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I have to say I've been talking about your videos to my boyfriend who got me a keyboard for Xmas. I've gone through many of your videos and I really want to say thank you SO MUCH. Never learned sheet music but I'm getting there! Posting these videos is very noble of you and I'm sure many people feel the same. You are appreciated!
Thank you so much. I'm a self learned pianist for nearly 3 years and don't have the slightest idea about reading sheet music or proper music theory. I can't describe how much your videos has helped me and hopefully other pianists as well. Again I would like to sincerely thank you for your help.
One of the rules they teach you for sight reading is that you have to keep reading new sheet music. If you read the same sheet music it will begin to be muscle memory and not sight reading. That's partly true, but not completely. I have been sight reading for over 3 years and I can play from sight now, even with new music. I bought about 10 songbooks 3 years ago with a total of about 500 songs. I played them from cover to cover. Then I did it again, and again, and again. It took about 3 or 4 months to get through them all each time. By the time I got back to the first song I didn't remember it so it was like reading a new song again. After doing that for 3 years I began to remember bits and pieces here and there, but I can't play anything from memory. That was never my goal. My goal was to be able to play from sheet music. So I decided to test if I am really playing from sight. I bought a new book with about 80 songs that I had never played before. No problem. I'm not perfect, but I can get through them first time with few errors and almost at full speed except for some really difficult ones. So, that's my experience.
I like how you always emphasize the importance of sight reading, because that's the part that fascinates me the most. A linguist in me makes me look at sheet music and see a foreign language with its own morphology, syntax, grammar and whatnot. Being able to decipher all this seems like an awesome skill. Anyways, I've been practicing it from the very beginning of learning piano and I've been instinctively doing this the "interval way", wondering if I was doing it right and not cheating because it felt easier and faster than naming all the notes in my mind first. In this video you helped me really understand what I was doing. Now, if you could help me really understand what I'm doing with my life in general, it would be great 😄 In all seriousness, thank you for making everything so clear! You're the best.
When i read a sheet music using intervals, i don't think about what the next note is going to be, i just think about whether it's a 2nd, 5th, 4th and etc. It helps when i want to play a sheet music fast but i tend to forget a few notes when i replay it.
Heya man, love your videos, they always help me so much, i actually never knew that music sheets were so easy and logical, the explanations were just on point. Thanks and great video.
Thank you very much for the wonderfully clear explanation regarding the relationship between the treble and bass clefs. Much appreciated. I can sleep now. Great demonstration using the piano.
In an example like you have a 17:20 which is F, A, and E, how do you know that is an F7 (-5) instead of an A6 inverted (-3)? Is it only determined by context (the other harmonics in the passage)?
One good alternative to associate the treble clef with the bass clef is to actually make it like this: Good Boys Deserves Fudge And ACE Great Hope it helps someone!
Thanks for a very informative video. As a complete beginner I have some questions though: 1) Why did musicians invent a term "second" if there's already a term "tone"? These two look completely equivalent to me 2) How do you know if notes of certain interval "match" or "don't match"? You say even number don't match and odd number match, but I hear an even number interval as "a sound number 1" and an odd interval as "a sound number 2". Second number is not better or worse than first, it's just another sound. So is there a way to figure out what match and what doesn't? Thanks
I was going for the idea to take couple of years to learn sheet reading, you are totally ruining that plan, it took me 3 minute with your explaining. Thank you big time :)
I'm working on a project and it's mind-blowing and it's hard for me to explain it to you is there any way that we can talk privately so I can give you this ancient information I have on a hieroglyphics that is not deciphered? My calculations are correct your name will be put in history books. This would be a major discovery.
Hey Tim , what does a (single # ) or (multiple ## ) mean on the treble cleff , i know that they are supposed to be sharps , but i don’t know which exactly notes should be played , it seems that they are always marked on the 5th and 4th line yet i don’t know which note is supposed to be played in sharp , also the same thing with bass clef , are there any diffrences?
