How to Read Notes FAST - The Pyramid System

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What’s up my piano friends!! Today’s video we’re going go over a system to read notes on the piano FAST.
By the end of the lesson, you’ll have a foolproof 6-week piano “Training Plan” to get these notes automatic and rock-solid under your belt. Here’s what we’ll cover:
Section 1: Easy Way to Learn The Treble Clef Notes
Section 2: Easy Way to Learn the Bass Clef Notes
Section 3: Learning the Black Notes
Section 4: The Pyramid System to Learn Faster
Section 5: 6-Week “Piano Training Plan” for Reading Notes
Make sure you stick around to the end for Pyramid System and the Training Plan - these are absolutely VITAL to drilling these notes in SOLIDLY so you don’t end up with sloppy habits that are annoying to correct in the future.
Oh, and btw if you’re a complete beginner, no worries, it’s specifically designed for beginners, and we take absolute baby steps tot make sure you’ll get it frustration-free. Don’t forget to download the Cheat Sheets to make it even easier:
CHEAT SHEET INSTRUCTIONS:
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2. Sign Up with your name and email (yes, it’s really free lol)
3. Get your cheat sheet!
Happy practicing!
-Zach
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[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Make sure you stick around to the end for Pyramid System and the Training Plan - these are absolutely VITAL to drilling these notes in SOLIDLY so you don’t end up with sloppy habits that are annoying to correct in the future. Oh, and here's the Cheat Sheets link, these'll help you a TON: bestpianoclass.com/readfastbonus Here's what we'll cover today: Section 1: Easy Way to Learn The Treble Clef Notes Section 2: Easy Way to Learn the Bass Clef Notes Section 3: Learning the Black Notes Section 4: The Pyramid System to Learn Faster Section 5: 6-Week “Piano Training Plan” for Reading Notes By the end of the lesson, you’ll have a foolproof 6-week piano “Training Plan” to get these notes automatic and rock-solid under your belt. Happy practicing!!

[@otisfloyd1404]

Wassup Zach love your videos man just got thru practicing my piano even though it’s late but the desire to do music is in me now I wanna learn how to read sheet music so keep up the videos

[@fadrian98]

I love how this can transfer over to any skill. Cooking, sports, college,

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Exactly!! That's one of my favorite parts about piano - you can apply so many of the skills to learning other things in life

[@elaineogden]

This is SO helpful Zach. You've gone to such a lot of trouble with all the cheat sheets etc. You are a great teacher. I'm so glad I signed up for one of your courses and am part of your piano community. 😊

[@charlenethompson307]

This is FANTASTIC! I'm so glad that I found this! This makes total sense and I'm so excited to start! Thank you so much for putting this on for free!

[@user-xl4hi5ys9s]

Thank you Zach it is really helpful ❤🎉you are amazing

[@michaelojong8800]

It makes it very hard because it’s long but it’s very helpful. Actually one of the most helpful videos for reading notes fast

[@mcmichermairon692]

Thank you very much, now i know how to practice sight reading better than ever. really appreciate it.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Awesome! Glad you found the video helpful! 🎹

[@marywatson2925]

As a designer of interactive language-learning materiales, I absolutely agree that this method is going to work if you follow all the steps. Great work!

[@richardpanse8042]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Great tools and system. Thanks so much for this.

[@eseoraka]

Thanks Zach, this is really helpful. Due to my age, I have chosen to go down the Jazz Improvization path, based on a solid understanding of Music theory. But I am beginning to think I should take reading sheet music more seriously, even if I still prefer playing spontaneously rather than repeating what someone else played 500 years ago. I love your channel. Keep it coming.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thanks!! Yea, for Jazz definitely prioritize music theory and reading chords, it's much more helpful than reading notes. But it's a good skill to have if you have time in your practice routine to work on it. Thanks so much for the kind words

[@nagaraj-sv6rp]

Just awesome planning to teach this complicated notations Mr. Zach, great job, it works. Thank you again.

[@vickigsolomon1241]

The Treble clef is also known as the G clef-- you will notice that it curls around the G line. The Bass Clef is the F clef -- that dot in on the F. The reason for different clefs is so we don't have to deal with ledger lines all the time. The other clefs fit the instrument or vocal range. (Alto clef isn't used much, but it's great for that voice range, and eliminates ledger lines.) I sing Sacred Harp. The songs are all written to fit the staffs as much as possible. They can be sung anywhere the group as a whole agrees. (It's 4, or 6, part vocal harmony.)

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

that's true!! In piano music, the staffs are almost always in their "normal" spot, but they can be moved around

[@Greymem]

Thanks for all of your content! It's always interesting and useful

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

So glad you liked it!

[@anushpetrosyan2535]

You’re the best, thank you for all the tips and resources

[@subhash4ever4u]

Always wanted to learn this sheet thing and notations, this small videos seems promising and It was really helpful. And as always, cheat sheets rocks 👍😁

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Glad you liked it Subhash!! Yea I've found the cheat sheets are nice to put everything right there for ya, and that way you don't have to keep re-watching a bunch of times if you forget something

[@tas-175]

Great lesson again; i'm starting to understand sight reading better.

