Yes. This is the most intelligent primer on reading music. As a fairly poor sight reader I realised that I was de-coding too much, and not reading enough. This lady has identified exactly why people struggle with sight reading. As she says, the title of this video for example can be absorbed AS A WHOLE: "Reading music some tricks from Margaret Fabrizio". You only need to look at it for a second to know the sentence. Good sight readers read in sentences or even small paragraphs, not note by note. But for some, patterns in music are more difficult than rows of words, and there is definitely an aptitude for these pattern recognitions.
What a great video. I gave up on my dream to play piano many years ago as too difficult so, Inspired by "Elvis" I moved to the guitar. lol After watching this video, you have rekindled my desire to start again. Even at my age, (76) I know I can fulfill my dream to play piano and check off one of my "bucket list" challenges. Thank you so much for this video.
"Let go of your pride." Most challenging first step to edifying your musical ability. Love this video, Margaret, you really gave me a fresh perspective on sight reading and actually, great wisdom for life purposes :) Always look ahead!
People miss out by NOT clicking on this video. Her lesson is a life changer, if you really put it to practice. She is a great teacher NOT condescending AT ALL, but rather encouraging. No matter where you are at in your music, you feel like you CAN get it by following her advice! Thanks Margaret!
This is a really useful video. The importance of reading ahead cannot be overstated. You have a great attitude and are a great teacher because of your positivity and insightful knowledge. Many thanks.
Margaret. I am one of those people who had to recently go back to the basics and really learn how to make my sight reading stronger. Your advice here has uplifted and inspired me. Thank you so much.
This particular topic is well-timed for me. It was very strange to open this up and see your latest, helpful wisdom on a topic so close to me... I absolutely adore you!
Dear Margaret - I am SO HAPPY I found this - what an incredible 10 minutes - I've watched this twice, followed your directions for a week, and found myself steadily improving - I limited myself to 20 minutes a day of sightreading with those goofy little songs you recommended in beginner books, so much like "See John walk. See Sally run. See Sally and John run." kinda stuff. Folks, *listen* to her and do it, and you WILL improve. Trust me! =]
+Kevin Roddy It also helps if you can identify things a triad perhaps. you don't have to 'read' all three notes, trust that the info is already in your brain someplace. The minute you think you know what you are looking at, look at the other hand, look ahead.
+atree3 Thanks for your message! =] Yup, I know my triads, and sevenths, and root, 1st, and 2nd for most of the keys I play - F, G, D, C, and Bb. I'm a harp player of about 11 years now, and play in healthcare settings - I also have a good foundation in modal music too, and play Dorian, Mixolydian, and Aeolian in addition to Ionian, of course =] One last thing I'm struggling with, but finally getting a handle on - and it's just memorization, really - are the notes on ledger lines above the bass clef. I'm okay with ledger lines above the Treble. I play a lot of music with roving arppegiated chords with crossunders and such, and trying to read some of those ledger notes are tricky, but like everything, if you spend a few minutes a day - just 5 or 10 minutes, and REALLY focus on the problem - eventually you'll solve it. Again, thanks for your message, and Aloha from Honolulu!
Oh, Margaret, thank you sooo much!! You are an unbelievable teacher and person, I have learned so much with this video! I will practice reading in a more enlightened way.
This is exactly what i needed to hear. I am 16 and stared piano about a year ago, and i currently can play rather difficult pieces, but i cant read at all, i merely practice the same measure multiple times. My ambition in life ( although it seems impossible ) is to be a concert pianist. Although it may not happen, i do believe that the joy that comes along with reading music is unique and an amazing accomplishment. Thank you for this video i really believe it helped tremendously.
I love this type of instruction from a great teacher. Tell it like it is. I find some musicians need an ego check and need to be told. Well said by a very qualified and quality person.
This was absolutely beautiful. Margaret herself, her words, her delivery, her message. A very unique video that stands out like a diamond in the rough.
