Finally, a video that actually teaches how to sight-sing rather than just showing off with flashy singing and obscure music theory jargon. Saher, do you have a video on finding the tonic aurally without being given the key or sheet music? I can never find the tonic and other scale degrees just by ear.
Oh my goshhhhhhhh you are just a miracle!!!! I couldnt afford official music theory class. But I have never stopped wishing I could know more about serious music studying . Your lessons are so helpful. You make things so much clearer and easier to follow. You make my ears, my mind for music a little bit better days by days=)))) you are awesome and awesome and awesowe! 😄😄 I'm just too happy (and grateful) for what i have learned from your videos!
Thank you so much. I've been singing in musicals and operas for a long time, but have just started singing in churches where sightsinging is expected. Thanks for helping me learn this!
OK SO i have my piano practical tomorrow and we need to sight sing and i literally had no idea what that even is so i wanna thank you for your videos because now i kind of now what im doing!!! thank you so much!!!
I am grateful dear Master. I will always watch your video. They are helpufull for my music carer. It is my 10th years in music but this still help me alot in a systematic and pragmatical music.
Solfege works great too, i'm used to it so i just used that instead of the numbers and it worked great. I've sight sung before but needed a refresher on how to identify key. This is a great video.
Great lessons! You can also think that the last "sharp" is the leading tone of the key in question and the last "flat" is subdominant of the key in question...
Thank you so much for these videos, they are exactly what I need, and the level you have made these videos to suit is right at my level, I can't thank you enough!
Hello Saher, what a good teacher you are! It must be a gift, a talent. Why do other teachers complicate theur explanations so much! You're the best, please go on.
Hi Saher, your lessons are great and the presentation is fantastic. I wonder what program you ars using for your presentation. It's so clear and plausible. Thanks a lot for all your lessons, "weiter so" ... what means "keep going" ... best
Memorise the 7 notes (with their flats and sharps) that make all 12 keys and you don't need to use any rules. For natural minors just use 6th degree of major keys. Plus the easiest way to learn the scale degrees is to transpose any simple song you like to listen to, into just one single key only (any key you like) and stick with that key for a year or two. (Extra benefit is, learning to transpose will give you a full understanding of scales) Then sing the melody using the scale degree numbers. Far more fun without having to do mindless runs up and down keyboard. Once you have internalised the degrees changing to any other key is very simple. So at some stage say a year in, then you'll be playing/singing your songs in any key you want. Once you can sing the song as scale degrees it won't matter what key you choose.
Ok so I have an audition coming up. I will be required to sight sing my part of a chorale while the accompanist plays the other parts. Any strategies for that? I love your stuff! So good.
Ok. i kind of understand this. I know that a piece of music with one flat is F major. I know that a piece of music with one sharp could be G major. I know that a piece of music with three sharps could be A major. I know that a piece music with 2 sharps could be in D major. And a piece of music with no sharps or flats on it could be in C major or A minor. This much i kind of know if i look at a piece of music. But, i still need to work on learning and recognizing the minor scales and the rest of the major scales. I am trying to do this by memorizing the circle of fifths, which could be helpful to me. But your video is very helpful so i can use your video to practice singing in the keys like you have mentioned in your video. Thanks so much
Great use of animation. I'd only suggest going at about half speed, because viewers learning for the first time, (like myself), simply aren't going to be able to assimilate all this informaitn so quickly. Even trying to internalize just the first 3 notes so you've memorized the sound by heart, takes WEEKS to accomplish. But all 7 notes? Perhaps you could break this down into several lessons & go at a slower rate for us newbies. Many thanks.
Impressive. Now all I need is to keep practicing this (and part 1), but how about the chromatic notes in between scale degrees? Please do a tutorial on that. Thanks
A bit late here (but in case it's still relevant, and for others coming across these comments) I'd say no, solfege is the better system to use. Numbers are awkward because they have different syllable structures (not to mention "seven" being two syllables), whereas the syllables in solfege is always going to be just consonant-vowel.