[@kristinhertel673]

Cool different approach.Been away from piano for years ,always just did classical music..love the intro to chords. Willl come back for more!

[@ppilgrim3441]

This is the best ever! Thank you for your help and clarification.

[@organic527]

This is excellent…..thank you…..I really appreciate a good teaching approach.

[@evanseruore8896]

Thanks, 👍. This will help me improve a lot

[@annettec1912]

Thanks Zach...you make this learning easy!

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Awesome Annette. Glad you liked the video! 🎹

[@valerierevill8143]

I really like the note identification self-test. Definitely helps me know what I need to go over

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thanks Valerie. Glad you found the video helpful! 🎹

[@bellab4797]

This is great, thankyou Zach.

[@leah38521]

Thank you for this , I think something else that’s important is to not just know the notes on a sheet but also to know where they’re found on the piano and be able to do this quickly.

[@donalbert7094]

Thanks Zach! This is super helpful. I was struggling and very slow at decoding but now you have provided a system that makes sense so I should be able to make progress. I notice that the ledger lines above both staffs follow the FACE order. The treble ledger lines below follow FACE order "backwards," so 3 out of 4, and the bass low notes on the ledger lines follow "All Cows..." backwards. This might help in learning those outer lines.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Good call, yea so the notes are in the same order, so FACE and EGBDF will lline up *somewhere* on each staff/ledger lines, if it helps you use it!

[@k.williams4378]

Thank you so much! This is awesome 👍🏽

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

You're welcome!

[@donorton5637]

Great instruction, as always

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thank you Don!

[@awoyemivictora]

Am sure you put in a lot of efforts in the cheat sheet. this is incredible work sir. thanks

[@francanovello4110]

Thank youu, you are the best teacher ever!!

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thanks Myriam. Glad you enjoyed the lesson! 🎹

[@elliegrace7595]

This is SO HELPFUL!!

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Glad you liked it Ellie :)

[@amjPeace]

I'm one of your students, and I love that you send me emails! I end up on KZbin alot more often than going to my dashboard, but that's ok, right? I love your style, you genius wizard, you!

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

That's fine! As long as you're learning and practicing consistently that's really what matters

[@wayfarer1101]

This is BRILLIANT. Thanks buckets!!! I've learned 5 languages and I really appreciate the value of small increments of repeated data to "cement" what you've learned over a period of time. TOP STUFF!!! 😀

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

so glad you're having success with it, thanks so much for the kind words :)

[@teedtad2534]

Very good teacher!

[@michaelojong8800]

Thanks this is useful it teaches me the basics of piano

[@valeriearizona]

I thank you so much. It is so helpful

[@blroy1018]

This is awesome. I makes practice fun and much more interesting and effective.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

So glad you liked it Bobby!!

[@deependubharadwaj9323]

This was super help full I am 13 years old and I am learning key board u make it easy to learn love it😊😊

[@jackblake4497]

You're the man Zach

[@CreepyUnicorn]

Thank you again!!

[@evelynabiva-canoy4900]

thank you very much, sir Zach. I can practice my sight reading better.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Awesome Evelyn. Keep up the great work! 🎹

[@eddiechavez4468]

I'm so amazed. 🥺😁

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Glad you enjoyed it Eddie!

[@Juan-Hdez]

Very useful. Thank you!

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Awesome Juan. Glad you found the video helpful! 🎹

[@michaelojong8800]

Making it easy for me to understand so thank u

[@JonalynAmoraBitancor]

SUPER THANK YOU

[@mftey84]

EXCELLENT. Thank you

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

You're welcome Marc!

[@bittersweetsourlemon]

Subscribed... I like the way you teach 👍👍

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Awesome, so glad you liked it!!

[@praveenmusic757]

I'm Indian...good job sir.. helpful thank u soo much ❤️

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video! 🎹

[@michaelojong8800]

Ur a great teacher

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thanks Michael. Glad you enjoyed the video! 🎹

[@organic527]

Excellent Video🙏…..I’m gonna check out any courses you provide

[@michaelojong8800]

U make everything easy and not hard unlike others

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thank you. Glad you found the video helpful! 🎹

[@eddted2876]

Dam you Zack! You got me addicted to your lessons cause so well explained! Don't need to pay for classes NO more with your videos! All free with your classes! Don't forget my request song on Tom Jones - impossible Dream ( karaoke is his best version on KZbin!

[@RJSmith-jo7oe]

Wow I am impressed.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thanks RJ,. glad you liked it!

[@caetanolobo5753]

Very good sir

[@kutampilkan1837]

Great!

[@deloresrobert8931]

Great thank u.keep it up

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Wil do Delores!!

[@michaelojong8800]

So far this is the most easiest video I found for reading notes fast

[@kadevohn]

when i was in elementary school, in Lafayette, Louisiana, we learned the same acronyms except for the last one. instead of all cows eat grass we learned it was All Cajuns Eat Gumbo. ⚜️

[@Mamjuznowekonto]

🙏 Thanks a lot!!!