How many hours a day do you read text, if you were to add all the minutes up of every day? 7? 9? 12? What about being a primary school student? Now imagine at an early age reading music notation for the same amount of time that you read text. By the time you reached adulthood, any score that you looked at could be heard internally if you chose to read it through. That's how top level composers and conductors are able to read an orchestral score and know exactly how it's meant to sound like without ever having heard it played.
I also tended to decode' but no more having listened to this lady, just hearing her is inspirational and I shall mend my ways! Thanks for posting and God bless Margaret Fabrizio.
I am currently a sophomore in high school who plays percussion. When I get new pieces of music from my band director I think to myself "oh this is gonna be hard." It's always been a struggle and I've always wanted to be good at not just playing percussion,but to read music nice and thoroughly. Thanks ma'am for giving me tips on how to improve reading music.I think I'm heading towards the right direction. :]
I found this video and the lady's presentation a joy to watch. Her sense of enthusiasm and passion for her subject was almost tangible and I took away some good tips. Thank you Ma'am you are a true professional.
That was the best piano lesson I have ever had, and you didn't even use a piano! God bless you for your generous spirit in sharing this advice and knowledge.
You are a treasure. I've been playing the piano and guitar for about 15 years, but mostly play by ear. I can "decode" music, as I've done with some of Beethoven's and Chopin's works, but my goodness is it painful. Thank you for encouraging me to drop my pride and play things that are at my reading level, I really needed to hear that.
So much good info in this video. I joined an online recorder consort and got so much better at reading music by playing with others and not being able to stop.
Thank you. Such wisdom here. I watched this years ago and came looking for it for inspiration today. I'm a few months into improving my reading. You are right, there is no joy like being able to read through music books. I can do this for viola (it's easier with 1 clef!) but not with piano yet. But it's coming. I'm right back on beginner books but when a piece goes off quite well, there is nothing like it. Such joy and you don't care that it's 'simple' when you have just managed it at tempo straight off. Loved hearing your thoughts here
thank you so so very much, suddenly after 5 years I have to start conducting the church choir i'm in and desperately need to obtain the ability of sight-reading. Your clear explanations demystified what sight-reading is to me and encouraged me to just start exercising my sight-reading eyes. Thank you so much, God Bless.
I started playing the piano 2 years ago.Just now I've realized that all those 2 years were a waste of time!During my 1st lesson my teacher gave me music sheets for an easy piece & told me that it was the piece I will be able to play after a year. so I went back home and I finished it in a week.I just memorized the notes and played it. She thought I was a genius.Now I play Fantasie, Etudes &other pieces but I can't read music! I just memorize very quickly, and read VERY slowly! thank you so much!
A lot of really useful stuff here, and great to hear someone telling it like it is rather than trying to make out that they have some magic, do-it-quickly method. I particularly love the idea of removing the ego from the process because as musicians and singers we can get obsessed with being able to perform challenging and virtuosic pieces that it's hard to go back to basics sometimes; but also very necessary and it's really good to be reminded of that. Thank you.
Thanks Margaret for this video. I'm 42 and learning violin, currently at UK Associated Board grade 3 level. And sight reading is my nemisis! Your advice is great and I'm going to grab my fiddle and put your ideas to good use right now. All the best. Ian
I used to play the piano , but I stopped 4 yrs ago. I instantly regretted it. I have continued piano just a few months ago, and the hugest difficulty is reading. I am now, far better, I remember many notes. But I will try this reading. I think it will be helpful! Thanks!
Thanks Margaret! I am a classically trained pianist that embarrassingly has reading problems. To add to what your saying, I'd recommend being put in a situation where you must sight read - Like accompanying a singer in rehearsal. I was asked to accompany a vocal class working on musical selections, and it was a very 'eye-opening' experience! Certainly forces one to read on the spot, with no break in pulse or flow.
Excellent way to describe the function of reading - whether it is music, text, or data. I am a good sightreader, in singing I started learning that in about 4th grade - and incorporate patternseeking in the actual work that i do with data. It's the pattern, and recognizing patterns, that make or break being able to read - at all. I am so lucky i started so young. And you had to mention the Mikrokosmos - now i will have to fish that music out again and play some!
