It's kind of funny how expertise tends to be doing less of the wrong thing over time, haha. I.e. with archery, as skill increases, your goal isn't to hit the bullseye more, it's to miss less and less badly.
Tips summary.- 1) Gather as much info as possible (time signature, key signature, tempo, essence of the piece and eye-catching characteristics) 2) Prioritise rhythm and tempo. This will support your playing. 3) Read chords, intervals and phrases (set of notes) as one thing. 4) Notice patterns and sequences. It'll help you predict what's next and reset in the next module if you make a mistake. 5) Know the harmony of the piece, so you'll capture the accidentals, sharps and flats' pattern. 6) Fake sight reading a decent amount to be doing less of the wrong thing. The point of s.r is that you capture the essence of the song. 7)It's better to stick to the rhythm even if you play the wrong notes.
Guess it all comes back to practice, practice, practice. It's familiarization that helps you get through sight reading. The more you practice the better you get. Of course approaching your practice the right way is most important. That's why I'm always watching you and learning. Wow amazing how many videos you've made. I never get tired of them. Just need to watch them more. Take care. Your loving fan, Jesse
I always ask my younger students to find three things in the first bar that gives you lots of info; that is: key, time and tempo. It starts with these things as soon as they appear in their music. I also use the analogy about taking in a whole word, rather than just syllables, when reading.. " how would you say this word in kindergarten?".Finally, I start each lesson with sight reading so it becomes less stressful and more of a game. Nahre's ideas can be implemented right from the beginning. They really work. My teacher used to say I was a brilliant sight reader because I didn't practice. Boy, did I concentrate in lessons!
So many things to pay attention to before you actually play. I play to enjoy so i don’t do the steps; i read and it gives me pleasure as the music unfolds.
You are amazing. Your ability to explain one concept using concepts in other areas is the gift of a true teacher! Most people at your expert level only know their own craft (albeit very well), and it is hard for them to pull examples from other areas. Using the idea that you can look at groups and phrases of notes the same way as groups and phrases of words - that was awesome. In another video you explained the circle of 5ths and how composers use that similarly to how artists use the color wheel. Brilliant. I am a teacher, an artist, and a musician, and I think your method of explaining things is dead on brilliant. :) I wish you were my music teacher! Im off to buy your book! Thank you!
You are so good at VIDEO. I wish you were my Piano teacherz... Seriously though, I'm gonna work my butt off at becoming a better piano player day and night.
I have had the privilege to watch at least two pianists who seemed to enjoy sight reading - being able to phrase and form the pieces (which however may have been more or less known beforehand.) I have second hand information on a pianist who enjoyed accompanying singers and soloists for radio-recordings - sight-reading. We should distinguish between types of piano-settings: solos, bread-and-butter pieces, accompaniment, and so on. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) has a difficulty-grading system which may be helpful in determining what pieces are within reach for *your* level. Sight reading music has improved my fingering ability (and moves) but foremost: It is fun and you feel good if you choose music within your limits. (Gee a long comment! I should emphasize that Nahre Sol's advices are main basis for sight-reading!)
I find grading systems such as ABRSM to be too vague. Musicians struggle with different concepts and may be able to easily play some high level music, but cannot even do a simple piece of music.
To fake in a way that is less wrong. I do that. If it sounds ok.....then it is. I'm not that good and cannot remember a line of music without the dots. Thanks for reinforceing my method of playing.
@@zomb7138 You load sheet music pdfs that you acquire elsewhere (IMSLP or purchasing it), it's not a repository of sheet music, but an app specialized for displaying and annotating it
You really deserve MUCH more views. Can I ask you something? Looks like you go to the next page on your tablet with just one touch on the screen, what app are you using to do that? I'm using the adobe acrobat for pdf's and I have to slide my finger on the screen, it' so uncomfortable. Thanks and sorry for my english.
I’m surprised acrobat forces you to swipe. IBooks certainly doesn’t, or most things I’ve tried. Also there’s an app called Documents by Readle that has options for double page spread where the first page may or may not be displayed on its own; works very nicely on big ipad.