It would be awesome if could do a follow up video about "movable Do" solfege syllabes. Same system but instead of numbers we sing "Do Re Mi" and so on. Major is : Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do Minor is : Do Re Me Fa Sol Le Te Do
I'm 66 yrs old. I'm an okay singer, but my inability to sight sing has led to my frustration and desire to drop out of our church choir. I have reasonably good pitch control. If I'm standing next to a tenor, I can be easily led astray so to speak. it's just reading at speed and getting it. I can do the scales given tonic. Is there any hope for me. I love to sing.
I have a jazz audition this Friday and have 4 days to prepare. I have to sight sing, find middle notes in chords, learn a scar song, and sing de-lovely. Do you have any advice?
Any tricks for quickly calculating the relative minor? (I know it’s the 6th degree didn’t know if there was a trick where you could determine it via the key sig)
Thank you Saher for the fantastic video! Now that I can recognise the key of a piece of music, my problem in sight-singing is to know the number of notes within this key without the red numbers you showed under the notes. For example, in an E major piece, whenever I see an E, I know it's 1. But when it's other notes it's difficult - e.g. when I see a C# I wouldn't be able to recognise it immediately as the 6... Any idea how to solve this problem? Thank you very much!!
I learnt doh, ray, mi (solfa notes) d,r,m,f etc and when I see the numbers, all I hear and sing is the solfa notes. instead of 1 I say doh, 2 is ray, 3 is mi etc. I try to sing the numbers but end up singing the solfa notes. should I stick to my solfa notes?
Saher, your videos are real acts of generosity.
Finally, a video that actually teaches how to sight-sing rather than just showing off with flashy singing and obscure music theory jargon. Saher, do you have a video on finding the tonic aurally without being given the key or sheet music? I can never find the tonic and other scale degrees just by ear.
Oh my goshhhhhhhh you are just a miracle!!!! I couldnt afford official music theory class. But I have never stopped wishing I could know more about serious music studying . Your lessons are so helpful. You make things so much clearer and easier to follow. You make my ears, my mind for music a little bit better days by days=)))) you are awesome and awesome and awesowe! 😄😄 I'm just too happy (and grateful) for what i have learned from your videos!
your voice is so nice and calming
Wow! So many "Why didn't anyone tell me this before?" moments with your videos. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you so much. I've been singing in musicals and operas for a long time, but have just started singing in churches where sightsinging is expected. Thanks for helping me learn this!
Please do a video on how to read minor keys
Your lesson is simple and straightforward with a sweet voice that's pleasing to the ears! Thank you for the lesson!
Thanks indeed for your wonderful videos! I’m so grateful!❤️
OK SO i have my piano practical tomorrow and we need to sight sing and i literally had no idea what that even is so i wanna thank you for your videos because now i kind of now what im doing!!! thank you so much!!!
THANK YOU.
I LOVE BEING YOUR STUDENT.
Can you teach us to sing with accidentals please?
I am grateful dear Master. I will always watch your video. They are helpufull for my music carer. It is my 10th years in music but this still help me alot in a systematic and pragmatical music.
You have some videos that are absolutely transformational to a person's music education.
Bravo !! I love that you started with identifying the spirit identity character of each note THEY COME ALIVE TO ME
Literally the best explanation of figuring out what key it is. Legit not even my teacher could do this. You are a god, thank you so much!
Solfege works great too, i'm used to it so i just used that instead of the numbers and it worked great. I've sight sung before but needed a refresher on how to identify key. This is a great video.
you're such a great teacher, seriously! thank you!
I hate asmr videos but this I will use to combat my sleeping problems. Your voice is gold
Great lessons! You can also think that the last "sharp" is the leading tone of the key in question and the last "flat" is subdominant of the key in question...
