30 min of Basic Piano Sight Reading Practice (Grade 1)

[@musicwithnopain]

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[@josephfinlayson3833]

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[@RyanPiano25]

If you are new to piano don't make the same mistake I did by learning songs using synthesia and memorising the notes. When you get to more advanced music it takes you 10 times as long to learn as someone who reads sheet music.

[@Alisson99999]

Very good advice! Tks!

[@urbzNspicez]

Dude I made the SAME mistake myself.... 7 years of learning (then forgetting) how to play songs by watching people play on youtube... Finally now I'm learning sight reading and making some genuine progress and improvements. Kind of stings to know I could've been SO much better if I just started with doing what I'm doing now, but hey never too late I guess!!

[@urbzNspicez]

@@RyanPiano25 Right on, Cheers to that!!

[@sasodiarvas]

Although Baelish didn't learn from his mistakes, I trust you on this.

[@ihaveadream1052]

Im new to piano and im using synthesia to learn songs that i like and is easy but im aware ishouldnt stick with it for long, im also learing how to read music and ear traininh

[@oliverpayne3710]

Kinda embarrassing that I’m starting grade 7 piano today but found the end of this difficult, sight readings always been my weakest thing and I’ve always just memorised the piece instead. Now it’s time to get good at this

[@hildanavalta4397]

Lol I've always been memorizing the pieces and I want to learn how to sight read

[@4rjun286]

Lol same

[@aminahq8420]

saammeeeee

[@reyanambu3064]

Sameeeee.....I'm almost done with grade 6 and I still cant sight read as fast as my peers..

[@rom20mk7]

@@reyanambu3064 same...

[@sheryl7903]

i started about 5 days ago and here's my progress (maybe it'll motivate someone) till 2 days ago I couldn't even do above 25th. and today finally!! I could do all the exercises. tho not along the music in the video but I could complete each piece in the time allotted to it! yesterday I was so demotivated, couldn't play anything right so I practiced only for 15-20 minutes. the day before yesterday, I reduced the speed of the video to do all of them. but still couldn't catchup in normal speed. the day before it I couldn't learn and understand the extra notes (Notes above G in treble cleff and below F in Bass cleff) i dont take any classes, teaching myself the keyboard. i'm pretty happy with my progress today so thought of sharing, might not be too much for most of the people here.

[@yudipitre5720]

I am in your same boat , i decided to learn sight reading before doing this and slow down the speed. I am bad bass clef notes .

[@yudipitre5720]

Sherly, thank you so much. You have no idea that reading this gave me hope. I was about to give hope. I am trying so hard to learn to site read the base clef. Especially when when you have to jump around and use the right finger to play the piece. Thank you I am teaching myself it's definitely not easy

[@Cube_Box]

10 months later what happened?

[@Jack_______oh]

I've been playing piano for about 3 weeks and doing these exercises about 5 days. I kept redoing arpund 20-30 the last couple days as past about 33 they start to level up quite a bit. It's fun though, this feels a lot more useful than just doing musictheory exercises. It's helping me coordinate the sheet music with the actual piano.

[@chandrakantjangam8016]

Hey. What is the finger position for 14 &15?

[@grizzlymartin1]

Wow! Practicing without feeling like you're practicing. But deep central nervous system learning. This is fantastic. 30-60 minutes of this, once or twice a day, with the program slowly progressing in level, and in a few months you'll be playing any song it is building on. Dream come true. Hope levels continue to become progressively more advanced. Great work!

[@RandomShowerThoughts]

Absolutely, this was a fantastic video

[@cynthia7445]

I am a senior adult just learning piano. I am glad I found this. I believe sight reading is important and I started this today. This is most helpful.

[@RiojaRoj]

Ha..... I'm a senior senior ! and have dabbled for years, now back to square One !

[@MusicAccount-n6f]

Same here except for i’m a senior in high school lol

[@Jack_______oh]

After about a week of doing about 15 minutes of these a day I can now complete the hardest ones and I definitely feel more confident at sight reading. Gonna reinforce for another week then move on to level 2 :)

[@juliaromero7512]

Still can't accept the fact that I can read notes but not play while sight-reading. So here am I, back to grade 1 🤣

[@isntreal3188]

me too 😔

[@smorrow]

Reading notes: absolutely fucking trivial Reading rhythms: absolutely fucking trivial Reading both at the same time:

[@loopymomy2532]

Yes i am the same. I have to do egbdf and gbdfa in order to read the notes to play. I can read medium to somewhat advanced pieces but I just can’t sit their and sight read like automatically get the notes in my head like reading English. I’m kind of stuck lol

[@lokieandme7942]

Yeah me too

[@tfoutmydms7920]

@Candy cat gaming which app?

[@_gee_vee_]

I am learning piano on my own and this is one of the simplest, best sight reading practice videos out there. Thank you.

[@helianthe3457]

Music with no pain is a great name for this channel, I went in with a "10mins to learn to read notes" vid as my only knowledge, and this has been soooo helpful like i actually get the notes now. And it was fun. I'm going to repeat it tomorrow!