@Owen Bailey-Waltz LOL!!! I was never a good sight reader, so training as kid and a very quick ear---lots of accompanying and teaching so better through the school of hard knocks. BUT it drove me NUTS that folks who just SLOP their way always and folks cheer that on, found this in church music settings a lot. I got PUT DOWN for being prepared!!! So yep I hear ya..discovered a few years ago that I have a slight vision disorder that my eyes are slow to FUSE an object had an eye exam with a behavioral optometrist. That and poor lighting in my practice space as a kid, plus poor teaching in my early years, self taught myself a lot until HS---well, it's been a long road. SRead a movement of a Bach KB sonata for flute and klavier a week ago. Not fast but tons of changes and I did it! With a long time professional flute player colleague and friend. She comes and stands on our porch outside and I am around the corner in the front room about 14 ft away door and window to studio open, with a mask on.
Loved your video. Excellent info organization and editing. Your examples were perfect but I’m not familiar with them. Would you let us know what they are? great story in the Schirmer edition of the Grieg piano concerto in the forward where Franz Liszt sight reads this for Grieg . Stay the course!
If you are an accompanying someone then a bit faking should definately be allowed, since it is the soloists playing along that should be the focus, and not a couple of wrong notes on the piano.
This is very helpful, Nahre. I'm interested in the composer whose music you played during the video, it sounds good. Could you please post their name and title of the piece/s?
Lots of helpful advices that most of them I notice I'm already doing intuitively. For example if you read 'this' word in the sentence, you'll see it as an entire word. Rather than the letters t, h, i and s. Same goes for sightreading music. At some point you'll recognize chords (original or inversed) and will no longer have to look and make out all individual notes.
Josh Wright released a video a few weeks back about a sight-reading benchmark test that he took online (via MIDI keyboard). I wonder what you'd get if you took it. Here's the website: standardassessmentofsightreading.com/
Hi Nahre. with discipline every day at least an hour, how many years do we take to be better at sight reading?? (I know it depends on many facts. but an average resoult) thankkkkkkssss you sooo much¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
*I can't remember my accidentals for the rest of the bar!* (It's ironic that sheet music, which is supposed to eliminate memorization, requires this memorization - WHY not simply mark them all? It would provide useful information because in a glance you would see them. _AND Who in the World started this convention???_ )
I don' think that the main purpose of sheet music is eliminating memorization. I always thought of it as a tool for communication (from the composer to the musician)
@@nativegima9852 I suppose it's not totally unlike the programmer communicating with the machine using code _which must be compiled_ for the machine to understand. While the programmer _can_ directly write machine code(assembler), it is easier for the programmer to use code (FORTRAN, C++, Python). Sort of sad we're using technology of 15th century monks!
better enjoy the music than sight reading..i think sight reading is people like Her todecipher then we just imitate/ improvise onece we know how it suppose to sound.. to be a good sigh reader probably going to take up more than 10 yrs..lol
It's kind of funny how expertise tends to be doing less of the wrong thing over time, haha. I.e. with archery, as skill increases, your goal isn't to hit the bullseye more, it's to miss less and less badly.
As the chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower famously stated, "the winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake".
Thanks! That’s a really helpful way for me to think about it
It’s important to tell this to learners…. Because it takes time 😅!
Tips summary.-
1) Gather as much info as possible (time signature, key signature, tempo, essence of the piece and eye-catching characteristics)
2) Prioritise rhythm and tempo. This will support your playing.
3) Read chords, intervals and phrases (set of notes) as one thing.
4) Notice patterns and sequences. It'll help you predict what's next and reset in the next module if you make a mistake.
5) Know the harmony of the piece, so you'll capture the accidentals, sharps and flats' pattern.
6) Fake sight reading a decent amount to be doing less of the wrong thing. The point of s.r is that you capture the essence of the song.
7)It's better to stick to the rhythm even if you play the wrong notes.
thank you random wholesome person.
Guess it all comes back to practice, practice, practice. It's familiarization that helps you get through sight reading. The more you practice the better you get. Of course approaching your practice the right way is most important. That's why I'm always watching you and learning. Wow amazing how many videos you've made. I never get tired of them. Just need to watch them more. Take care. Your loving fan, Jesse
well put! better than whatever I could have said.
I always ask my younger students to find three things in the first bar that gives you lots of info; that is: key, time and tempo.
It starts with these things as soon as they appear in their music. I also use the analogy about taking in a whole word, rather than just syllables, when reading.. " how would you say this word in kindergarten?".Finally, I start each lesson with sight reading so it becomes less stressful and more of a game. Nahre's ideas can be implemented right from the beginning. They really work.
My teacher used to say I was a brilliant sight reader because I didn't practice. Boy, did I concentrate in lessons!
“Yesterday ate giant” makes perfect sense to me
Do you also know someone called yesterday?
