I like your systematic approach, great! Most piano teachers are lost when it comes to sight reading. The tip "play as much as possible from the sheet" helps only a little. Your tips are very valuable.
Whenever I get used to a pattern I exercise it with my eyes closed. I did that when my feet were dancing on the floor and I intuitively continue to do so, when my hands are dancing on the keys...internalising the feeling of movement 👋💃🎵💕
You are very motivating for my practice. I am an older adult who has been trying to really gain expertise at the piano for years. I have recently started practicing and learning scales, chords and to sight read effectively. Vlogs like yours are really helpful and informative. I have found some great books to work with. I have a huge amount of music that I have invested time and energy to obtain and own. I am very hopeful that as I keep progressing forward into the music I truly want to play well. I will attempt this and work at it so I can get better at feeling the keyboard. These are great ideas to try. Thanks so much.
Does everyone know what he is demonstrating? Anyone? It is called MUSCLE MEMORY. EXCELLENT!! FINALLY, someone has addressed the keyboard! A DAMN MIRACLE!!! Thank you very much sir. Looking forward to your next video on sight-reading. Have a good day. Patrick Wells
Loved your gymnopedie notes. Nice exercise especially liked going up and down a 4th etc I would have only thought of going up not down as well. Think in Spain they makes kids practise or play with cover over piano.
I just started piano lessons 8 weeks ago about and I definitely want to learn to read it’s fun to cheat and just copy by computer keys but my goal is to read piano notes and pieces and songs.
I think it's fine to do that as well occasionally too, we learn by copying so that's just another way of getting the information in the beginning. But of course it's good to learn as much about music as you can too, to help you progress and reading music will be very useful
Really really helpful video! I am very haptic and can do play without looking but when the position of fingers are changing and jumping, I easily get lost. Thank you for your advice!
I do this but not enough. To answer your question, I can read for sax and bass but putting it together on the piano and reading chords is not easy - particularly as I am primarily an ear player so my ear takes over as soon as it knows the piece (which doesn't take very long).
A helpful trick with reading chords is to learn to recognise the shapes on the page as being a chord position your hand is already used to. For example, 1st inversions have a spacing of notes on the page that's always the same. Of course you can do the same thing with root positions and 2nd inversions, for example, too.
Do you think that just practising 2-5-1 in major and minor (changing the last chord to the new 2 chord) is the best way to get all the keys and chords under your fingers? I’m always struggling to intuitively play the proper inversions without practicing them for each song, let alone improvising that way. Any helpful exercises that come to your mind?
That would be useful, but I would try practising things in a variety of ways or it can get boring but also you can just get good at that one specific thing
I’m 53 got my first piano at Christmas. Finding it very hard going and have never been even slightly musical. However I’m having a lot of fun. I don’t think I want to learn read music, In my head’s it makes more sense for me just to spend my time playing. Think learning to read music would just kill all the fun.
sight reading is a must, otherwise we cannot even know the long pieces, we will become just chord playing keyboardists. There is no easy way around or ignoring the fact that sight reading is necessary, as reading a language is necessary if you wanna learn a new language in detail and study it more. If youre goal is to be just to learn few sentences for your short tour in that country, that's a diff matter, you wont need to learn reading then.
If practicing at not looking at the key board, not practicing sight reading. Get an eye mask that people use to block light from disturbing their sleep. First class passengers get these when flying.
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I like your systematic approach, great! Most piano teachers are lost when it comes to sight reading. The tip "play as much as possible from the sheet" helps only a little. Your tips are very valuable.
Whenever I get used to a pattern I exercise it with my eyes closed. I did that when my feet were dancing on the floor and I intuitively continue to do so, when my hands are dancing on the keys...internalising the feeling of movement
👋💃🎵💕
'internalising the feeling of movement' Great way of putting it, wish I'd said that now 😂
You are very motivating for my practice. I am an older adult who has been trying to really gain expertise at the piano for years. I have recently started practicing and learning scales, chords and to sight read effectively. Vlogs like yours are really helpful and informative. I have found some great books to work with. I have a huge amount of music that I have invested time and energy to obtain and own.
