5 Tips to Become a Better Sightreader PLUS Interactive Exercises

[@benjiusofficial]

"The less you have to practice." *Ling Ling wants to know your location.*

[@OGibbles]

Well, maybe you can just practice 39 hours a day vs. the usual 40 then.

[@frog6673]

I love this comment and his reply

[@jisookruzat]

@@OGibbles OMG! I looooove this reply!

[@0tuken982]

Lulu wants to know my location ling ling

[@alexolotl124]

HUZZA people of QUALITY

[@jacobstewart6014]

Him get your instrument Me it's 1 o'clock in the morning

[@OGibbles]

If you're not practicing, someone else is....🤦

[@patrickflanagan3184]

Lol it’s 3:40 for me

[@mybluesky1539]

Literally 1:10am right now haha

[@kimmiesrhythms]

😂 it’s 4:31 a.m. for me lol

[@jakeprep]

Takeaways: 1) Don’t Stop 2) Examine the whole piece b4 you start 3) Look at the most challenging parts and then determine your tempo 4) Start the song out strong 5) Always look ahead, keep pushing through 6) We are all learning, don’t give up 7) Practice!

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

Wow someone with a personality who teaches music. Subbed

[@kos-3327]

Anyone who says stuff like cat vids and ain’t nobody got time for that is instantly a cringe lord

[@leciii7831]

Kos - give him some credit, he’s just trying to help

[@vadrr-animeonpiano]

@@kos-3327 Sir this video is from 2016

[@imsmarterthanyou2384]

@@kos-3327 this is from 2016 the memes may be cringe and old now but not then

[@fork5]

@@kos-3327 I like guys

[@_alicia__]

When your All State audition is in two days: THIS UPDATE: I GOT IN!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 SYMPHONIC BAND, LET’S GO!!!

[@cheesy8831]

oof how'd it go?

[@_alicia__]

it went well, thanks! Hope I get in.

[@official_tiamone]

Lili did you get in?! 😱

[@_alicia__]

TPlayzGamez _YT AHHHH I DONT KNOW YET; we find out in a few months 😤😤😤

[@ro-gg3rs]

Lili Do you know yet?

[@Bloolish]

That’s genius! My eyes always want to come back to check mistakes and that way I’m forced to don’t look back and always look forward, which I thought I was doing but wasn’t

[@OGibbles]

can't stop won't stop :-)

[@rodgerrodger6298]

"pause the video right now and go grab your instrument* aight lemme get my 400lb piano brb

[@humanllusion590]

My brain dissociating every four notes while sightreading : -*We don't do that here*

[@pipervibe3427]

I have always struggled with reading. The practice section with the blackout ribbon is extremely helpful for me. I believe for me there is a disconnect between very short-term memory of looking ahead while playing the current notes. This practice method forces the discipline and seems to work well for me. Do you have more practice material like this that is along the same range of difficulty so I can develop the habit and then move to more advanced? Very good stuff! Thank you.

[@QuentinFarrisDrums]

Just a tip: if you you're not very good at sight reading (like me)..set the the playback speed to 0.5x. 👍

[@zusrecall1086]

Quentin Farris That won’t get you better at sight reading though

[@imsmarterthanyou2384]

That helps so much when I’m trying to learn a new piece and trying to get it up to speed but I don’t see how that helps with sightreading

[@kerminayoussef6617]

The problem is that when I read fast my brain can't translate notes and finally I got nothing and I'm still not understanding what's going on with that music sheet how can I fix this I mean to fast translate notes ?!!

[@OGibbles]

Well, that sounds tricky. This is all a process and it will take time. Something that might be happening is that you may be "translating" the notes too many times. Maybe when you see an E, don't think "This is an E AND I play it as 1st finger on the D string" (assuming you play violin). Maybe just think "1st finger on D." Eventually all that math you're doing in your head will happen really fast. But this video is suppose to show you how to give your brain more time to process all that translating.

[@youvebeenluked]

Please do more of those sight reading passages with different difficulties.

[@essbo53]

The 'looking ahead' thing was great. Now, it's time to get that in my head and practice it. Thanks!

[@alfredrimorin2083]

Can’t get my instrument, it is 2 in the morning 😂

[@OGibbles]

You think 2 in the morning would have stopped Heifetz??!?!?!

[@andread8568]

This is very useful and I hope you make more!! I did not realize how slowly I sight read. I did not keep up with the bar covering the notes. I see now where I need to improve; I need to learn how to keep ahead of the bar. That was very difficult for me.

[@MusikeXavier]

Excellent sight-reading exercise, the best I've seen! I hope you can upload more, gradually increasing in difficulty. Extremely useful, thank you!

[@jasmineringwood1215]

How did he know that I never got my instrument!!!!!! Lol 😂😅 🎹

[@OGibbles]

I mean....I'm lazy too ;-)

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

ha I didn't buy mine yet

[@emmanuellelalancette5948]

Please more exercises!! When I do alone, my eyes go forward for 2 or 4 beats and then they drag back to be in tempo. Only exercises like yours help! Thank you!