Hi, they are placed on the line corresponding to the note that has to be played as a sharp note. The number depends on which key signature. They usually have a "minor" equivalent but that's another concept. Just Google key signature and you can see what I mean, for example from the Wikipedia article.
Virtual DarKness Thanks , helped me a bunch! There is a new thing bothering me , i can’t get my self to understand how to play Slur Legato on half notes and whole notes . For example We have a slur between 4 notes in a bar which all happen to be whole notes and half notes , how do you play these when they are supposed to be played smoothly , since the whole meaning of legato . Do you play them normally? If so what’s the point putting a slur if it’s the same ?
gatecrash x Those would be considered “ties” as opposed to “slurs/legato.” You just hold it rather than playing the same note twice. Not an expert, but I think that’s always the case.
gatecrash x Oh wait, I think I misunderstood. Umm maybe look up ties vs slurs or legato and see what applies to the scenario you’re describing. I think if it’s connecting two notes right next to each other it’s considered a tie and you play the length of the two notes, and if it’s slurring over more notes or it just says to play legato, you just try to play them as smoothly as possible while still making them distinct notes.
I'm learning violin, but this information is still helpful. I find that lots of piano lessons apply to violin. And, any tips for reading the treble clef are appreciated.
I have been playing piano for four years. well, more like started four years. when i was eight, i started playing piano and started learning with a piano teacher for abooout one year. but then i moved and my new piano teacher wasn't...ah. a good teacher. she was very intimidating and would try to guilt trip me if i was frustrated i knew what she was trying to do but i was intimidated by her. she taught me a few things i guess but just started giving me piano pieces to play rather than learning things. she cancelled piano classes and sometimes for months. One day, my mom got a text from her saying I wasn't committed enough, and should be trying harder. She was the one cancelling class. She said if i didn't try harder, she wouldn't be giving me lessons anymore. She also tried guilt tripping me. And that's when I decided to quit. I started just learning songs on youtube and not by reading sheet music. It's been a year now, I should have gotten a different piano teacher, but I guess I just didn't want go through the same thing again now, I've gotten so used to playing songs on youtube, I can't read sheet music as well as i used to ,_,
You are amazing teacher. Thank you. Which software are you using for the note writing in music sheet? Any PC version? You did mention in one of your video but I cant find it as I saw lots in your channel.
Why not just count the spaces and lines between notes? So a fifth has 3 keys between the notes, a fourth has 2 keys between notes, etc? Seems like it would make finding the next note easier than counting the starting and ending note.
I just started watching your video "Read Music Faster With This Technique". So, it seems like you have to count the start and end notes because there are different types of 3rd, 5ths, etc due to half steps.
Your tips and tricks are useful. But sight reading is not easy (and not much fun either). It's why so many people quit piano playing, it takes too long to master. Learning how to read the treble clef only and using fake books for the left hand chords is much less painful. Not ideal if you want to play classical music, but for most rock, pop, and country, you'll get by just fine.
remember to be realistic - you'll have to put in some work whichever plan you choose for becoming a pianist I have spent months studying teaching yourself piano and discovered a fantastic website at Denelle Piano Lesson (check it out on google)
Starting with the first space at the bottom of the bass clef and working upwards to the A in a space on the treble clef, I think of the ones as: All Cows Eat Grass But Do Fart Afterwards...😂
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Hey students!
I want to let you know that there is a Fall Sale going on right now for the courses over on my website: www.pianolessonsontheweb.com . Whether you are a beginner looking for a solid foundation to build on or you are looking to take your existing skills to that next level, my courses will help you do just that! Sale ends October 10th.
I have to say I've been talking about your videos to my boyfriend who got me a keyboard for Xmas. I've gone through many of your videos and I really want to say thank you SO MUCH. Never learned sheet music but I'm getting there! Posting these videos is very noble of you and I'm sure many people feel the same. You are appreciated!
“Every good boy deserves friends” sounds so much better.