Fantastic video. We tend to reach out so far ahead that we forget to take the first couple of baby steps. No one is a natural sight reader. That's like saying someone is born knowing a language, it doesn't happen people. What differs is the time it takes you to grasp the knowledge. If you want to reach a goal, you've got to work for it.
Thank you so much for making this video. For years I've played by ear. And chuckled at your example of reading.. (decoding) Years back I bought the sheet music for Moonlight Sonata and thats exactly how I learnt to play it -decoding. Today 40 years later I've picked up a beginners book and am sight reading now on ly my 3rd level or book. I every now and then I like to go back a few pieces to make sure I'm still read them flawlessly. Thanks for the tip looking ahead, I wasn't aware of that. :-)
This was so encouraging and inspiring :) I know HOW to read music but I still "decode" a bit when I am trying to learn a piece. Now that I have watched this, I know that from this point forward I know how to discipline myself to have excellent musical eyes which is something that I have been wanting to improve for quite some time now :) Thank you so much for making this!
Something very difficult for me has been explained so easy to understand with a ton of logical concepts. It is an ageless explanation for all. Thank you very much for giving this to us.
I'd like to say, the reason that I'm learning to sight read, inspite of being able to play anything I hear is, I want to discover melodies I've never heard. It's like finding a treasure trove loaded with surprises and so relaxing. I also like to read up on the composers, their lives etc. Fascinating! My parents where musicians they played13 instruments between them,sadly being one of 11 kids , there was only funds to teach 2 eldest. I just love UTUBE with all it's wonderful info.
Thank you Margaret! I will follow this advice. My niece gave me her copy of Mikrokosmos this past Christmas. I haven't yet sat down with it because I did not want to stray from my current exercises.
Wow, Margaret thanks so much. My daughter began playing last year piano ans has played violin since she was four. She is not a good sight reader yet and he piano teacher is insistant that she fix her mistakes although her violin instructor, has said she must carry on and then, come back after and attempt to fix. She can play anything by ear and memorizes wonderfully but sight reading is a slow process for her. Good news she is only seven! I will show her your video. I think it will help.
THANK YOU. I ALWAYS GO BACK TO TRY TO CATCH UP. THIS IS OBVIOUS THAT I'M GOING NO WHERE.MY HUSBAND WAS LISTENING TO YOU TOO. I REALIZE HOW GOOD I WILL BECOME THROUGH THIS ADVICE. HAPPY HOLIDAYS
I'm so glad I found this video. The minute you started talking, I started making notes. Your approach really makes sense. Your passion for music really shines through. Thank you so much.
The advice given in this video is the best I have heard from any of my music teachers. Music is after all not a contest for me, it is a joyful experience.
Hello Margaret You are an adorable woman 🥰..... this movie is really Incredible. So to the point.... It Woke Me Up. Thanx. By the way, i play the Alto recorder🤪
This has really helped. My father was a professional trumpet player many years ago and he always reckoned he was at least two or more bars ahead as he was playing. I could never understand it but now, like Ella has written below, it's clicked. Thank you very much indeed, Margaret.
I'm amazed at his teaching lady. Mrs. can not imagine how much I learned from this video of yours. Simply amazing! Thank you! I studied saxophone in Brazil. And the sight-reading is the next step for me. Especially in more complicated scores with faster notes in Allegro or Presto.
I think I can start learning piano now, even when I'm 20 already and have no experience. I was thinking about the same things, reading music sheets, try to do what I can first when having no piano. Thank you for your advices and encouraging!
This is brilliant. I'm studying piano for Grade 3 exams. I always find sight reading the hardest. I love your clear, matter of fact approach. Thank you so much for sharing.