[@nakjskjkdndkd]

I have All-State Choir auditions tomorrow and i have to do sightreading and its the things thats the hardest for me.....Wish me luck

[@OGibbles]

Good Luck!! :-)

[@HerroVincey]

GREAT tips, and top notch humor!! I admit that initially I thought this would be another one of those typical videos where I would have to skip around to find that sentence or two I needed to hear, but everything was super useful. You literally got me for not having my instrument at the time, hah. Kudos! And I hope you do keep teaching, you're great at it. 👍

[@tobytate923]

I have an audition today and just this video helped immensely. Thanks so much!

[@floaty10]

Hi Michael. As an amateur, not having had a formal musical education, this is very helpful. Would you be doing more of these exercises? Would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[@ivondavid]

thank you Mr, O'Glebyn. that was really effective. i will try this out with my students on the weekend.

[@pezzinatto3833]

“Grab ur instrument “ I don’t have a marimba

[@lifeplan4720]

Very practical way to improve sight reading. Thanks!

[@javiercurrea694]

This is what I needed! Thanks!

[@OGibbles]

My pleasure!

[@ДіанаЦимбрикевич-з6е]

I find it really helpful ! Please, do more videos like this if you can 🙏

[@iambatman__]

I'm just here like "Welpp... alright then...have fun violins...bass clef anyone..no..ok..ill just be here.."

[@akira-k9b]

Thought the beginning was a ps3 turning on

[@lynardanolin]

Bro there should be an app or a software or a website similar to that sight singing exercise part on the video

[@jimtessin4130]

Yes!!! Love to see more!!!!!

[@oscar9876543]

Thank you so much for the advice and the exercises, I'm trying to work up my sight reading so I can audition for a cruise ship. Thanks again!!!

[@OGibbles]

Good luck Oscar. Be careful, cruise ships have some ups and downs. (get it?!) I did 6 months on the HAL Oosterdam.

[@christiehall361]

Your videos are very helpful and entertaining! Thank you for making them! I definitely want to become a better sight reader so thank you for the tips! 😊

[@fridagabrielli9384]

I know it is four tears ago that you made this video but I am finding it now and it is really good! The exercises were really good, but can you make a video with just simple ones for beginners? That would be really great!🙏🏼

[@dagingerable]

Great video!! If you created anymore examples to practice with I would love to use them!!

[@nickparkin8527]

Absolutely fantastic!!

[@cobymorciglio9730]

These are amazing! Thank you for making them, more would be wonderful

[@OGibbles]

I'll do what I can, Thanks!

[@danicaroqs4914]

yo this actually helped me a lot, thanks ❤️

[@dadgonewild381]

Independence Day best movie ever?? As a classic movie fan, I am speechless. Buddy, to what you know -like music. For me, looking ahead seems to be the key to it all. It is 'where I am at' right now. It helps to know that I am on the right track. Thx!

[@markcobb6561]

Hard to imagine Michael having problems with an audition. great musician he is.

[@OGibbles]

aw shucks, you're too kind :-)

[@noadanger2790]

That was very humbling

[@violaisreallycool]

Ahhh! Treble!! I'm a beginner violist so sightreading this on my phone is really hard...

[@varunsathya1912]

Hehe viola go ScReEcH

[@violaisreallycool]

@@varunsathya1912 it has been recently. Probably because my bow needs a rehair... it's like 5mm from the wood of the bow so whenever I have to play loudly the wood also comes into contact.

[@varunsathya1912]

@@violaisreallycool probably because it's a *viola* jk no more viola jokes sorry xD

[@violaisreallycool]

@@varunsathya1912 well I'm also not hugely experienced so that could be it too lol

[@howardzimmer6452]

Excellent points.

[@ljcl1859]

Great video. This was VERY helpful. Exactly what I was looking for something to help immediately. Thanks

[@brittanykubiak9460]

I really enjoyed this!!!

[@akinator9154]

Question : How do I remember what note is which? I never remember while reading the music I’m playing on my cello.

[@maddoxandhisband9146]

i play guitar and one trick that works for me is to recognize intervals in relation to the scale. for example if i read that my next note is a fourth away from my current note, i just play the note thats a fourth away from my current note. i dont think about it as letters, but rather as a list of intervals.

[@alejandrocorona1766]

Great man! exercisew 2 was a challenge alright, to understand what was going on

[@JonathanHWarren]

Excellent! Great video man! Very useful skill, always needs sharpening!

[@chloerepton5590]

I have an exam and I suck at like the “ time words” or also known as like note names so yeah...

[@ljy6060]

More excerpts please:) these were really helpful

[@kadynorr7165]

I got selected for all county and am nervous about the seat placement test bc I suck at sight reading. (Mainly bc my middle school director was not a good teacher.) I’m a freshman right now & one of only two freshmen that got picked for all county. Meaning for chair placements, I’m going up against only seniors, juniors, and sophomores so I’m really nervous.

[@jimtessin4130]

Excellent!!!!!

[@journeyofamamabear3721]

Hi, I really enjoyed the video, would it be possible to create a bank similar exercises which are little easier so as to practice this skill? Although I couldn't keep up, I thought the concept was good 😀.

