Jazer....
Very helpful!
thx, so much. it helped a lot.
Thank you!
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 💯
Thanks, mate! 🤓
great idea ...
you are a good teacher, can understand psychology in learning
Thanks, this is valuable information to me right now !
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.
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!
Hi Max, I am glad to be back. 🤓
I loved the idea of finding 3 black keys then playing g then finding the next group without looking. I get frustrated because i lose my place as I'm constantly looking back and forth on a new piece or even one I'm working to learn. This was great. A question: I try to scan ahead but sometimes lose my place. Is there a way to both scan and play the notes you're supposed to be playing?
It comes down to practice. As you get better with sight reading, you can remember the bar you're playing as you look ahead to the next. Seeing the patterns also helps a lot. If a two bar run is really just a scale (and you've practiced your scales so you know them inside and out) it's easy to look ahead to the third bar while your brain automatically plays the scale.
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😊)
Thank you for your tips on sight reading. They are very useful!
THIS IS AMAZING
Thanks, Jazer.
Thank you for the great tips! Excellent UA-cam channel. 👍🇨🇦👍
Thanks 🙏🏻
Maestro Jazer: amazing video (as always). Your advices for amateurs like me are really useful. Thank you very much. Un abrazo from La Palma.
You're welcome, Colombo!
Thank you so much for all your tips. It has helped me a lot. I decided to return to the piano after 20 years no play. It has been difficult for me, but I am enjoying the path. And your videos are helping me so much. Thank you!❤
You are quite welcome, Juli. And I am glad you came back to the piano.
How do I get the piece I just listened to? Greetings
Great video…I will try to incorporate your advice.
Thank you
I love your videos. Have you done or could you do one on fingerings? I find that with sight reading, especially, trying to figure out the fingerings if they aren't in the music is the thing that gets me all tied up. Are there basic rules to determining fingerings? Should you notate them before you start or just feel your way? Often the music will give you a few fingerings and then it's like you just have to figure it out from there. Some guidance would be really helpful.
All your questions can be answered by my piano tutorial videos. Try watching "Play with Two Hands" lesson and "Simple Exercise for Finger Independence on the Piano" lesson.
Your tips are so helpful ! Can you please recommend a book for intermediate piano playing, level 3. I stopped playing for many years and now that I’m retired I just keep practicing as much as I can but really slow😅. You’re a great teacher, by the way .
I like how he says "songs and pieces" instead of only saying "songs" or "pieces"
you are right