Or deserves fun
Or deserves family
Every good boy look’s fine
@@jingxue6390 this is where we get concerned
i learned from Every Good Boy Does Fine
instead of blah blah , you are sincerely give some good advice and tool. Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much. I'm a self learned pianist for nearly 3 years and don't have the slightest idea about reading sheet music or proper music theory. I can't describe how much your videos has helped me and hopefully other pianists as well. Again I would like to sincerely thank you for your help.
You're very welcome!
Good luck with learning! Yes, theory is extremely important for playing and general understanding of music
@@AnnaKhomichkoPianist yes, thanks a lot for your support! It means a lot.
You Sir are an amazing teacher! Thanks
One of the rules they teach you for sight reading is that you have to keep reading new sheet music. If you read the same sheet music it will begin to be muscle memory and not sight reading. That's partly true, but not completely.
I have been sight reading for over 3 years and I can play from sight now, even with new music. I bought about 10 songbooks 3 years ago with a total of about 500 songs. I played them from cover to cover. Then I did it again, and again, and again. It took about 3 or 4 months to get through them all each time. By the time I got back to the first song I didn't remember it so it was like reading a new song again.
After doing that for 3 years I began to remember bits and pieces here and there, but I can't play anything from memory. That was never my goal. My goal was to be able to play from sheet music. So I decided to test if I am really playing from sight. I bought a new book with about 80 songs that I had never played before. No problem. I'm not perfect, but I can get through them first time with few errors and almost at full speed except for some really difficult ones.
So, that's my experience.
These video's really are the best I've seen for us people trying to learn the piano.
You are an excellent teacher. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this lesson with us am a beginner and loving it ,,,,,,
I like how you always emphasize the importance of sight reading, because that's the part that fascinates me the most. A linguist in me makes me look at sheet music and see a foreign language with its own morphology, syntax, grammar and whatnot. Being able to decipher all this seems like an awesome skill.
Anyways, I've been practicing it from the very beginning of learning piano and I've been instinctively doing this the "interval way", wondering if I was doing it right and not cheating because it felt easier and faster than naming all the notes in my mind first. In this video you helped me really understand what I was doing. Now, if you could help me really understand what I'm doing with my life in general, it would be great 😄
In all seriousness, thank you for making everything so clear! You're the best.
When i read a sheet music using intervals, i don't think about what the next note is going to be, i just think about whether it's a 2nd, 5th, 4th and etc. It helps when i want to play a sheet music fast but i tend to forget a few notes when i replay it.
Learning to read music again and you are the BEST!
My favorite saying for the bass clef is Grizzly Bears Don’t Fear Anything.
except for putin
That's a better one, I've always used good boy does fine always, but it sounds pretty lame haha
You can use anything, as long as you remember the notes
Hi Tim-Thank you for all your cool videos. Could you please tell me the name of the program you use to demonstrate your piano videos. Thanks so much.
Heya man, love your videos, they always help me so much, i actually never knew that music sheets were so easy and logical, the explanations were just on point. Thanks and great video.
I am taking private lessons but this video helped me more then my teacher. Thank you for posting it
Saw exact same comment on many videos.
Nice!
many thanks! Excellent. The intervals are very helpful for visual memory.
That reading note app is really helpful for someone who is a visual learner (me). Really helped refresh! Thank you!
what reading note app is it?
Thank you very much for the wonderfully clear explanation regarding the relationship between the treble and bass clefs. Much appreciated. I can sleep now.
Great demonstration using the piano.
You are a legend dude, Much appreciated!
These tutorials get better and better each time you redo them. Thanks so much for your effort.
You’re fantastic. Thanks
Love your lessons. Found them recently and have learned a lot.
Thanks!!!!! Great Video
I've watched a number of videos as a curious person not interested in saying an instrument. This is the first person to say where middle C is!!!
Merci beaucoup for this. It's helping a lot.
wow, that makes SO much sense! Thanks Much for sharing this info.
Thanks for your time and willingness to share!
Thanks teacher I am beginner and an adult I hope I can learn🙏🏻
In an example like you have a 17:20 which is F, A, and E, how do you know that is an F7 (-5) instead of an A6 inverted (-3)? Is it only determined by context (the other harmonics in the passage)?