This is great advice. I learned to read treble clef because I played saxophone since 4th grade, but never learned to read bass clef. Now I want to learn piano, so I am decoding base clef but reading treble. Maybe I should just play bass clef until I can catch up to my treble clef reading ability :-)
You have words of great wisdom and I concur with everything you say. I am self taught and I'm now a jobbing professional piano, organ and keyboard player. I'm no virtuoso, but I do sight read and arrange pieces and understand the theory and techniques. It was all down to much hard work and a thirst to learn in my early days. But your wise words are still most welcome, so thank you for your frank and encouraging insight. AND, I do hope that others will hear them and benefit from them.
Perfect! I never figured that out for myself when I was a kid taking piano, and nobody explained it to me in those terms either. I struggled to decode the music, then memorized a few things for recitals, and then after a short few years when it seemed too difficult, I gave it up altogether. Thank you for that "Aha!" moment.
Very informative. I just graduated with a degree in music, and one of the interesting things I learnt was that recent studies have show that good sight readers subconsciously look around at the whole page, including what they've already played, even if they didn't think so. Learning to look ahead is great and still needed.
Thanks for your reality check. I learned how to read music as a child, in school, and I learned to play guitar and piano through friends. I guess I felt like I should be able to read the music I am capable of playing, but that isn't always true. I grabbed my mel bay grade 1 guitar book and am going to work my way up. I am wanting to play Celtic music and perhaps bluegrass, which both require reading. Thank you for your wisdom!
I assume that's how Mozart learned to play/compose from age 4. Thank you for your insight comparing it to reading text from a young age. That's perfect. Anything that involves reading will also apply to this concept, such as auditioning for a play with a new script! Bravo, Margaret Fabrizio!!!
What a lovely woman. The power of the internet showing us the beautiful people of the world.
I agree with you totally ... or as Humphrey Bogart would say , " she is one classy dame " ... ;-)
Yes. This is the most intelligent primer on reading music. As a fairly poor sight reader I realised that I was de-coding too much, and not reading enough. This lady has identified exactly why people struggle with sight reading. As she says, the title of this video for example can be absorbed AS A WHOLE: "Reading music some tricks from Margaret Fabrizio". You only need to look at it for a second to know the sentence. Good sight readers read in sentences or even small paragraphs, not note by note. But for some, patterns in music are more difficult than rows of words, and there is definitely an aptitude for these pattern recognitions.
What a great video. I gave up on my dream to play piano many years ago as too difficult so, Inspired by "Elvis" I moved to the guitar. lol After watching this video, you have rekindled my desire to start again. Even at my age, (76) I know I can fulfill my dream to play piano and check off one of my "bucket list" challenges. Thank you so much for this video.
HJosephD I hope you still crossing things off your bucket list :) I wish you many more happy years!
it is the same concept as playing guitar
"Just tear your eye away from what you're playing!" Perfect...really needed to hear that. :)
"Let go of your pride."
Most challenging first step to edifying your musical ability. Love this video, Margaret, you really gave me a fresh perspective on sight reading and actually, great wisdom for life purposes :) Always look ahead!
People miss out by NOT clicking on this video. Her lesson is a life changer, if you really put it to practice. She is a great teacher NOT condescending AT ALL, but rather encouraging. No matter where you are at in your music, you feel like you CAN get it by following her advice! Thanks Margaret!
This is a really useful video. The importance of reading ahead cannot be overstated. You have a great attitude and are a great teacher because of your positivity and insightful knowledge. Many thanks.
Released in 2008 and still making impact. A beautiful and inspiring video!
Thanks!
This information will never get out dated.
I am 52 and recently started to read music and play piano. Your videos are lovely to watch.
Margaret. I am one of those people who had to recently go back to the basics and really learn how to make my sight reading stronger. Your advice here has uplifted and inspired me. Thank you so much.
You are so lovely. Messages that come with tender are much more useful! Thanks!