I am very hopeful that as I keep progressing forward into the music I truly want to play well. I will attempt this and work at it so I can get better at feeling the keyboard. These are great ideas to try. Thanks so much.
Does everyone know what he is demonstrating? Anyone? It is called MUSCLE MEMORY. EXCELLENT!! FINALLY, someone has addressed the keyboard! A DAMN MIRACLE!!! Thank you very much sir. Looking forward to your next video on sight-reading. Have a good day. Patrick Wells
Great tips I will do this exercise 🙏
Thanks very much for this.
Wow...this is interesting. Thank you😊
You’re welcome 😊
I watched just a couple of your videos, and I am quite inspired. I am very much a beginner. Thank you for your input.
Yes, I play both by note and by rote! Thanks for your help!
Thank you so much! I just this morning decided to get the hang of sight reading... It's like you're my actual piano teacher. 😂
Great video as always! Thank You!
Thanks, a couple of those exercises I have found extremely useful with students
@@PianoFromScratch Thanks very much. I'll try to practice these shortly...
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Loved your gymnopedie notes. Nice exercise especially liked going up and down a 4th etc I would have only thought of going up not down as well. Think in Spain they makes kids practise or play with cover over piano.
Yes love that piece
I just started piano lessons 8 weeks ago about and I definitely want to learn to read it’s fun to cheat and just copy by computer keys but my goal is to read piano notes and pieces and songs.
I think it's fine to do that as well occasionally too, we learn by copying so that's just another way of getting the information in the beginning. But of course it's good to learn as much about music as you can too, to help you progress and reading music will be very useful
@@PianoFromScratch thank you so glad and honored to have found your channel.. I can’t wait to watch your content and practice 💙
Good lesson 🙏 thanks
Really really helpful video! I am very haptic and can do play without looking but when the position of fingers are changing and jumping, I easily get lost. Thank you for your advice!
Mad underrated
I do this but not enough.
To answer your question, I can read for sax and bass but putting it together on the piano and reading chords is not easy - particularly as I am primarily an ear player so my ear takes over as soon as it knows the piece (which doesn't take very long).
A helpful trick with reading chords is to learn to recognise the shapes on the page as being a chord position your hand is already used to. For example, 1st inversions have a spacing of notes on the page that's always the same. Of course you can do the same thing with root positions and 2nd inversions, for example, too.
@@PianoFromScratch thanks
I did 1 hour of practicing Bach Prelude in C major mid section with my eyes closed today.
Thank you sir!
No worries! Hope the tips help
What is the name of the other channel? „Piano love“?
I’m watching this with my eyes closed 😂 No seriously, this is very good advice & a few thousand times more beneficial than people realise…
Do you think that just practising 2-5-1 in major and minor (changing the last chord to the new 2 chord) is the best way to get all the keys and chords under your fingers? I’m always struggling to intuitively play the proper inversions without practicing them for each song, let alone improvising that way. Any helpful exercises that come to your mind?
That would be useful, but I would try practising things in a variety of ways or it can get boring but also you can just get good at that one specific thing
Many wind instrument players can not see the key or valves and must learn to play the correct notes blind.
I’m 53 got my first piano at Christmas. Finding it very hard going and have never been even slightly musical. However I’m having a lot of fun. I don’t think I want to learn read music, In my head’s it makes more sense for me just to spend my time playing. Think learning to read music would just kill all the fun.
I've been learning from Alfred's.
How you getting on with it?
Playing by not looking can be achieved only by keyboard/piece familiarity.
how to sight play
Whats the name of that piano?
It's a Nord electro
sight reading is a must, otherwise we cannot even know the long pieces, we will become just chord playing keyboardists. There is no easy way around or ignoring the fact that sight reading is necessary, as reading a language is necessary if you wanna learn a new language in detail and study it more. If youre goal is to be just to learn few sentences for your short tour in that country, that's a diff matter, you wont need to learn reading then.
If practicing at not looking at the key board, not practicing sight reading. Get an eye mask that people use to block light from disturbing their sleep. First class passengers get these when flying.
lots of talking and boring long intro!
unfortunately not much help - just a story what every piano student knows, sigh!