This is really nice simple refresh that my current vocal couch is trying to teach me. thanks man👌🏻
Thank you so much for these videos, they are exactly what I need, and the level you have made these videos to suit is right at my level, I can't thank you enough!
Thank you. Excellent videos on sight singing. Could you post more?
My god this guy i have no words for him for his every video 🎉
You're an incredible teacher....thank you Saher!
Excellent! This is the exact class I have been looking for! Thank you so much!
these videos are a great addition to my class, thank you for your hard work!
Hello Saher, what a good teacher you are! It must be a gift, a talent. Why do other teachers complicate theur explanations so much!
You're the best, please go on.
Thank you Saher.. you have helped my music grow. You are an incredible teacher.
Excellent Video.... first time..... catchin on with your excellent teaching skills!
Thought I was doing okay until the end there, lol. Throwing in those faster notes broke mah brain!
Thank you so much this video and your previous one about learning sight singing have really helped me in what I’m trying to accomplish right now
Thank you so much this is such a good introduction
Hi Saher, your lessons are great and the presentation is fantastic. I wonder what program you ars using for your presentation. It's so clear and plausible.
Thanks a lot for all your lessons, "weiter so" ... what means "keep going" ... best
These are superb! Never subscribed any channel this fast...
Memorise the 7 notes (with their flats and sharps) that make all 12 keys and you don't need to use any rules. For natural minors just use 6th degree of major keys.
Plus the easiest way to learn the scale degrees is to transpose any simple song you like to listen to, into just one single key only (any key you like) and stick with that key for a year or two. (Extra benefit is, learning to transpose will give you a full understanding of scales)
Then sing the melody using the scale degree numbers. Far more fun without having to do mindless runs up and down keyboard. Once you have internalised the degrees changing to any other key is very simple. So at some stage say a year in, then you'll be playing/singing your songs in any key you want. Once you can sing the song as scale degrees it won't matter what key you choose.
Congratulations on 100k!!
Thank you for being a part of it!
Thank you! This was so helpful! 🙏🏻🎶🎼❤️
love your songs and tutorial sir
These videos are phenomenal! Are they special tips you have for sight-singing accidentals? Those tend to trip me up the most
Thanks again, great stuff.
I love your voice. It makes everything so simple. Thank you very much =')
And that's a huge trick to finding the key of the scale! Grading is tomorrow too!!
Best trick ever!
Congratulations on 100K. Awesome!
Thanks Jeff! Feeling grateful for the support and proud of the work we're doing.
I still don't fully understand, but this helped me learn A LOT more than I did before watching.
Glad to have helped. Feel free to let me know anywhere you're still a little hazy and we'll see if we can sharpen it up
This is real good and helpful..you videos are awesome ..
You’re amazing!!
nice , subscribed! (preparing my exam ) this is going to be of help :)
This is very useful.
Ok so I have an audition coming up. I will be required to sight sing my part of a chorale while the accompanist plays the other parts. Any strategies for that? I love your stuff! So good.
Ok. i kind of understand this. I know that a piece of music with one flat is F major. I know that a piece of music with one sharp could be G major. I know that a piece of music with three sharps could be A major. I know that a piece music with 2 sharps could be in D major. And a piece of music with no sharps or flats on it could be in C major or A minor. This much i kind of know if i look at a piece of music. But, i still need to work on learning and recognizing the minor scales and the rest of the major scales. I am trying to do this by memorizing the circle of fifths, which could be helpful to me. But your video is very helpful so i can use your video to practice singing in the keys like you have mentioned in your video. Thanks so much
i love this so much
Really good... thanks.
You ve done great work thank you so much!
Great use of animation. I'd only suggest going at about half speed, because viewers learning for the first time, (like myself), simply aren't going to be able to assimilate all this informaitn so quickly. Even trying to internalize just the first 3 notes so you've memorized the sound by heart, takes WEEKS to accomplish. But all 7 notes? Perhaps you could break this down into several lessons & go at a slower rate for us newbies. Many thanks.