This particular topic is well-timed for me. It was very strange to open this up and see your latest, helpful wisdom on a topic so close to me... I absolutely adore you!
you are an amazing woman. thank you so much
you are wonderful margaret, clear ,direct and kind. i will take your advice
Dear Margaret - I am SO HAPPY I found this - what an incredible 10 minutes - I've watched this twice, followed your directions for a week, and found myself steadily improving - I limited myself to 20 minutes a day of sightreading with those goofy little songs you recommended in beginner books, so much like "See John walk. See Sally run. See Sally and John run." kinda stuff.
Folks, *listen* to her and do it, and you WILL improve. Trust me! =]
+Kevin Roddy It also helps if you can identify things a triad perhaps. you don't have to 'read' all three notes, trust that the info is already in your brain someplace. The minute you think you know what you are looking at, look at the other hand, look ahead.
+atree3 Thanks for your message! =] Yup, I know my triads, and sevenths, and root, 1st, and 2nd for most of the keys I play - F, G, D, C, and Bb. I'm a harp player of about 11 years now, and play in healthcare settings - I also have a good foundation in modal music too, and play Dorian, Mixolydian, and Aeolian in addition to Ionian, of course =]
One last thing I'm struggling with, but finally getting a handle on - and it's just memorization, really - are the notes on ledger lines above the bass clef. I'm okay with ledger lines above the Treble. I play a lot of music with roving arppegiated chords with crossunders and such, and trying to read some of those ledger notes are tricky, but like everything, if you spend a few minutes a day - just 5 or 10 minutes, and REALLY focus on the problem - eventually you'll solve it.
Again, thanks for your message, and Aloha from Honolulu!
+Kevin Roddy you probably know that two ledger lines above the treble clef and 2 ledger lines below the bass clef are both C
True man , that happened to me for long time until I came across with this lady
Going back to level 0 hahaa.
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Oh, Margaret, thank you sooo much!! You are an unbelievable teacher and person, I have learned so much with this video! I will practice reading in a more enlightened way.
This is exactly what i needed to hear. I am 16 and stared piano about a year ago, and i currently can play rather difficult pieces, but i cant read at all, i merely practice the same measure multiple times. My ambition in life ( although it seems impossible ) is to be a concert pianist. Although it may not happen, i do believe that the joy that comes along with reading music is unique and an amazing accomplishment. Thank you for this video i really believe it helped tremendously.
I love this type of instruction from a great teacher. Tell it like it is. I find some musicians need an ego check and need to be told. Well said by a very qualified and quality person.
This was absolutely beautiful. Margaret herself, her words, her delivery, her message. A very unique video that stands out like a diamond in the rough.
Very useful advices, which are said in a wonderful way from a experienced musician. Thank you for sharing this, Professor Fabrizio.
Fantastic presentation and great motivator..... love the concept of 'decoding' vs. 'reading' thank you Margaret.
How many hours a day do you read text, if you were to add all the minutes up of every day? 7? 9? 12? What about being a primary school student? Now imagine at an early age reading music notation for the same amount of time that you read text. By the time you reached adulthood, any score that you looked at could be heard internally if you chose to read it through. That's how top level composers and conductors are able to read an orchestral score and know exactly how it's meant to sound like without ever having heard it played.
I also tended to decode' but no more having listened to this lady, just hearing her is inspirational and I shall mend my ways!
Thanks for posting and God bless Margaret Fabrizio.
I am currently a sophomore in high school who plays percussion. When I get new pieces of music from my band director I think to myself "oh this is gonna be hard." It's always been a struggle and I've always wanted to be good at not just playing percussion,but to read music nice and thoroughly. Thanks ma'am for giving me tips on how to improve reading music.I think I'm heading towards the right direction. :]
I found this video and the lady's presentation a joy to watch.
Her sense of enthusiasm and passion for her subject was almost tangible and I took away some good tips.
Thank you Ma'am you are a true professional.
That was the best piano lesson I have ever had, and you didn't even use a piano! God bless you for your generous spirit in sharing this advice and knowledge.