@@L.M1792 and someone named giant
So many things to pay attention to before you actually play. I play to enjoy so i don’t do the steps; i read and it gives me pleasure as the music unfolds.
You are amazing. Your ability to explain one concept using concepts in other areas is the gift of a true teacher! Most people at your expert level only know their own craft (albeit very well), and it is hard for them to pull examples from other areas. Using the idea that you can look at groups and phrases of notes the same way as groups and phrases of words - that was awesome. In another video you explained the circle of 5ths and how composers use that similarly to how artists use the color wheel. Brilliant. I am a teacher, an artist, and a musician, and I think your method of explaining things is dead on brilliant. :) I wish you were my music teacher! Im off to buy your book! Thank you!
Wonderful tips and wonderful editing!
Thank you very much!! :)
Hmmm am I missing something here... I can't find tip 7, unless the 7th tip is to just practice...
Fake it till you make it 🎉 I like sight reading as can figure out patterns and notations but trying to improve on playing elegantly
I'm glad you're back. Thank you for the uploads; have a beautiful day!
Hi Obediah!! Thanks!! Hope you're well!! :)
I have no idea what you are talking about but my God it was incredible.
You are so good at VIDEO. I wish you were my Piano teacherz...
Seriously though, I'm gonna work my butt off at becoming a better piano player day and night.
My respect for you has multiplied for a thousand. And I already had you for a piano shredder (in the good sense). Thank you for your advices.
You’re really really good and you’re teaching is concise and straightforward
I have had the privilege to watch at least two pianists who seemed to enjoy sight reading - being able to phrase and form the pieces (which however may have been more or less known beforehand.) I have second hand information on a pianist who enjoyed accompanying singers and soloists for radio-recordings - sight-reading.
We should distinguish between types of piano-settings: solos, bread-and-butter pieces, accompaniment, and so on. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) has a difficulty-grading system which may be helpful in determining what pieces are within reach for *your* level. Sight reading music has improved my fingering ability (and moves) but foremost: It is fun and you feel good if you choose music within your limits. (Gee a long comment! I should emphasize that Nahre Sol's advices are main basis for sight-reading!)
I find grading systems such as ABRSM to be too vague. Musicians struggle with different concepts and may be able to easily play some high level music, but cannot even do a simple piece of music.
To fake in a way that is less wrong. I do that. If it sounds ok.....then it is. I'm not that good and cannot remember a line of music without the dots. Thanks for reinforceing my method of playing.
Literally, Im trying to keep up and understand and i just have to say you are so amazingg
NOW THIS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN is the only video IN THE HISTORY OF RUclips that gives you tips on how to sightread! Take notes y'all!!!!!
o man I 've been search sight reading on youtube for at least a year now and only now I come across this great video. why is that?
So interesting to watch, yet so complicated for me
This video is so good ! Helped me a lot
That kind of channel tho. I insta subbed, after watching thirty seconds only :)
Your videos are helpful, your a very resourceful creative/intellectual pianist. Very very rich. Thank you 🙏🏼
~ also pianist and composer.
Even with you tutoring me 30 mins a day I could not learn to read piano music in a million years! ( And I would really try)
Her video tutorials are for people who already have a vast knowledge of music. Its not for beginners
agreed meant for advance student..
This was an excellent video, like so many of your others! I wish I had had you as a teacher when I was first learning...
Great videos!!
Thank you!!
Que bonita la mascota se duerme con el piano a gusto
what is that sheet music app everyone uses?
Forscore
Would it have pretty much all scores out there? (Between The Different eras)
@@zomb7138 You load sheet music pdfs that you acquire elsewhere (IMSLP or purchasing it), it's not a repository of sheet music, but an app specialized for displaying and annotating it
For sinusoid: MobileSheets
You really deserve MUCH more views. Can I ask you something? Looks like you go to the next page on your tablet with just one touch on the screen, what app are you using to do that? I'm using the adobe acrobat for pdf's and I have to slide my finger on the screen, it' so uncomfortable. Thanks and sorry for my english.
forscore
I’m surprised acrobat forces you to swipe. IBooks certainly doesn’t, or most things I’ve tried. Also there’s an app called Documents by Readle that has options for double page spread where the first page may or may not be displayed on its own; works very nicely on big ipad.
