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Help reading Piano Sheet Music - Intermediate Pianist?
Hi all. I've been playing piano for a little over 7 years, but I still *cannot* sight-read sheet music!! I do know all the note names, so when I attempt to learn a song I can pick at them really really slowly, and thanks to my great memory, after a month of picking I can play the song, and I've also been playing some really hardcore songs, but I need help on sight-reading notes on-the-fly!
I've tried searching the interwebs for help but all the websites I've visited are for first graders and explain all the notes and the spaces and lines and what a whole note is and when to pee but I'm past all that!
Help, tips, or websites that help me read sheet music?
What to sight read:
Step 1: Start easy. Get a book with music that isn't too hard but isn't too easy either.
Step 2: After you are able to sight read that level of music, step up a level. Increase the difficulty of the music as you progress.
How to sight read:
Here's a list of things that you MUST do when you are looking at the music.
Situation: You are in an exam.
Step 1: Look at the key and time signatures.
Step 2: Look for repeats
Step 3: Look at the tempo. Remember you will NOT be penalized if you play below the tempo. The examiner's marking scheme is almost always: Quality > Speed
Just don't play TOO slow below the standard tempo.
Total Time as of now: 10-15 seconds
This list includes a list of things that you'll need to do, in no particular order.
Step 4: Look for slurs.
Step 5: Look for pedaling.
Step 6: Look for A REPEAT SIGN. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
Step 7: Try to look for patterns in the music that may assist you to perform the music.
Step 8: Look for accidentals and rests.
Step 9: Look for words, phrases, and symbols. For example, sehr langsam or dolce.
Total Time as of now: 20-30 seconds.
Step 10: Look for notes that are "out of range" and decipher which notes they are so you will not stumble during the performance. This is to make sure you can avoid as much as wrong notes as possible.
Step 11: Understand the tempo of the music so that you won't mess up on the tempo part. Make sure you play slowly enough that you don't stumble and fast enough so that the examiner won't take marks off.
Remember steps 1-9 are crucial and you CANNOT avoid it. Some may think "I'll just do it during the exam.", but that often doesn't work out so well.
Steps 10 and 11 are merely tips that you can follow. Although I personally feel it is helpful, but it may not work out for you. Try it out yourself and you'll soon know what is the right technique to do sight reading.
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