One good alternative to associate the treble clef with the bass clef is to actually make it like this:
Good Boys Deserves Fudge And
ACE Great
Hope it helps someone!
Very helpful video.
Thanks for a very informative video. As a complete beginner I have some questions though:
1) Why did musicians invent a term "second" if there's already a term "tone"? These two look completely equivalent to me
2) How do you know if notes of certain interval "match" or "don't match"? You say even number don't match and odd number match, but I hear an even number interval as "a sound number 1" and an odd interval as "a sound number 2". Second number is not better or worse than first, it's just another sound. So is there a way to figure out what match and what doesn't?
Thanks
Making confirmation. Old is Gold.
I was going for the idea to take couple of years to learn sheet reading, you are totally ruining that plan, it took me 3 minute with your explaining. Thank you big time :)
A very informative video!! thank you
thank you Tim
Thank you sir 🙏
Good tutorial 🙌🏻
easy to follow, solid instruction
Yet again, he forgot to put the link
Lol
This video deserves more
Thanks for sharing
Brilliant lesson. Thank you so much
Every good boy deserves fun
I'll remember that:)
such a great tutorial🤧💓want more and more
Thanks!! Slowly but surely I'm learning:}}
pls what software do you make use of in showing the notes on the staff
Staffpad
Great lesson thanks
I'm working on a project and it's mind-blowing and it's hard for me to explain it to you is there any way that we can talk privately so I can give you this ancient information I have on a hieroglyphics that is not deciphered? My calculations are correct your name will be put in history books. This would be a major discovery.
Thank you so much for the link to the musictheory page - very helpful :-)
I have seen better. But anyways, whatever helps you :)
If the sheet is made in d major,do you use the formula do = d or play as written on the sheet?
In elementary school I learned "Go Bug Dad For Allowance" for the bass clef lines haha
And for the treble, "Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips" haha
Where is the link to practice pieces
Your videos are valuable and entertaining 👍😅
So I have a question, are the line notes and the space notes an octave apart? I really want to know I’m new and I’m trying to learn 😅
What software are you using to draw notes onto the staff.
Can you print those note or chord out to your pinter?
Great vid only suggestion is at my house it's Every Good Boy Deserves Fries Again 😅
What about sharp notes?
How much are DVD's?
I am good for a wait.
what the numbers 4 near the sol key mean?
What platform is this?? The one you are using? I want to be able to test myself like that
Thank you sooooooo much
Thank you very much super clear👌
Hi , this is good , you can say , middle C is C4, so as you know, going up ,C5,, Would be the next C up ,
Hi! Is the "advanced" chord on the cover of the video even a real chord? I tried to find it but I don't know which one it is.
nope, not really a real chord. I took out the C in the second chord because it was too cluttered on the right side.
@@LessonsOnTheWeb hahaha Thank you for your quick reply. Now I feel better that it doesn't exist 😄
I can read music but very poorly and very slowly. Wonder how to get better.
Hey Tim , what does a (single # ) or (multiple ## ) mean on the treble cleff , i know that they are supposed to be sharps , but i don’t know which exactly notes should be played , it seems that they are always marked on the 5th and 4th line yet i don’t know which note is supposed to be played in sharp , also the same thing with bass clef , are there any diffrences?
Hi, they are placed on the line corresponding to the note that has to be played as a sharp note. The number depends on which key signature. They usually have a "minor" equivalent but that's another concept. Just Google key signature and you can see what I mean, for example from the Wikipedia article.
Virtual DarKness Thanks , helped me a bunch! There is a new thing bothering me , i can’t get my self to understand
how to play Slur Legato on half notes and whole notes . For example
We have a slur between 4 notes in a bar which all happen to be whole notes and half notes , how do you play these when they are supposed to be played smoothly , since the whole meaning of legato . Do you play them normally? If so what’s the point putting a slur if it’s the same ?
gatecrash x Those would be considered “ties” as opposed to “slurs/legato.” You just hold it rather than playing the same note twice. Not an expert, but I think that’s always the case.
gatecrash x Oh wait, I think I misunderstood. Umm maybe look up ties vs slurs or legato and see what applies to the scenario you’re describing. I think if it’s connecting two notes right next to each other it’s considered a tie and you play the length of the two notes, and if it’s slurring over more notes or it just says to play legato, you just try to play them as smoothly as possible while still making them distinct notes.
