Glad I found this I was so tired of "and, and, and" making me lose track constantly. I swear every single bar these days begins with a dotted quarter, 8th rest, or something similar that makes you count in "ands" for the rest of each measure. This helps
I had done my Higher Local exam of the Trinity Colloge of music. Then medical college and post graduation happened and piano neglected. I practised my specialty for over 50 years and now having retited was longing to go back to piano! Now I have found my holy grail. Thank you, you are excellent!
Thank you so much for this. I have come back to piano after a 50 yr gap. (Now on Grade 5!) I said to my teacher that I learned the Ta, ti ti method for rhythm in the 1960’s. She said she had not heard of this, but instinctively it is a method I am drawn to. I had no idea it had a name. You have taken this much further than I originally learned and will def use this tool from now on.
Thank you so much for the method! I think you freed me for certain way. I always get lost counting with the 1 e and 2 e and way. Then i count again, lost in different bars!! 😂😂😂 these Tikitiki thing is really easy and fun!!! Thankbyou so much!!!! A wonderful smart talent teacher!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I am going to practice reading music with the rhythmic language; it is so much easier to keep track of where you are in the measures! Thanks so much, I have struggled with reading/playing rhythms accurately for years. This will help greatly!
Thank you very much. I had totally forgotten about the "ta ta ti ti ta" I had learned as a kid. And, then you added all the rest that I had never learned at all.
I'm learning piano in Hungary (although I'm not Hungarian) and here I was recently taught the Kodaly method. We have a couple of differences however to what you say: on a 4/4 rythm for the half note we do not use Ta+2 but Ta+a, the dotted half note would be Ta+a+a and the whole note would be Ta+a+a+a. So no numbers needed. For the 16th note we would use Ti+ri+Ti+ri (although you did already mention they are some variations for this one).
Thank you so much Leah for this lesson. Until watching your video I had not realised the Kodaly method was another way of getting rhythm. I despair when having to count as I lose it by the second or third bar and have to resort to finding a TH-cam clip of someone playing to pick up the rhythm again. I have been teaching myself again after a 50 year gap and have become rather paranoid about rhythm. I won't even try a piece if I see a bunch of notes together!
Oh that is SO liberating! Never have I felt the dawn break on an idea that pleased me more. My aversion to numbers was such a barrier for me to learn the timing and this is the best thing I’ve learnt this year. Thank you 👏
I've been a musician almost my entire life (I'm 35) and your "count each note individually" concept is so simple and immediately useful it's blowing my mind a little. Thanks for all of your videos!
This has been a revelation to me. I am actually a reasonable pianist but i play mostly by ear. I learned to read music and I can read music but my sight reading is not very good and I rely on playing by ear. Using the rhythm language is way better for me!
Thank you so much for this, barely starting learning about music and sight reading! Extremely grateful to you for taking the time to share your knowledge
A good lesson for beginners, like myself, who have a bit of a hard time with time and rhythm. Believe it or not, I play the piano in a band, by ear mostly.
It’s even a great lesson for “beyond beginners”. I feel I have permission not to “count”! The ol 1-2-3-4 method really does take up too much brain space when slogging through a new piece!
I had never heard of the Kodali rhythm language, though I recently discovered ta ti ta ti, that was the extent of my knowledge. Thank you so much! Should be fun working with it.
She is Great!!! Not to many teachers break-down these Rhythm like her. She is giving so much Great. God bless you for giving lessons that others are not giving.
Thank you for the insight. I helped or listened to my daughter’ ten years of piano lessons and practice and am now in my sixth year of piano as an adult learner and it is the first time I hear of this approach to figuring out rhythm. I now have a fairly good intuitive understanding of rhythm as I see it in the score but every so often I get stumped and have to revert to the counting method. This rhythm language is like a revelation. Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work.
You’re absolutely awesome. I learned so much today even if I’ve been practicing sight reading for several months daily. Rhythm is always very challenging as music gets more complex. Thank you for explaining this.