You are a treasure. I've been playing the piano and guitar for about 15 years, but mostly play by ear. I can "decode" music, as I've done with some of Beethoven's and Chopin's works, but my goodness is it painful. Thank you for encouraging me to drop my pride and play things that are at my reading level, I really needed to hear that.
This needs to reach a TED Talk.
honestly the best advice for sight reading ever
So much good info in this video. I joined an online recorder consort and got so much better at reading music by playing with others and not being able to stop.
I've watched this video several times... it's been so motivating for me for the last 2 years of music studies... thank you so much.
Excellent advice. Don't be proud. Thanks for reminding us.
wonderful, I reflect on how many silly teachers who scared millions of children to fear piano lessons.Mille Grazie Margaret, MB :)
Your video inspired me too, and I'm making great progress. I put my pride aside and now I'm reading... having moved beyond decoding. Thanks so much!
Thank you. Such wisdom here. I watched this years ago and came looking for it for inspiration today. I'm a few months into improving my reading. You are right, there is no joy like being able to read through music books. I can do this for viola (it's easier with 1 clef!) but not with piano yet. But it's coming. I'm right back on beginner books but when a piece goes off quite well, there is nothing like it. Such joy and you don't care that it's 'simple' when you have just managed it at tempo straight off. Loved hearing your thoughts here
thank you so so very much, suddenly after 5 years I have to start conducting the church choir i'm in and desperately need to obtain the ability of sight-reading. Your clear explanations demystified what sight-reading is to me and encouraged me to just start exercising my sight-reading eyes. Thank you so much, God Bless.
Your explanations are exacting and to the point. Decoding is exactly correct. Versus "reading" musical notes / manuscript. Thank you.
I really appeciated these wise words. I like the care taken to say "It's Ok to make mistakes" and "keep going at your own pace".
Thank you Ms Fabrizio ! You are a very wise person. I love this lesson!
I feel like my thoughts about reading music have changed after watching this. Went from "I think I can" to "I know I can" ! Thank you!!!!!!! :-)
Love you!
I'm into my 4th guitar lesson and your advice about reading ahead is perfect!
I started playing the piano 2 years ago.Just now I've realized that all those 2 years were a waste of time!During my 1st lesson my teacher gave me music sheets for an easy piece & told me that it was the piece I will be able to play after a year. so I went back home and I finished it in a week.I just memorized the notes and played it. She thought I was a genius.Now I play Fantasie, Etudes &other pieces but I can't read music! I just memorize very quickly, and read VERY slowly! thank you so much!
Brilliant. Thank you. I'm 76 and have never been able to sight read. Going to start learning now. Great tips.
go easy
A lot of really useful stuff here, and great to hear someone telling it like it is rather than trying to make out that they have some magic, do-it-quickly method. I particularly love the idea of removing the ego from the process because as musicians and singers we can get obsessed with being able to perform challenging and virtuosic pieces that it's hard to go back to basics sometimes; but also very necessary and it's really good to be reminded of that. Thank you.
Thanks Margaret for this video. I'm 42 and learning violin, currently at UK Associated Board grade 3 level. And sight reading is my nemisis! Your advice is great and I'm going to grab my fiddle and put your ideas to good use right now. All the best.
Ian
I used to play the piano , but I stopped 4 yrs ago. I instantly regretted it. I have continued piano just a few months ago, and the hugest difficulty is reading. I am now, far better, I remember many notes. But I will try this reading. I think it will be helpful! Thanks!
Thanks Margaret! I am a classically trained pianist that embarrassingly has reading problems. To add to what your saying, I'd recommend being put in a situation where you must sight read - Like accompanying a singer in rehearsal. I was asked to accompany a vocal class working on musical selections, and it was a very 'eye-opening' experience! Certainly forces one to read on the spot, with no break in pulse or flow.
You are riveting. I have absorbed every word as gold. For the first time I understand sight reading. Thank you, wonderful Margaret Fabrizio.
Thank you for sharing yourself in this way. Experience is so valueable, but some people want to keep re-inventing the wheel.
This was so so so very helpful. Thank you Margaret.