What does it mean when there's a 1 beat music note at the top left with a "= 70"?
That means that the tempo of the quarter note is 70 bpm. That determines how fast the piece should be played.
Very good, thank you :)
another great lesson Tim. God bless brother
Tim Johnson agree, superb explanations
@@AnnaKhomichkoPianist Anna, I watched a video of yours. Truly amazing. Thank you for what you do. Blessings.
God bless you
It's quite helpful, thank you, Tim! only 455 likes? how come?
"Every Good Boy Deserves Fries"
I am going to die laughing at this
I wish lol
I'm learning violin, but this information is still helpful. I find that lots of piano lessons apply to violin. And, any tips for reading the treble clef are appreciated.
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor
Thanks man I’m going to to that
I have been playing piano for four years. well, more like started four years. when i was eight, i started playing piano and started learning with a piano teacher for abooout one year. but then i moved and my new piano teacher wasn't...ah. a good teacher. she was very intimidating and would try to guilt trip me if i was frustrated i knew what she was trying to do but i was intimidated by her. she taught me a few things i guess but just started giving me piano pieces to play rather than learning things. she cancelled piano classes and sometimes for months.
One day, my mom got a text from her saying I wasn't committed enough, and should be trying harder. She was the one cancelling class. She said if i didn't try harder, she wouldn't be giving me lessons anymore. She also tried guilt tripping me. And that's when I decided to quit. I started just learning songs on youtube and not by reading sheet music. It's been a year now, I should have gotten a different piano teacher, but I guess I just didn't want go through the same thing again
now, I've gotten so used to playing songs on youtube, I can't read sheet music as well as i used to ,_,
That is a sad story
Just realized bass sheet music and piano sheet music is different. Now i gotta learn the basics again :(
12:00
Unfortunately, the app recommended seems to not be available for android devices. 😢
Good boys don’t fool around!
Every Green Bus Drives Fast is my favourite saying
You are amazing teacher. Thank you. Which software are you using for the note writing in music sheet? Any PC version? You did mention in one of your video but I cant find it as I saw lots in your channel.
"Every good boy deserves fruit" and "Good boys deserve fruit always"
This way helps to reinforce the relationships between E-G-B-D-F-A.
Every good boy deserves fudge. Especially me
2:46 scared the bejesus out of me
*Gee! Doesn't that sound familiar?*
The music teacher I wish I had in highschool
15:03
Im sad, my Korg B2 delivery is delayed :-(
Ayo thats poggers tim
Why not just count the spaces and lines between notes? So a fifth has 3 keys between the notes, a fourth has 2 keys between notes, etc? Seems like it would make finding the next note easier than counting the starting and ending note.
I just started watching your video "Read Music Faster With This Technique". So, it seems like you have to count the start and end notes because there are different types of 3rd, 5ths, etc due to half steps.
You did not remember to put it in the description.
I came up with every god buys dead falcons and I like it
Your tips and tricks are useful. But sight reading is not easy (and not much fun either). It's why so many people quit piano playing, it takes too long to master. Learning how to read the treble clef only and using fake books for the left hand chords is much less painful. Not ideal if you want to play classical music, but for most rock, pop, and country, you'll get by just fine.
remember to be realistic - you'll have to put in some work whichever plan you choose for becoming a pianist I have spent months studying teaching yourself piano and discovered a fantastic website at Denelle Piano Lesson (check it out on google)
Starting with the first space at the bottom of the bass clef and working upwards to the A in a space on the treble clef, I think of the ones as: All Cows Eat Grass But Do Fart Afterwards...😂
Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart ✨🌯
I think the objective of most of you is to confuse learners so that they will approach you for clarifications then you will take advantage.