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Thanks so much. I have been playing by ear for years because I could never get an intuitive grasp of the rhythm. I now am going to start all over again , you have given me the confidence I never had as a child. I am now over 50. This is part therapy as I was never smart at school. So thank you so much. You changed my expectations of myself which I will in turn pass on to others. Wow you are not just a music teacher , you are therapist and one who opens up the world of what's now possible.
Hi @@senderoa, sorry to hear your workbook didn't arrive; can you email me at leah@lecheilemusic.com and I'll send it to you by return? To answer your question, you can use the same rhythm language in jazz; where there's syncopation, you're just offsetting the stronger beats but the same note values are being used so the same language works.
I never used these counting techniques with 1 and 2 and 3 and...but this blows my mind and makes it so much easier for now. Thank you so much for your knowledge.
That was super helpful! I'm 75 and recently returned to piano after slamming the lid dpwn at the age of 14 as a response to a bullying parent who turned me off piano. For years, I've wanted to find the time and motivation to get back into piano, and the Covid pandemic created the alone time I needed. I found an almost new, weighted, full-sized keyboard online for a mere $125 Canadian and have steadily made progress. Recalling music theory from 60 years ago has been an issue, but you are helping me tremendously. I'm also trying to learn jazz theory, and that's a whole other ball of wax😂 Thanks for sharing your knowledge 🎉❤
I have been able to get to the bottom of understanding the rudiments of Music and its application.Thanks alot for fulfilling my dream and also being a good teacher and Musician.
While clapping indicates the initiation of sound for each note, it doesn't give sound for the duration (including ties) and does not distinguish between counts with sound and counts with rests. I have my students play the rhythm using just one finger on a single note (middle C -- or whatever) which gives the full duration of sound (including ties) and (absence of sound for) rests. This can be expanded to alternating between two fingers on two notes either using the same hand (as in a trill) or between two notes -- one finger (i.e. 2nd -- index finger) in each hand (instills a more complete sense of pulse and rhythm), or playing the rhythm over a five-finger pattern (playing the rhythm regardless of on which finger the notes fall). For extra "fun" using two fingers on two notes, instead of the 2nd (index) fingers -- use only thumbs, only 5th fingers, thumb in LH and 5th finger in RH, etc. (get a li'l crazy!)
Yes! I do this too as a next step between clapping and playing 😊 And with more confident students I have them improvise the rhythm on random notes - now that can really turn into chaos 🤣
@@LeCheileMusic Also -- have them play all the notes which are part of even-numbered beats with fingers on one hand, and all the notes which are part of odd-numbered beats with fingers on the other (I'm also a percussionist ... ;-) )
I had years of music lessons and still had a hard time counting complex rhythms until I was taught to count with the smallest notes for everything. I have practiced sight reading a lot in a choir and it has become much easier.
One variation I've found helpful is to count the smallest values in the measures where they occur. In other words, you may have several measures of just quarter and half notes and then a measure or two with eight notes followed by more measures of just quarter and half notes. However, while counting eight notes for every measure can be tiring, it does keep the rhythm steady and uniform throughout.
Finally a teacher who gets it. So nice to hear someone who respects their students like you. It is amazing that some insist on a method that doesn't work. I had the added challenge of counting in a non-native language. All of the teacher's insistence on counting with multiple numbers was to make me freeze with processing overload. Similar to asking anyone to sing, learn the alphabet, do gymnastics, and watch TV at the same time without missing a beat (no pun intended !) Gets even more challenging with the 1 e and e craziness ...
I loved your video I am a beginner and this was very helpful ... to get use to a music sheet and not get scared looking at it ... Thank you you are an amazing Teacher 💫💕
Great content and great presentation, been playing piano a long time and rhythm has always been the hardest part for me. I will learn Kodaly counting, that's new for me. Looking forward to more from this channel
Great lesson! I found counting 1&2&3&...I'd keep going 6& and then it would mess up what I was doing when I realize. The method you used is wonderful. Thank you for your time and energy to put this out.