Excellent way to describe the function of reading - whether it is music, text, or data. I am a good sightreader, in singing I started learning that in about 4th grade - and incorporate patternseeking in the actual work that i do with data.
It's the pattern, and recognizing patterns, that make or break being able to read - at all. I am so lucky i started so young.
And you had to mention the Mikrokosmos - now i will have to fish that music out again and play some!
Very good advice! I will share this with my students!
Fantastic video. We tend to reach out so far ahead that we forget to take the first couple of baby steps. No one is a natural sight reader. That's like saying someone is born knowing a language, it doesn't happen people. What differs is the time it takes you to grasp the knowledge. If you want to reach a goal, you've got to work for it.
Thank you so much for making this video. For years I've played by ear. And chuckled at your example of reading.. (decoding) Years back I bought the sheet music for Moonlight Sonata and thats exactly how I learnt to play it -decoding. Today 40 years later I've picked up a beginners book and am sight reading now on ly my 3rd level or book. I every now and then I like to go back a few pieces to make sure I'm still read them flawlessly. Thanks for the tip looking ahead, I wasn't aware of that. :-)
Thank you. You've helped me today with my piano. I realise that I have to accept what my level is!
thank you very much. it enlightened me.
i can't believe that i have been "sight-decoding" for 5 years. i'm going to practice straight away.
This was so encouraging and inspiring :) I know HOW to read music but I still "decode" a bit when I am trying to learn a piece. Now that I have watched this, I know that from this point forward I know how to discipline myself to have excellent musical eyes which is something that I have been wanting to improve for quite some time now :) Thank you so much for making this!
Something very difficult for me has been explained so easy to understand with a ton of logical concepts. It is an ageless explanation for all. Thank you very much for giving this to us.
I've been chastised, purged and corrected. Now to put into practice. Beautifully intimate lesson.
Your video has great wisdom and is very helpful, Ms. Fabrizio. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Here very late. This is absolutely brilliant wisdom. I hope you are well Margaret and still playing.
I'd like to say, the reason that I'm learning to sight read, inspite of being able to play anything I hear is, I want to discover melodies I've never heard. It's like finding a treasure trove loaded with surprises and so relaxing. I also like to read up on the composers, their lives etc. Fascinating! My parents where musicians they played13 instruments between them,sadly being one of 11 kids , there was only funds to teach 2 eldest. I just love UTUBE with all it's wonderful info.
Great advice, thanks!
Thank you! After many years trying to get it and feeling stupid you just give me a tip that really helps!
wow, this is by far the best sight-reading video on youtube. thanks for the tips!!
Thank you Margaret! I will follow this advice. My niece gave me her copy of Mikrokosmos this past Christmas. I haven't yet sat down with it because I did not want to stray from my current exercises.
I watched this video so long ago, and I searched for some sight reading tips, and it showed up...
Love to You - - I hope you're well.
Words of music wisdom right here!! :) Thanks for the tips will begin reading more and more before I play!!
Wow, Margaret thanks so much. My daughter began playing last year piano ans has played violin since she was four. She is not a good sight reader yet and he piano teacher is insistant that she fix her mistakes although her violin instructor, has said she must carry on and then, come back after and attempt to fix. She can play anything by ear and memorizes wonderfully but sight reading is a slow process for her. Good news she is only seven! I will show her your video. I think it will help.
Thank you so much for putting that sight reading info up for all of us.
Marie
wonderful and so gentle in her manner, Thanks a lot for this post, Martin B
Thank You for wonderfull advices Granny, I think that You're probably an amazing music teacher!
THANK YOU. I ALWAYS GO BACK TO TRY TO CATCH UP. THIS IS OBVIOUS THAT I'M GOING NO WHERE.MY HUSBAND WAS LISTENING TO YOU TOO. I REALIZE HOW GOOD I WILL BECOME THROUGH THIS ADVICE. HAPPY HOLIDAYS
I'm so glad I found this video. The minute you started talking, I started making notes. Your approach really makes sense. Your passion for music really shines through. Thank you so much.
