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Sight-Read Any Music!
Ten Amazing Free Tips.
Ten amazing free secrets help to sight-read any sheet music notation for piano, from Sound Feelings. This free sight reading information provides self-study tools and solutions on reading music like a professional. Sight reading takes time to improve, as with any self-improvement program, but these helpful tips will show you how to get there faster than you ever believed possible! See also: read notes, reading notes, note-reading, read music, sight-reading books.
The Following Free Tips are Based on Howard Richman’s popular book, Super Sight-Reading Secrets.
1 Develop Your “Relative” Sense of Touch.
Acquire the skill of playing so that you don’t need to look down at your hands. Without looking at the keyboard, glide your hands so you feel the two and three black keys (like Braille.) When you need a C, D, or E, feel for the “2s.” When you need an F, G, A, or B, feel for the “3s.” Most good sight-readers don’t need to look at their hands while they play and this drill teaches you how to find any note without looking at your hands. Then you will be able to keep your eyes on the music and look ahead
and this will greatly speed up your sight-reading.
2 Develop Your “Absolute” Sense of Touch.
Always sit in the same place. Middle “D” is recommended because it creates a symmetrical pattern in both directions. Sometimes you may need to make a page turn or your hand will jump from a high position to a low position on the keyboard. It is handy to not have to look down to find the correct position in these cases. By always sitting the same place at the piano, you will develop a physiological memory of all 88 keys on the piano!
3 Practice Finger Technique Without Looking at Your Hands.
4 Learn the Four Groups of the Lines and Spaces:
Try to learn these without the typical slogans: “Every Good Boy Does Fine,” or similar phrases. If you were to attempt to read a note using slogans, you would have to go through a 2-step process which seriously slows-down your speed. Just memorize the groups as fast a possible by saying them out loud frequently. Memorize the following.
Say: “Lines in the Treble E G B D F”
Say: “Lines in the Bass G B D F A”
Say: “Spaces in the Treble F A C E”
Say: “Spaces in the Bass A C E G”
Eventually, you will just memorize all the notes, but until that time comes, literally speak through the appropriate sequence until you reach the desired note. For example, if you want to read the third space in the treble clef, you say “F A C.” You stop on “C” and that is the third note.
5 Practice Only the Rhythmic Information.
6 Practice Only the Pitch and Fingering Information.
In a composition you are working on, ignore the correct rhythm. Just play the correct pitches along with the correct fingering. Don’t try to play in time here. This way, you can focus on just the right notes with the right fingers. your brain will enjoy the ability narrow its focus. Eventually, you will be able to play the right notes with the right fingering and with the right rhythm all at the same time!
7 Play Easy Pieces up to Tempo.
8 Play Difficult Pieces Super Slowly.
9 Look For Patterns in Music.
10 Study Music Theory.
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 These tips were prepared by Howard Richman and are offered for free as a courtesy. For additional information to super-charge your sight-reading ability, order Richman’s bestselling book, Super Sight-Reading Secrets.
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