A little “cheat sheet” on all the ta, titi, and tiki tiki values and so on……. would have been nice for us to print up to use as a quick reference. Thank you so much for sharing your gift and making life better for us. 👍🏼
That's actually a great idea, thank you! I will definitely do that - it'll probably go out to my email list first so if you haven't signed up already, you can do that here (and get a practice workbook while you're at it 😄): mailchi.mp/bccb1e32807f/practice-workbook-giveaway
Finally at last, a real, genuine, music and piano teacher. I like your demeanor, I like your teaching method, and I like the way you explain things. Easier to understand, easier to implement, and easier to enjoy! And that's just the technical side - can't wait to play some of your suggested pieces. I've seen your sight reading video and would like to see some more on "sight reading". For example, I'd like to know why my brain keeps forgetting the notes I've already learnt. Should I do more sight reading exercises, or should I increase the time I spend on sight reading. Does one have to know the "letter" of the note one is playing, or is it OK to play the note just by knowing the line or space its on, on the sheet music. Is half an hour per day dedicated to sight reading only, enough to become a good sight reader.? These are some of the questions I have. ( I'm a pensioner) I can play about 20 pieces, (easy to intermediate - eg, 1st movement Moonlight Sonata, Hallelujah- the Brian Crain way) and some other nice sounding pieces, all for my own enjoyment. But I can't sight read properly! Johannesburg South Africa
Hi Richard, these are all great questions, thanks for raising them! First of all, yes, it's frustrating to work on something only to find that it seems to have disappeared from your memory the next day, but rest assured, if you continue to revise and revisit, it will eventually become permanent. I love this Ted Talk video that gives some insight into how the brain processes our practice efforts - th-cam.com/video/f2O6mQkFiiw/w-d-xo.html. In it they use the image of a super highway along neural pathways to illustrate the development of skills; to use the same analogy, when you first start to practice, it's like walking across a field - it doesn't leave much trace! But with repeated trips along the same route, the path becomes clearer and more permanent, until it becomes a busy road, dedicated to just that skill. If you're practicing sight reading for 30 minutes a day, you will without doubt become very proficient at it - just don't quit! Even 5 or 10 minutes a day will bring good results. And no, you don't need to know the name of the note as you're playing it if you're able to recognize it in the context, although it's a good idea to include regular note identification drills in your sight reading practice so that your playing isn't unnecessarily interrupted by having to figure something out. Really the most important thing is just the music, however you get there! I'm so glad to hear that you're enjoying your music - don't worry if your sight reading isn't as strong as you'd like - you'll get there! All the best, Leah PS: thank you so much for the very kind tip :-)
Thank you for this tutorial. I've always had trouble remembering the count (ever get to '5' when counting four beats, anyone? I do it regularly) so I'm going to try out the Kodaly system. It makes a lot of sense.
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This woman is a SAINT! Long may she live!
Thanks for resurrecting me back to piano. Your approach is amazing!
Yay! 🥳🥰
i already do something like this but thought it was wrong, and came here to learn the right way :)
Lady this was exhausting! Respect
It was exhausting to make! 🤣
It’s simply the best rhythm lesson I learned from TH-cam. The Kodaly’s rhythm language is easier to follow than the traditional counting. Thank you.
Glad I found this I was so tired of "and, and, and" making me lose track constantly. I swear every single bar these days begins with a dotted quarter, 8th rest, or something similar that makes you count in "ands" for the rest of each measure. This helps
I use avocado guacamole or watermelon depending on the song for 16th notes. Pineapple for triplets apple eighth notes
seed for quarter
Fantastic!!! I'm the guy who needs to hear the piece before playing it from sheet music... Thank you!
I like your thinking and your style. Quickly becoming my favorite piano channel on TH-cam.
