Pretzel Face asked:


I’m really not at all gifted at sight reading, I really want to be good at piano but it takes me so long to be able to play any piece of music. I have to memorise each note before I can play the whole piece!

Please, can anyone give me any tips on how to become a good sight reader?

I’d really appreciate the help.

how to sight read music

xNcMsCrOsScOuNtRyX asked:


Our choir is going to contest and there is a sight reading portion. I need help putting the solfege into the music. Like how to find Do and stuff. Please help me.. And videos or pictures would be appreciated SOO much. I’m kind of a visual learner.. (: Thanks!!

how to sight read music

Altus04 asked:


I’m primarily a flutist, but I’m interested in becoming proficient on piano. I have some experience (took eight years of lessons as a kid…my abilities reflect maybe three our four) and passed the proficiency exam for my music degree, though I’d really like to reach a level of genuine skill for purposes of fun, performance, and teaching–I’d like to be able to accompany my own students someday when I have my own studio, though I’m probably about ten years away from that.

I intend to take lessons when I have the time and money, but could anyone recommend some practice or exercise books to look at in the meantime? I’m aware of most fundamentals, hand position, crossing fingers, crossing hands, etc. but I definitely need a refresher on the scale fingerings and such.
I’m having a heck of a time trying to sight read as well. Bass clef…playing two, three, FOUR, FIVE notes at the same time? What’s that about? Haha. Seriously though, I usually end up having to do one hand at a time because I’m not used to reading more than a single line. I imagine you just grow accustomed to it over time to the extent that you can see chords and play them without thinking about it, but is there something I should focus on to make the process less overwhelming? The bass? The root? Stop trying to play music and just look at some exercises for a while until I’m used to it?
So…scales, chords, technique exercises, and maybe some easy rep. I have a book of Clementi sonatinas and they’re just slightly beyond me if that’s any indication of where I am.
Thanky!

Learn How to Sight Read Music

Alisa asked:


i wrote this song please tell me what you think! like what improvements and such i can make!!

watch the colors of the keldiescope
watch them fade to every shade of grey

we are all just the sum of everyone else
your bullets shoot me down
penetrating the sight of a true test
she bleeds for the words we speak
we’r watching
just watching

Woah oh! Woah oh!
the values of strength
are just to far away
Woah oh! Woah oh!
there will never be a day
Woah oh!
a refuge of love will be the savior
but only for today

we keep trying to come to the surface
your eyes judge me around
sentecing the idea of a new day
she screams the words we think
we’r destroying
always destroying

Woah oh! Woah oh!
the values of strength
are just to far away
Woah oh! Woah oh!
there will never be a day
Woah oh!
a refuge of love will save us
but only for today

watch the colors of the keldiescope
watch them fade to every shade of grey

sight reading music