Read Sheet Music Ten Times Faster With This Simple Strategy

In today's lesson of Tuesday Tip, I show you how to read sheet music ten times faster with this simple strategy.

If you are reading notes on sheet music individually, you are making it harder on yourself to read large clusters of notes quickly.

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LESSON RESOURCE: Intervals Practice

[maxmajki]

I play this video at 2x speed so I can read sheet music not 10, but 20 TIMES

[ripleysigningoff]

I asked my teacher how to read music more quickly and she did talk about intervals but didn't really explain it fully. Watching this video t immediately clicked, especially the part about how to identify even or odd numbered intervals. This has been so valuable to me! Thank you!!

[emable]

I’ve used numerous piano channels for learning piano. Your site surpasses them all for learning!! Thanks!

[eegoal]

me at 0:53 wow what program is this?
me at 0:57 oh thanks

[FREELUV]

Excellent no nonsense demonstration on intervals

[UnhingedVideos]

here is a quick tip: When playing a chord put your fingers on the bottom and top of the cord and use your other fingers for reest of the chords.

[laurak.]

This is helpful to me as a new adult beginner (year two) piano student. Thanks so much for the great tips and interval concepts!

[moonlightsonata]

I've been taking piano lessons for years but I've found your teaching is much better, you're great teacher 👍😊

[OnlineMD]

Thx, valuable video! Main take home as I see it, is to start at the bottom and read upwards. Though, once I get into sharps and flats, my brain is likely going to have mini strokes...:)

[jace_Henderson]

I find it funny people who play by ear to learn songs wish they could read music and people who can read music wish they could play by ear. For the most part at least.

[alessa.]

1:47 intervalos

Seconds: side by side
Third: beginning of a snowman
Fourth: a little space in between
Fifth: line or space in between

[yihh]

Awesome video. I was alway confused about intervals, 3rds 5ths. I've been reading the hard way for years. Thank you so much.

[aashimamurarka]

Cannot believe how simple you've made this. Thanks man

[Caribbeanmountainpropertiescr]

You are really helpful. I'm in a piano class at Uga, you are explaining all this so well.

[grammarsongs]

Great tips! By the way you are a natural teacher! Thanks

[lynnmorris]

Tim, I am new to this and I may be barking up the wrong tree because I am seeing old posts. Let's see if I can make a long story short: I used to be fairly 'accomplished' despite the fact that I never practiced and only pursued piano (plus flute, a bit of guitar, etc.) to please my parents (originally) from kindergarten until about 18 yrs old. Ultimately, I could pull off a decent Rachmaninoff, various significant Beethoven pieces, etc. My piano teacher finally gave up on me, and instead of springing recital pieces within weeks where I was supposed to memorize same (full church where nobody allowed to leave) I was the unfortunate exception to the rule, whereby he allowed me to bring the sheet music because I never practiced. It would take me 6 months to prepare for let's say, the 'Bells of Moscow' or Pathetique, and only my sense of self-preservation (ego) made me prepare more as the D-day approved each June. I am now 57 (stopped playing music when I was 18), but bought this bad ass Yamaha CP88 recently for an apartment (while real house being renovated and my vintage upright in storage - not like I played it over last decades anyway); and I realized I can barely do Moonlight Sonata!! WTF happened to me? Now, I am a wannabe reformed loser (yes top of my class academically and same in grad school, yet party girl too back then, living with a foot in each realm)! I have never been so humbled in my life when trying to play recently. I wasn't good, but I wasn't bad either. Now, I have to figure out bass clef notes that feel so foreign (I speak multiple languages - but these notes blow my mind!!). Do you have a way for old dogs like me to resume in an optimal way? I run 2 businesses and unfortunately became the sole caregiver to a beloved spouse of 35 years - (he suffered an accident 5 years ago). For some reason, this is what I **really** want to do (I thank my parents every day for the blessing of music study). But my impatience shows me i have to start all over in a methodical way. Sorry for the tome here, but I suspect there are other peeps like me who could benefit from such therapy after pretty severe trauma - or let's say people who are dealing with hard-core adversity, whose neuropathways are digging deeper negative holes. That is, they (we) need to break out of a persistent fight or flight syndrome. I truly believe musical therapy (not just rocking out as I do routinely, be it Doc Watson or Audioslave) could be one approach. As you can tell, I feel strongly compelled to dip my toe back in the water, but wonder if it is a matter of just starting all over again - which would not give me much gratification. You don’t even have to respond - I just found your tips interesting because i never learned any tricks or certain ways of thinking about it. Blah, blah, blah. I am about to delete this – and if I dont send now I will wuss out- because I am quite sure the answer is not easy. Keep doing your cool thing dude. Thanks! :) Lynn

[blank_white_paper_revolution]

Odd is even, even is odd! Really simple!

[nickname]

Wow, I can't believe it. This is going to help me a lot. Thanks for that tip

[grupposis]

Thank you very very good best tip for reading notes quickly!!!! you are really the best one

[gillougratteu]

Thanks a lot for the LESSON RESOURCE This is exactly what I needed !! 😜