How to Read Music 10x Faster With This Simple Routine

In this lesson I teach you how to read music 10x faster with a simple daily practice routine. I will show you HOW to practice note reading, intervals, reading chords, ear training, and reading key signatures. If you go through this routine everyday, you will see massive results in your ability to read music. Reading music is a core skill if you want to play piano or any instrument. Learning to read music isn't as hard as everyone thinks, check out my other lessons below to catch you up!

Watch this next to learn note reading COMPLETELY from the beginning.

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Timestamps
00:00 Lesson details
00:19 First practice item
01:34 Second practice item
04:32 Third practice item
07:35 Fourth practice item
13:38 Fifth practice item
20:39 Sixth practice item
25:40 Seventh practice item
28:13 Note Reading Challenge
37:30 Final Tip

[LessonsOnTheWeb]

Hey students!
I highly recommend you watch all of my lessons on reading music so that you can make the best use of this practice routine

[lawrencetaylor]

I'm watching this only for nostalgic purposes. I'm pretty good at reading notes on the staffs, since I listened to you and watched many of your videos on these subjects. And they really helped. I've watched several channels and there are none better then you for this. Merci.

[knives]

This was so much harder to learn from books. Man you simplify everything so well for this 51yr old beginner. Thank you Tim.

[studybug]

THe site you suggested was just what I needed, ...and along wiht your content being made so easy to follow and is good.

[chacha]

This video is a great help for someone like me. I want to play piano, but as a beginner I’m having really hard time counting every line and identifying each note on line.

[latinkeys]

This was an incredibly helpful video. I have played by ear for most of my life, I have always had a hard time reading music. Your video is so enlightening! I will super thanks!!!

[AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool]

I came to watch this as a refresher. I started learning music theory in 2021 and did a crash course (Grade 1 to 5 in eight weeks - achieving distinction) to prepare me for a music degree. Sadly, the degree was contemporary and so music theory pretty much went out of the window, certainly in terms of notation. I felt more musically illiterate after the degree than I did before it so I thought I'd use this as a base and I'm glad to say that my major weakness is identifying the flat key signatures as fast as you, but for everything else I was either on your pace or even quicker 🙂

I think this is an amazing video and had it come out almost four years ago when I started playing the piano, I'm sure I would have made some progress quicker 🙂

Thanks for what you do. Very much appreciated.

[lawrencetaylor]

I stayed through until the end so ended up watching parts of this twice. It wasn't a waste of my time! And I beat you on several of the answers and only made one mistake, even though I corrected it right away and in time. I had a good teacher, and my teacher had a great teacher.
I said this was for nostalgic reasons, but your discussion helped me clarify my Thoroughbass understanding. A root position triad is 5/3, but since that happens often it is written as blank. A first inversion has a sixth on the top and a third, it is just called a 6 since the third is assumed. A 6/4 is a second inversion since I know my intervals.

The same with seventh chords, the root position only needing a 7 to specify the extra note. The first inversion is a 6/5, the second inversion is a 4/3 and the third inversion is a 4/2. It really is a good thing to review basics, no matter how well you think you know a subject.

[ricklarson]

This is great info makes it so easy to read the staffs.. 8-9-2024

[rebanelson]

I HATE ledger lines- but your insights are very helpful - thanks!

[veelamascarenhas]

How to find out, which style or voice to put on for Hymns

[maplebob]

Why does the key of F hate us so much!