Thanks so much 🥰
I had done my Higher Local exam of the Trinity Colloge of music. Then medical college and post graduation happened and piano neglected. I practised my specialty for over 50 years and now having retited was longing to go back to piano! Now I have found my holy grail. Thank you, you are excellent!
You’re very welcome, best of luck!
This does really help with these harder rhythm counts. You explain it well and give options. Thanks.
You are Right, the dot notes, Different Eight notes. and the sixteen notes.
Thank you so much for this. I have come back to piano after a 50 yr gap. (Now on Grade 5!) I said to my teacher that I learned the Ta, ti ti method for rhythm in the 1960’s. She said she had not heard of this, but instinctively it is a method I am drawn to. I had no idea it had a name. You have taken this much further than I originally learned and will def use this tool from now on.
That’s great to hear, welcome back to piano! 😊🎶
Thank you so much for the method! I think you freed me for certain way. I always get lost counting with the 1 e and 2 e and way. Then i count again, lost in different bars!! 😂😂😂 these Tikitiki thing is really easy and fun!!!
Thankbyou so much!!!! A wonderful smart talent teacher!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Your system has opened it up for me right away! I love the approach of using rhythm language. Thank you.
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17:58 stage 3
21:46 stage 4
I am going to practice reading music with the rhythmic language; it is so much easier to keep track of where you are in the measures!
Thanks so much, I have struggled with reading/playing rhythms accurately for years. This will help greatly!
Thank you very much. I had totally forgotten about the "ta ta ti ti ta" I had learned as a kid. And, then you added all the rest that I had never learned at all.
I'm learning piano in Hungary (although I'm not Hungarian) and here I was recently taught the Kodaly method. We have a couple of differences however to what you say: on a 4/4 rythm for the half note we do not use Ta+2 but Ta+a, the dotted half note would be Ta+a+a and the whole note would be Ta+a+a+a. So no numbers needed. For the 16th note we would use Ti+ri+Ti+ri (although you did already mention they are some variations for this one).
Thanks Mark!
I've also understood it that way -- works well.
Thank you so much Leah for this lesson. Until watching your video I had not realised the Kodaly method was another way of getting rhythm. I despair when having to count as I lose it by the second or third bar and have to resort to finding a TH-cam clip of someone playing to pick up the rhythm again. I have been teaching myself again after a 50 year gap and have become rather paranoid about rhythm. I won't even try a piece if I see a bunch of notes together!
Oh that is SO liberating! Never have I felt the dawn break on an idea that pleased me more. My aversion to numbers was such a barrier for me to learn the timing and this is the best thing I’ve learnt this year. Thank you 👏
Wonderful lesson. 😊
I've been a musician almost my entire life (I'm 35) and your "count each note individually" concept is so simple and immediately useful it's blowing my mind a little. Thanks for all of your videos!
Thanks Nate 😊
Thank you, this is proving useful in improving my playing but (and this is a huge bonus) is improving my ability to transcribe what I hear in my head.
This has been a revelation to me. I am actually a reasonable pianist but i play mostly by ear. I learned to read music and I can read music but my sight reading is not very good and I rely on playing by ear. Using the rhythm language is way better for me!
This is so helpful, thank you!
Thank you so much for this, barely starting learning about music and sight reading! Extremely grateful to you for taking the time to share your knowledge
Thank you for doing the rhythm language a lot of teacher don't teach
My singing teacher today said “you have no internal clock” in awe. She’s so right so here I am 😹
You'll get there! 😄
(S)he might just say that you need to improve. I dont think music teachers should use such dramatic statements.
A good lesson for beginners, like myself, who have a bit of a hard time with time and rhythm. Believe it or not, I play the piano in a band, by ear mostly.
It’s even a great lesson for “beyond beginners”. I feel I have permission not to “count”! The ol 1-2-3-4 method really does take up too much brain space when slogging through a new piece!
I had never heard of the Kodali rhythm language, though I recently discovered ta ti ta ti, that was the extent of my knowledge. Thank you so much! Should be fun working with it.