BEST TIPS EVER...TIME TO PRACTICE
Thank you! :D I have SUCH a hard time reading music, so now I feel much better.
Wow. This is probably the most comforting and encouraging sight-reading advice I've ever come across. Thank You!!!!
Man this women just made me understand all im doing is decoding! :) im gonna learn sight reading! Gogogo
The advice given in this video is the best I have heard from any of my music teachers. Music is after all not a contest for me, it is a joyful experience.
Thanks Margaret, Thanks! This video is changing my musical life...
This is the best advice and explanation I've ever heard!!
Hello Margaret You are an adorable woman 🥰..... this movie is really Incredible. So to the point.... It Woke Me Up. Thanx. By the way,
i play the Alto recorder🤪
This has really helped. My father was a professional trumpet player many years ago and he always reckoned he was at least two or more bars ahead as he was playing. I could never understand it but now, like Ella has written below, it's clicked.
Thank you very much indeed, Margaret.
I'm amazed at his teaching lady. Mrs. can not imagine how much I learned from this video of yours. Simply amazing! Thank you!
I studied saxophone in Brazil. And the sight-reading is the next step for me. Especially in more complicated scores with faster notes in Allegro or Presto.
thx a lot Margaret, im taking guitar lessons now in rock n classical music, ur advise is very helpful, God bless
Love this such wise words.
'I'll get it next time' - I'm using this all the time
I have to tell you Margaret you are god sent. thank you so much.
Good encouragement. Much needed. Thanks for the positive attitude!
I think I can start learning piano now, even when I'm 20 already and have no experience. I was thinking about the same things, reading music sheets, try to do what I can first when having no piano. Thank you for your advices and encouraging!
This is brilliant. I'm studying piano for Grade 3 exams. I always find sight reading the hardest. I love your clear, matter of fact approach. Thank you so much for sharing.
This is great advice. I learned to read treble clef because I played saxophone since 4th grade, but never learned to read bass clef. Now I want to learn piano, so I am decoding base clef but reading treble. Maybe I should just play bass clef until I can catch up to my treble clef reading ability :-)
That sounds like a good plan to me
You have words of great wisdom and I concur with everything you say. I am self taught and I'm now a jobbing professional piano, organ and keyboard player. I'm no virtuoso, but I do sight read and arrange pieces and understand the theory and techniques. It was all down to much hard work and a thirst to learn in my early days. But your wise words are still most welcome, so thank you for your frank and encouraging insight. AND, I do hope that others will hear them and benefit from them.
My teacher is always voicing that I really need to learn how to read music! thank you for your vid:)
Perfect! I never figured that out for myself when I was a kid taking piano, and nobody explained it to me in those terms either. I struggled to decode the music, then memorized a few things for recitals, and then after a short few years when it seemed too difficult, I gave it up altogether.
Thank you for that "Aha!" moment.
This is so helpful. Thanks
I love your advice. Make so much sense. You are very concise, thorough and clear in helping me understand. Thank you.
Very informative. I just graduated with a degree in music, and one of the interesting things I learnt was that recent studies have show that good sight readers subconsciously look around at the whole page, including what they've already played, even if they didn't think so. Learning to look ahead is great and still needed.
Thanks for your reality check. I learned how to read music as a child, in school, and I learned to play guitar and piano through friends. I guess I felt like I should be able to read the music I am capable of playing, but that isn't always true. I grabbed my mel bay grade 1 guitar book and am going to work my way up. I am wanting to play Celtic music and perhaps bluegrass, which both require reading. Thank you for your wisdom!
Wonderful wonderful wonderful advice. Thank you Ms. Fabrizio, I will exercise my reading chops correctly now
I assume that's how Mozart learned to play/compose from age 4. Thank you for your insight comparing it to reading text from a young age. That's perfect. Anything that involves reading will also apply to this concept, such as auditioning for a play with a new script! Bravo, Margaret Fabrizio!!!