| Author | Topic: Need help learning to sight-read Piano music |
sunny03
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2/25/2007 | posted: 2/25/2007 at 10:55:34 PM ET
I can play piano pretty well I'm just awful at sight-reading. If I hear a piece several times and then practice the music for several weeks I can learn to play it. Once I have it memorized that's it, I sound great. People are always asking me to play for church and groups and I always decline because I simply can't read music well enough. It takes me 20-30 minutes to get through an average 4-stanza hymn.
I've seen a couple of books that look good on Amazon.com (Super Sight-Reading Secrets by Howard Richman & Music Reading For Keyboard by Larry Steelman). I didn't know if I should get these or if anyone had any suggestions.
~Thanks
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Anonymous
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| posted: 2/28/2007 at 6:02:48 PM ET
I suggest making flash cards with different notes on them, and ask someone to quiz you.
or you can sit down and study the notes. then take a piece of real music and say the notes to your self. youll get faster every time, and it always works!
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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/12/2007 at 6:58:30 PM ET
Jayde musica is a good free music reading program.
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