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Glad you enjoyed the video, Kathy! 🎹

[@jaysmith2151]

Zach You're probably going to find this funny. I just sat there playing songs for almost 2 hours yet I still can't read notes. I know what all of the keys are letter wise I just can't site read I'm sure this will help me because you have taught me several songs thanks for all your videos and your help I appreciate it big time.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Awesome Jay. Keep up the great work! 🎹

[@jaysmith2151]

@@becomeapianosuperhuman6765 thanks for your help.

[@caetanolobo5753]

Yes very good sir

[@caetanolobo5753]

Very nice

[@uraharakisuke5305]

Didn't know Brad Pitt was this good at the piano.

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Lol!! I'll take it 😂

[@larryhiigel1680]

What do you mean?

[@cunite9263]

Zach...just don't miss on the middle C for Line notes and D, G included in Space notes for treble staff reading!

[@NylonStrings83]

Every Good Boy Does Fine. Good Boys Do Fine Always. I think these two work best

[@menciong325]

suggestion for the app Zach. if it could be modified, it would be better for the options to be in a piano-like lay-out of the buttons.

[@caetanolobo5753]

Very nice sir to learn piano.or organ

[@michaelojong8800]

But still a good video Bravo!😊❤

[@michaelojong8800]

The fact that it is complex it is because you want us to understand more about how to read notes fast and especially about the notes

[@teedtad2534]

Zack a genius! Makes me jealous ! Don't tell anyone he is smarter than me! I will feel pain! Yep! 🦊🍡🦊🍡🦊

[@awaylau6140]

you make a great contribution to us. 3Q

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Glad you enjoy the video! 🎹

[@galeem713]

And for the notes on the treble clef that just touch the bottom and top ledger line, the bottom is Dog, guarding the clef and God, the guard dog elevated.

[@jasonzeng7061]

Grizzly Bears Don't Fly Airplanes also works...😅

[@stellaokolo2994]

Thanks so much Zack, great video. Sight reading has been the greatest challenge for me, I have printed the sheets and doing the pyramid system exercise. Please is there another way to get access to the pyramid system as have been coming to this video and entering my email address over and over again in other to do the exercise. If there is another way, it would be great, if not it cool too. Thank you for the great video (;

[@O_P_N]

You're cool, boy!

[@macksministry3587]

Great can I learn to play the piano now and sing along with it?

[@JDPelayoPetit]

For the full range exercises, how many ledger lines up and below the staff do you recommend working on?

[@daanw6270]

Thanks for the tips although I really am not a fan of your video making style to be honest. I don't mean to sound harsh but just so many annoying sounds and big arrows and stuff, it gives me a bit of a headache. Chill with those a little! That said, the content is still amazing and extremely useful for many of us beginners, so I do appreciate you!

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you are finding the videos helpful! 🎹

[@mc.yt.777]

Very nicely explained. I will give this a try, thanks!

[@hanyunioclbonior763]

👍

[@sachinshera6949]

Please make video on NotesOcean , and how to upload my notes

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

hey, I'm not familiar with NotesOcean, but I'll see if i can check it out!

[@michaelojong8800]

One of the most helpful videos I’ve ever seen❤

[@michaelojong8800]

Unlike other videos

[@deadmanswife3625]

Good boys do fine always

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

Hey Wendy!! Yes, you can use that for the bass clef lines if you want - i don't teach it because often times students would get it confused with every good boy does fine, but whatever works for you you can use!

[@deadmanswife3625]

@@becomeapianosuperhuman6765 we learned it from our music teacher in public school in 4th grade. All of us learned the same thing and I guess we're not confused. Do you mean your adult students

[@becomeapianosuperhuman6765]

@@deadmanswife3625 Yea it definitely works!! You can use whatever you want, I just like to keep it as different as possible. But if you already learned that way I'd stick to it

[@Bavubuka]

So what is the software you're using to actually do the practice and how do we get it? You didn't mention that.

[@lili_jenlisa]

OMGGGG THIS IS SOOOO HARDDD!!!!!!!!

[@handicappuccino8491]

There should be voice dictation for composing music I think I might be good at that

[@michaelojong8800]

A bit hard but still understand😊 not that complicated

[@DrLisaDeG]

What is the website or app he's referring to for practice can't find it in description?

[@J.C.Cuber1]

Quick question, is C flat the same as B?

[@prashp143]

Good Boys Do Fine Always

[@andy70d35]

Can't sign up as there is no connection after entering email address, just says unable to connect.

[@minajolfaei7732]

Hey there I dont know why the website is not working anymore for me. The access is denied !

[@particle_science]

I'm having trouble connecting my keyboard to it, if anyone knows how please tell me!

[@lindsey1306]

Where do I get the app for this?

[@TomTom-ks2ol]

My speaker almost popped first second of this video wow.

[@michaelojong8800]

12:00

[@lauraeymann1617]

7:26

[@ugbeborlucky5055]

how can I get the cheap sheet

[@yudipitre5720]

This confuse me always , Why does some notes like ( F A C E ) on the ledger line. The note circle are facing to your left and others are facing to your right. Then in others they are all facing the same direction?

[@jancent_luay-2013]

Where is the exercise link