Please post the following parts ! 🙏🏻🌷🎶
Thank you! So helpful
Impressive. Now all I need is to keep practicing this (and part 1), but how about the chromatic notes in between scale degrees? Please do a tutorial on that. Thanks
Excelent Chanel!
Thank you, Saher! And congratz on the 100k subs! :)
Thanks Manny for your incredible support for so long :)
Thank u.learning.a lot.blessing
Thank you so much..it was so helpful
Not a fan of Solfege? Any reason?
Very useful video thanks
Soooo gooood, tnks!
I love your videos! Any chance you have these using movable Do? Thanks!!
This is good and I need more time
Any sightsinging with modulation to ANY other key? Thanks for this!
What about accidentals? And sight reading choir music? Can you make a video about that?
I love the way he says, "pi-tch"
the first video was good but this one moved a little fast in the last two examples great video nonetheless
Is it better to use numbers than Sofege (movable do?). Seems easier for me but I am learning Solfege and concerned that I am mixing systems.
A bit late here (but in case it's still relevant, and for others coming across these comments) I'd say no, solfege is the better system to use. Numbers are awkward because they have different syllable structures (not to mention "seven" being two syllables), whereas the syllables in solfege is always going to be just consonant-vowel.
please do a video on identifying minor scales
It would be awesome if could do a follow up video about "movable Do" solfege syllabes. Same system but instead of numbers we sing "Do Re Mi" and so on.
Major is : Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do
Minor is : Do Re Me Fa Sol Le Te Do
Thanks
more exercise please :)
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This would make for a big reveneu app in appstore. An app with progressive difficulty!!
GOD BLESS YOU FOR THIS VIDEO TOO!!!^^
I'm 66 yrs old. I'm an okay singer, but my inability to sight sing has led to my frustration and desire to drop out of our church choir. I have reasonably good pitch control. If I'm standing next to a tenor, I can be easily led astray so to speak. it's just reading at speed and getting it. I can do the scales given tonic. Is there any hope for me. I love to sing.
Sir… if I could take the money that I spent at my four-year university and give it to you for the first four minutes of this video. I would. Thank you
What will happen when there is a note with an accidental in terms of singing numbers?
Use it as practise in keeping going, ignore it and stay on beat!
You should do something with chromatic scales
hi friend.. why is 6 and 5 not up but down?
thanks so far so good
I have a jazz audition this Friday and have 4 days to prepare. I have to sight sing, find middle notes in chords, learn a scar song, and sing de-lovely. Do you have any advice?
Why didn't anyone tell me that easy trick to tell the key before, goodness me... Thanks.
Any tricks for quickly calculating the relative minor? (I know it’s the 6th degree didn’t know if there was a trick where you could determine it via the key sig)
Thank yoooooooooou! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Can you please sing out all notes in all the keys. Thanks and Regards
Thank you Saher for the fantastic video! Now that I can recognise the key of a piece of music, my problem in sight-singing is to know the number of notes within this key without the red numbers you showed under the notes. For example, in an E major piece, whenever I see an E, I know it's 1. But when it's other notes it's difficult - e.g. when I see a C# I wouldn't be able to recognise it immediately as the 6... Any idea how to solve this problem? Thank you very much!!
How to identify minor scales by this method?
I learnt doh, ray, mi (solfa notes) d,r,m,f etc and when I see the numbers, all I hear and sing is the solfa notes. instead of 1 I say doh, 2 is ray, 3 is mi etc. I try to sing the numbers but end up singing the solfa notes. should I stick to my solfa notes?
I love your chanal.
is memorizing tonic sol-fa easier than this?(1-7)
Your hair is dangerous and cool!
Educational but am slower in catching it... still trying hard to figure out
i've watched both videos still not doing well with the sight reading
i probably just need to practice more with part 1
What about g major
I feel like I skipped a million whole steps between this video and the first video 😭😅
and one sharp?