Perhaps the BEST music lesson on youtube. Absolute gold, thank you! I'm definitely going to try the rhythm language on my beginner students
Aww, thanks Lara 🥰
You have no idea how helpful of an epiphany this was to stumble upon. So simple and intuitive, thank you for sharing your knowledge!
She is Great!!! Not to many teachers break-down these Rhythm like her. She is giving so much Great. God bless you for giving lessons that others are not giving.
Thank you, I always have struggled with counting, I think this is going really help me.
Thank you, you are such a blessing ❤️ such a valuable lesson in the basics
Thank you! This is so helpful. I am new singing in choir and this is perfect!
Thank you for the insight. I helped or listened to my daughter’ ten years of piano lessons and practice and am now in my sixth year of piano as an adult learner and it is the first time I hear of this approach to figuring out rhythm.
I now have a fairly good intuitive understanding of rhythm as I see it in the score but every so often I get stumped and have to revert to the counting method. This rhythm language is like a revelation. Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work.
A well explained video. The rhythm language is a new concept to me, but seems to work. I have added it to my practice routine.
You’re absolutely awesome. I learned so much today even if I’ve been practicing sight reading for several months daily. Rhythm is always very challenging as music gets more complex. Thank you for explaining this.
Thanks a lot.
Why haven't I found this channel sooner? This is pure gold.
Thanks
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Thanks so much. I have been playing by ear for years because I could never get an intuitive grasp of the rhythm.
I now am going to start all over again , you have given me the confidence I never had as a child. I am now over 50. This is part therapy as I was never smart at school.
So thank you so much. You changed my expectations of myself which I will in turn pass on to others.
Wow you are not just a music teacher , you are therapist and one who opens up the world of what's now possible.
Hi, tried to get workbook but I failed..one question: how do you use this system with ties and syncopation used a lot in jazz? thank you
Hi @@senderoa, sorry to hear your workbook didn't arrive; can you email me at leah@lecheilemusic.com and I'll send it to you by return? To answer your question, you can use the same rhythm language in jazz; where there's syncopation, you're just offsetting the stronger beats but the same note values are being used so the same language works.
Best advice I've ever had on rythms. Excellent teaching. 😊
This video has been really helpful, especially the quaver and semi quaver rhythms. Thanks for sharing
this is life changing. thanks
Amazing lesson. Understood rhythms easily. Thank you for this lesson
Usefull? You've change my life in sight reading teacher!. Thank you a loooot! The written language is the best!
Thank you for your lesson made easy.
Thx for the useful lesson!
I never used these counting techniques with 1 and 2 and 3 and...but this blows my mind and makes it so much easier for now. Thank you so much for your knowledge.
Great lesson Kodaly method fantastic for fast music particularly Irish and all Celtic melodies much appreciated so well explained
Thank you madam for a wonderful presentation I will try ma best to apply in practice
This is great, going to try this!
I happened to find your channel and loves it. Thank you so much!!!
Excellent lesson and so easy to understand. Thank you!! Off to practice rhythm language!
🤯 I’d never heard of this method before. Definitely easier than the traditional system. Thank you for this.
Merci for this. I started one month ago and tickled the ivory at first. Now I feel like a student.
That was super helpful! I'm 75 and recently returned to piano after slamming the lid dpwn at the age of 14 as a response to a bullying parent who turned me off piano. For years, I've wanted to find the time and motivation to get back into piano, and the Covid pandemic created the alone time I needed. I found an almost new, weighted, full-sized keyboard online for a mere $125 Canadian and have steadily made progress. Recalling music theory from 60 years ago has been an issue, but you are helping me tremendously. I'm also trying to learn jazz theory, and that's a whole other ball of wax😂 Thanks for sharing your knowledge 🎉❤
You are a great instructor helped me so much.....