My kind of sight reading is when I look at the guitarist left hand for the chord
Thanks for the helpful video! What did you mean by "chronic" sight reading?
it means you should practice for rehearsals. Especially as an orchestra player you don't want to be *that* guy who didn't practise
@Owen Bailey-Waltz LOL!!! I was never a good sight reader, so training as kid and a very quick ear---lots of accompanying and teaching so better through the school of hard knocks. BUT it drove me NUTS that folks who just SLOP their way always and folks cheer that on, found this in church music settings a lot. I got PUT DOWN for being prepared!!! So yep I hear ya..discovered a few years ago that I have a slight vision disorder that my eyes are slow to FUSE an object had an eye exam with a behavioral optometrist. That and poor lighting in my practice space as a kid, plus poor teaching in my early years, self taught myself a lot until HS---well, it's been a long road. SRead a movement of a Bach KB sonata for flute and klavier a week ago. Not fast but tons of changes and I did it! With a long time professional flute player colleague and friend. She comes and stands on our porch outside and I am around the corner in the front room about 14 ft away door and window to studio open, with a mask on.
THANK YOU NAHRE SOL!!
Loved your video. Excellent info organization and editing. Your examples were perfect but I’m not familiar with them. Would you let us know what they are? great story in the Schirmer edition of the Grieg piano concerto in the forward where Franz Liszt sight reads this for Grieg . Stay the course!
Excellent video, thanks for posting, much appreciated : )
EXCELLENT! Thanks very much!
Nahre sol ，I love you❤
Clever and funny ! Thanks
If you are an accompanying someone then a bit faking should definately be allowed, since it is the soloists playing along that should be the focus, and not a couple of wrong notes on the piano.
Atm giant dogs ate yesterday, but i'm working on it
What’s the piece at 1:25?
Thank you
that was a nice jazz arrangement played in the mall by the smallest keyboard ive ever seen lol.
# 8 - Have quick hands to tap the screen to flip the page or else your done before you start!
Bluetooth pedal solves that.
Really helpful!
This is very helpful, Nahre. I'm interested in the composer whose music you played during the video, it sounds good. Could you please post their name and title of the piece/s?
Any twosetters?
Lots of helpful advices that most of them I notice I'm already doing intuitively. For example if you read 'this' word in the sentence, you'll see it as an entire word. Rather than the letters t, h, i and s. Same goes for sightreading music. At some point you'll recognize chords (original or inversed) and will no longer have to look and make out all individual notes.
What app do you use for music score on your iPad
Thanks
You're a gem
Is that a melodica on the flooooooor??
Josh Wright released a video a few weeks back about a sight-reading benchmark test that he took online (via MIDI keyboard). I wonder what you'd get if you took it. Here's the website: standardassessmentofsightreading.com/
Cool, I will maybe check it out later!
genius!!! u are the best
Hi Nahre. with discipline every day at least an hour, how many years do we take to be better at sight reading?? (I know it depends on many facts. but an average resoult) thankkkkkkssss you sooo much¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
How can I stop my habit of hesitating/stopping when I go wrong?
Sweet.
What if you only have 30 seconds to get ready?
What do you use to mark up your music on the iPad?
Forscore!
*I can't remember my accidentals for the rest of the bar!* (It's ironic that sheet music, which is supposed to eliminate memorization, requires this memorization - WHY not simply mark them all? It would provide useful information because in a glance you would see them. _AND Who in the World started this convention???_ )
I don' think that the main purpose of sheet music is eliminating memorization. I always thought of it as a tool for communication (from the composer to the musician)
@@nativegima9852 I suppose it's not totally unlike the programmer communicating with the machine using code _which must be compiled_ for the machine to understand. While the programmer _can_ directly write machine code(assembler), it is easier for the programmer to use code (FORTRAN, C++, Python). Sort of sad we're using technology of 15th century monks!
can you also make a video for 18+ piano beginners?
but a giant cupcake is just a cake...
I feel attacked by the thumbnail
better enjoy the music than sight reading..i think sight reading is people like Her todecipher then we just imitate/ improvise onece we know how it suppose to sound.. to be a good sigh reader probably going to take up more than 10 yrs..lol
Practice
Notes dont trip me up to bad its those damn awkward rhythms, especially 32nd notes and triplets/ polyrhythms
omg thanks for the not 30 minutes video
I want a giant cupcake now 😑
Certainly beats reality. Yes indeed. Great work. 🤡
Well I guess I have to go to music school first
👍👍👍👍
It is too complicated to explain. The answer is simple. Practice practice practice, read read read
Sight reading 101: fake it till you make it
sheebuleeb always
Too superficial to be of any use
This is great!