What are some good techinques to teaching yourself how to read Piano Sheet Music? I know how to read it, and I know what everything is from the beats to the rests (hehe), but I can't sit there and just play as I read, it takes me a second ot comprehend each beat. What should I do?
2007-01-04 08:24:23 · 5 answers · asked by Tom 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
I am going to college and studing music composition. I can totally relate because my first year there I couldn't read the left hand notes as good as the right. I could read them, but it would take a minute for me to understand. Like what you said. Sometimes I would get a staff and a clef mixed up. I got better by going home and playing a certain song that I didn't know the keys to. I would read the music, especially the left handed, and I progressed. it took a while, but I realized if I was going to get my degree I would need to know how to read music, not just well, but extraordinary. I practiced hours a day for months, just on reading music. I know that you probably hear that you need to practice, but there are hints to this. Like F-A-C-E and Every Good Boy Does Fine. I'm sure you heard of these. They can help, but practicing is the key. Don't rely on these for a concert or a performance.
2007-01-04 09:32:24 · answer #1 · answered by Kreutzer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of ways to read sheet music for piano. Some people memorize the bottom line and just read the top. This works well if you are playing a jazz peice or something with chords, becuase it's not that difficult to memorize the bass part.
Iknow it's alot of work, but you can always write the note you have to play with your left hand above the staff for the right-hand notes, and draw arrows of corresponding lengths to the places where the notes stop, so you know that you play a "b,a ,b......" until you hit the 1/2 a-minor scale. That's what i do. Or i just memorize it.
You can also draw in lines stretching from the bottom staff all the way through the top where each beat is. When i first started reading music i did that to keep myself in time. (that's always been my biggest challenge! My left hand likes to rush....)
Anyway, i hope that helps!! :)
2007-01-04 08:39:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can start reading sheet music by learning first! You could go to your local library or bookstore and pick up a beginners guide to playing piano or you could go on youtube or just get a piano teacher.
2016-03-14 01:38:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practice. I'm a music teacher and the only way to learn to read music is by doing it over and over. Start with a simple piano book and gradually add complexity over time. It is a long process, there is no quick fix.
2007-01-04 08:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by John M 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Think of it this way... when you were a baby you had to learn to crawl before you walked, and even when you knew how to walk, and knew how to take everystep you still had to take your time or risk falling, same way with piano. Piano was my first instrument and I started off with slow, easy songs and worked my way up. Start with the song, play it slowly, go through every detail and go back and practice phrases that you aren't quite so good with before going on to the next and you'll get it evetually.
2007-01-05 09:49:03 · answer #5 · answered by sax_playa_1213 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