[@senpai2610]

Please do an advanced one for challenging pieces

[@calcradden6293]

Yo I was like damn this practice is kinda hard then I realized I was on double speed

[@emmapurslow2290]

This is great thank you! Which programme did you use to create the note covering video? I'm a teacher and I'm looking to create something similar!

[@emmablevins4688]

playing test due in 5 hours but i’m thriving

[@jbela]

'"Get your instrument", already in front of me with computer screen and this video playing!!

[@lounadekker9171]

Amazingly helpful thank you Michael! Did you use musescore to make that video? I'd love to learn how to make more for myself to practice with. Kind regards, Louna (flutist)

[@junhengzhang6425]

Helped me so much. Thx

[@pipervibe3427]

...how did you create the blackout ribbon? Is there a program with exercises like this that will allow me to adjust how far ahead the blackout ribbon leads my eye? If so, I'd buy it in a heartbeat - if not, someone should create one.

[@tropicanajuice3953]

Thank you so much, this helped a lot:)

[@vegapunk6985]

Starts at 2:00

[@geoshebalin2693]

Very thought provoking. So yes easier slower and longer pieces in subsequent videos would be great. But short of that sounds like practicing sight reading easier pieces with a metronome with strict adhearance to looking ahead and not stopping is the ticket. Thanks

[@prismavidamusic7226]

I've done a lot of sightreading but never was as proficient at is as I wanted to be. About time to dust off whatever music I've got kicking around and just blow through it all like a crazy wookie. Classical, jazz and everything in between.

[@k.brandonironside1721]

Great video and tips. The disappearing music is a great tool. Now what about some of those John Williams scores for sight reading ;)

[@ltgz881]

nice video:) keep up the good work! its totally different from other videos(like what you said and is generally true) where they give you some tips and hurry you off to practice yourself lol

[@clairetheviolinist]

What is that program he uses for the sight reading?

[@OGibbles]

I just made this in my video editing software...I think I was using Adobe Premiere at the time, but any of them will do it with some keyframes. Oh, I probably used Finale, or Noteflight.com to write some random notes and then export the audio to Premiere. It'd be cool if there was a real sight-reading program.

[@mailap1685]

😬😬I have a sight reading test tomorrow and it’s 9:00pm, royally screwed for tomorrow

[@deringardi5540]

you are amazing

[@leannacassatt1997]

How do theese teachers expect mallet players to sight read I'm aboit to cry 😂

[@leannacassatt1997]

about

[@gitarisngasal4678]

6:10 wait, I forget my glasses.

[@mzwierzchowska]

Please more!

[@cuteypanda]

I play a lot of rhythm games (like guitar hero) and I always look ahead. But idk why when it comes to sheet music I never do :/

[@JateEhat]

I’m become very disappointed in my abilities to sight read. I’ve read music for 6 years and still struggle to do it well. I went to music lessons today and the director had a tinge of disappointment in his voice, I’ve decided to change my ways now….

[@carlossamson5767]

"get your instrument!" My instruments: Guitar: 4 strings gon My voice: imma become raspy Saxaphone: *non existent* Piano: *non existent*

[@varunsathya1912]

Viola: already non existent

[@vishalsuresh837]

I think thats the PS3 start up sound

[@Glaciane07]

wonderfull!!!

[@OGibbles]

Thank you Glaciane :-)

[@atomv1872]

Hi, I'm Michael Ehgahbliiiinnn

[@bubblebob229]

Looks at the sight reading piece. Me being a trombone player saying "I'll just see my way out"

[@potato4930]

I can’t play treble clef!😞

[@verareyhood]

wish me to break a leg for chamber auditions tomorrow🙈

[@fusionsid]

I wish instead of having quavers and crochets and stuff I wish they could right something like a b c. Because what my brain does is it at a note then translates it to abcdef or g and then plays it. So it take me like a bit of time to process a note

[@480fps]

I'm mainly struggling for Allstate whoops

[@meeptothemax375]

I need to learn sight reading by tomorrow, I am doomed.

[@therealkaz5824]

Why is the Playstation 3 opening theme in the start of the video?

[@veroecho]

If you are looking to drive yourself crazy, switch to 1.5x or 2x speed for more excitement

[@oluwadamilolaakanni8178]

Rip to my eardrums at 5:22

[@refrigeratorskates492]

My instrument is my voice lol

[@noadanger2790]

For the second exercise I tried slowing it down so 0.75 and still couldn’t

[@KyletheDonut]

spoiler alert number one is just speed reading

[@noadanger2790]

Omg am I the I only one who finds it difficult, it’s like you have to memorize it before you play it then look ahead and memorize new stuff while playing the old stuff

[@kaninavalentini9962]

Sh*t he got me I did skip 😅😂

[@rodgerrodger6298]

ps3 start up sound

[@IsaacChoo88]

I cant even beginner XD

[@lazyjazzymusic]

The exercises would have been more helpful for some, if you did not black out.

[@qibert]

Too much to process!

[@spacefreedom]

too hard for me

[@anungunrama9344]

Bruh maybe in guitar hero sure but this is really hard

[@LoomiYT]

Starts at 2:05