Note reading trainer4/26/2023 But before then, the link between reading, playing, hearing what you play and knowing that you've got it right (because it sounds right) is vitally important. When you get very good at it you can sightread music, and even start learning a piece, without a piano or even without moving your fingers. ![]() Which is tough, because you're learning how to play at the same time. ![]() Just as I have to mouth Polish words (under my breath if necessary), you have to play what's on the page to learn how to read it. By learning how to sight-read more quickly, that is effectively what you're trying to learn. In language and in music, the link between symbol, sound and meaning (what does "na" do in this Polish sentence? What does the note G do in this context?) is crucial. If I get (much) better at it, I'll start to see phrases sentences ideas and arguments spanning many sentences. Now I'm beginning to see not letters but sounds, syllables and words. At first what I read is just a mass of random letters (with far too many consonants!). At the moment I'm learning Polish, which puts me in a similar position to you. You might take in one of these short paragraphs "in one go". If this is your native language, you won't be reading every letter or even every word in this sentence. The ultimate way to sightread is to aggregate. If this sounds like thinking about too many things at once (over and above playing!), that's because that's exactly what it is. First beat, second beat? Halfway through? When this becomes easier, become aware of where you "are" within the bar. So think to yourself "second system, third bar", for example. Piano sheet music tends to have about 4-6 "systems" per page). For an orchestral score it might be up to 50 staves - for piano music it's almost always 2. (A "system" is a number of staves linked together because they're played simultaneously. Pay a lot of attention to bar-lines be aware of which bar you "are" in, in which system on the page. (Note that every pianist looks down at their hands at some stage in learning a piece - the effortlessness you see in the concert hall hides the hundreds of hours of practice which created it). One particular difficulty is in finding your place in the score again after you've looked down at your hands. Take heart! What you're trying to learn is difficult, and takes a lot of time and practice.
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