This video helped me big big big time! Ty❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! You’re brilliant. Best video I’ve seen in years, so useful and well explained
You’re welcome ☺️
Thank you for this video. Please uploads more videos like this. Absolutely wonderful lesson!
You’re very welcome and I will ☺️🎶
I have been able to get to the bottom of understanding the rudiments of Music and its application.Thanks alot for fulfilling my dream and also being a good teacher and Musician.
While clapping indicates the initiation of sound for each note, it doesn't give sound for the duration (including ties) and does not distinguish between counts with sound and counts with rests.
I have my students play the rhythm using just one finger on a single note (middle C -- or whatever) which gives the full duration of sound (including ties) and (absence of sound for) rests. This can be expanded to alternating between two fingers on two notes either using the same hand (as in a trill) or between two notes -- one finger (i.e. 2nd -- index finger) in each hand (instills a more complete sense of pulse and rhythm), or playing the rhythm over a five-finger pattern (playing the rhythm regardless of on which finger the notes fall).
For extra "fun" using two fingers on two notes, instead of the 2nd (index) fingers -- use only thumbs, only 5th fingers, thumb in LH and 5th finger in RH, etc. (get a li'l crazy!)
Yes! I do this too as a next step between clapping and playing 😊 And with more confident students I have them improvise the rhythm on random notes - now that can really turn into chaos 🤣
@@LeCheileMusic Also -- have them play all the notes which are part of even-numbered beats with fingers on one hand, and all the notes which are part of odd-numbered beats with fingers on the other (I'm also a percussionist ... ;-) )
You are a blessing
Great lesson, the titikaka language is very intuitive!
Thank you so much, this help me out a lot!
Thanks so much for posting this! Great help!
My pleasure 😊🎶
Marvellous...really enjoy your approach to rythm.😊
One of the best lessons !
This is great! As a mostly ear player who's starting to develop sight reading this has really helped me
Thanks Michael 😊🎶
Great lesson. Focussed and clear !
You are Amazing! Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
I had years of music lessons and still had a hard time counting complex rhythms until I was taught to count with the smallest notes for everything. I have practiced sight reading a lot in a choir and it has become much easier.
One variation I've found helpful is to count the smallest values in the measures where they occur. In other words, you may have several measures of just quarter and half notes and then a measure or two with eight notes followed by more measures of just quarter and half notes. However, while counting eight notes for every measure can be tiring, it does keep the rhythm steady and uniform throughout.
Finally a teacher who gets it. So nice to hear someone who respects their students like you. It is amazing that some insist on a method that doesn't work. I had the added challenge of counting in a non-native language. All of the teacher's insistence on counting with multiple numbers was to make me freeze with processing overload. Similar to asking anyone to sing, learn the alphabet, do gymnastics, and watch TV at the same time without missing a beat (no pun intended !) Gets even more challenging with the 1 e and e craziness ...
Thank Ti A, it’s good to have some alternatives that work for you, glad this has helped. Best of luck with it! 😊🎶
Thank you from Italy. Your lessons are very precious
Grazie, Floriana, mi fa grande piacere sentire questo 🥰
I loved your video I am a beginner and this was very helpful ... to get use to a music sheet and not get scared looking at it ... Thank you you are an amazing Teacher 💫💕
Thank you! Glad it helped 😊🎶
waov, you are amazing. you also literally reply every comment, you are a good person teaacher and i donno many more! I wish you the best of everythig
Awww thank you! 🙏
Great content and great presentation, been playing piano a long time and rhythm has always been the hardest part for me. I will learn Kodaly counting, that's new for me.
Looking forward to more from this channel
Glad it was helpful!
what a teacher.
This is great!
this is some of the best information I've found on this. thank you so much !
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing this amazing content! You are a truly great teacher!
I appreciate that!
This is such great lesson , Leah . Going over it and repeat leads to rhythm success I hope.
Thanks Padraigin, looking forward to going through it with you 😊
Awesome! Thank you so much!!!!
Great lesson! I found counting 1&2&3&...I'd keep going 6& and then it would mess up what I was doing when I realize. The method you used is wonderful. Thank you for your time and energy to put this out.
Thank you very much for that lesson. I am going to practice using what you showed us.
You're welcome!
Great methods for teaching rhythms!❤
A little “cheat sheet” on all the ta, titi, and tiki tiki values and so on……. would have been nice for us to print up to use as a quick reference. Thank you so much for sharing your gift and making life better for us. 👍🏼
That's actually a great idea, thank you! I will definitely do that - it'll probably go out to my email list first so if you haven't signed up already, you can do that here (and get a practice workbook while you're at it 😄): mailchi.mp/bccb1e32807f/practice-workbook-giveaway
Finally at last, a real, genuine, music and piano teacher. I like your demeanor, I like your teaching method, and I like the way you explain things. Easier to understand, easier to implement, and easier to enjoy! And that's just the technical side - can't wait to play some of your suggested pieces.
I've seen your sight reading video and would like to see some more on "sight reading".
For example, I'd like to know why my brain keeps forgetting the notes I've already learnt.
Should I do more sight reading exercises, or should I increase the time I spend on sight reading.
Does one have to know the "letter" of the note one is playing, or is it OK to play the note just by knowing
the line or space its on, on the sheet music.
Is half an hour per day dedicated to sight reading only, enough to become a good sight reader.?
These are some of the questions I have. ( I'm a pensioner)
I can play about 20 pieces, (easy to intermediate - eg, 1st movement Moonlight Sonata, Hallelujah- the Brian Crain way) and some other nice sounding pieces, all for my own enjoyment.
But I can't sight read properly!
Johannesburg
South Africa
Hi Richard, these are all great questions, thanks for raising them! First of all, yes, it's frustrating to work on something only to find that it seems to have disappeared from your memory the next day, but rest assured, if you continue to revise and revisit, it will eventually become permanent. I love this Ted Talk video that gives some insight into how the brain processes our practice efforts - th-cam.com/video/f2O6mQkFiiw/w-d-xo.html. In it they use the image of a super highway along neural pathways to illustrate the development of skills; to use the same analogy, when you first start to practice, it's like walking across a field - it doesn't leave much trace! But with repeated trips along the same route, the path becomes clearer and more permanent, until it becomes a busy road, dedicated to just that skill.
If you're practicing sight reading for 30 minutes a day, you will without doubt become very proficient at it - just don't quit! Even 5 or 10 minutes a day will bring good results.
And no, you don't need to know the name of the note as you're playing it if you're able to recognize it in the context, although it's a good idea to include regular note identification drills in your sight reading practice so that your playing isn't unnecessarily interrupted by having to figure something out. Really the most important thing is just the music, however you get there!
I'm so glad to hear that you're enjoying your music - don't worry if your sight reading isn't as strong as you'd like - you'll get there! All the best, Leah
PS: thank you so much for the very kind tip :-)
Fantastic thank you
Thank youuuuuuu
You are the best teacher in the world.
Aww thanks! 😊🎶
Absolutely brilliant.
Thank You for a Very good lesson, my counting has been bed...... I am going to start practicing... Bless you
Best of luck!
Thank you so much for posting this. I found this very helpful as I have been struggling to get to grips with rythms.
You’re very welcome, glad to help 😊🎶
Awesome, awesome lesson, thank you very much!
Subscribed + tiki tiki thumbs-up 👍
Thank you for this tutorial. I've always had trouble remembering the count (ever get to '5' when counting four beats, anyone? I do it regularly) so I'm going to try out the Kodaly system. It makes a lot of sense.
Yup, I always end up counting to 5! Hope you find Kodaly rhythm language helpful 😊🎶
Thanks teacher
Crotchets and quavers? Had to look that up. Excellent video on reading and counting time.
Haha yes, we use some quite archaic language around music in my neck of the woods 😂 Thank you, delighted to help 😊