[@tresthegoat]

Came from Pianote's How to Sight Read video to this. I practiced last night for 20 minutes and stumbled a bit, came back this morning and nailed the first 10 with no problem. This definitely reinforced something in my brain. I also like that the sequences are supposed to make sense musically and you can hear when you mess up even with the video sound off, instead of it just being random notes thrown together. I'll be using these videos from here on out. THANKS BREH

[@christopherrobinkarlsson7099]

These are the best exercises I've found, not to learn how it works but applying it and just doing quantity work. I'm a flute player learning the piano, so the left hand is really hard to read. But even for the right hand - just knowing what note I'm reading (since I can read that clef), is just half of the job. Teaching your muscles to find the right key is just as important. Please make more of these!!!

[@ShortTani]

Im 38, started playing piano a week ago. This is one of the best sources I've found. +1 Subscriber

[@jordanbrowne7417]

i need to get better with the bass clef

[@fredcalledbygod]

Samee😭

[@teskticlelol5215]

Samee Im like a beginner pianist but I’ve been playing it for 2 years and I’m making a bad habit of not practicing sight-reading 😰😥😓😩😭

[@jordanbrowne7417]

@@teskticlelol5215 I dont even play piano anymore 😂 I've moved on to classical guitar where you only need the treble clef

[@teskticlelol5215]

Jordan Browne i play the violin which only needs the g clef/treble

[@jordanbrowne7417]

@シ I've just kind of gotten capricho arabe down you can check on my channel but I'm not that good at it haha

[@fusionsid]

I’m been playing for about six months now but I’ve always been memorizing pieces. I want to learn sight reading and this video is helping. 9:00

[@fusionsid]

One year now and I have gone back to my old ways of memorizing so here I am

[@fusionsid]

I can do right hand but I can’t do my left hand

[@ihH6053]

@@fusionsid keep trying !!!!!

[@jack-o-lantern3382]

@@fusionsid update?

[@katttttt]

​@@fusionsidHow's it going?

[@KyroStlouis]

I finally completed grade 1 At first the final 10 seem so difficult but once you go through them it’s quite easy! I did little by little never forcing my self to finish a level I couldn’t fully comprehend and I managed to finish in about a week and a half. Now my goal is to be able to run through grade 1 with little to no mistakes before moving on to grade 2. Thank you so much!!

[@dissonantharmonic]

Ive been playing piano since 2017 and have not bothered to learn to read sheet music. Ive recently taken curiosity into it and found your videos. They have definitely been a huge help and make it easy to understand

[@taylorknelange6129]

How goes ur journey now. I've started playing a few months ago and figured I might as well learn to read. Its what I hear every body say

[@ObserverObserved24]

I always appreciate coming back to this video for practice ❤

[@robinvanroyen103]

I've been playing piano for quite a while now, using it to accompany myself as a singer. I am fed up with reading and playing some basic notes with great difficulty, so I came to your channel and have been practising every day about 20 minutes now for a week. I hope I can keep it up, because I believe this is really good. Thanks a lot for your generosity 🙏

[@maggiesmusic7490]

Here is my story. I'm a piano player as well as a guitar player, the down side is I can only play on hearing. Like listen to a song and then 1,2,3 I play it. I started with piano adventures adult book 1 like 2 days ago. My dream is to become a very good piano player, but I'm teaching myself so any information is good. I practiced this today. For 5 minutes and got to number 20. New notes I need to learn. Thank you for this.

[@fredrikdahlberg6947]

After the 20th sheet of notes i noticed that pressing my fingers on the table wouldn't quite cut it for me anymore. Might be time to actually purchase a piano before venturing forward...

[@CinnamonEggs]

Did you get a piano? I just got mine but I'm really struggling with sight reading :P

[@fredrikdahlberg6947]

@@CinnamonEggs I'm saving up for a Yamaha CSP-170. Hopefully soon I'll be able to purchase i :) I've found that the Music Tutor app is great for grinding in notes on the grand staff. It's all practice, practice, practice. I hope you have a great time behind your keyboard, Emma :)

[@esteemedyams]

@@fredrikdahlberg6947 A weighted midi keyboard would be a hell of a lot more cost effective.

[@lovaboy0076]

same, i did that for a while before i got a keyboard

[@jonathanlee4653]

Hahaha that was unexpected

[@thebilliondollarsmom]

This Video that for all people love to learn Piano must see. Im 75 years old, feel lucky with this video, cause I was learn from some Tutoring how to reading note, but there were all 10:32 good , a lot of thanks for this video ecxactely great❤❤❤❤❤👍🏿

[@RonyEfendy]

I was tempted to start learning to play songs to get instant show off. Then I realized the mistake and immediately focused on rading sheet music. You will be able to play any songs without tutorial if you read notes.

[@Diana-kk6qz]

Is it that easy??

[@imnotametalhead3211]

@@Diana-kk6qz kinda i did this and i know how to play some Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy, bach,

[@Diana-kk6qz]

@@imnotametalhead3211 ohhh. Okay

[@IO-zz2xy]

What an excellent channel. A very good beginner exercise practice. Has helped me at 66 to overcome left hand/right hand note memory by "slowly" being able to take note of note positions relative to those before and proceeding. Brilliant. Regards from South Africa

[@nobody2021]

i've tried learning sheet music in the past and i feel like i've made more progress in the couple of hours i've been following this today than i have in any past attempt.

[@gerardmangahas]

Bookmarking (thanks for teaching)🎉🎉 Day 1: 22:25

[@SusanJaneo]

I came across this just now. These are the kind of exercises I’ve been looking for. This is motivating me to learn how to read notes .

[@stephenwalsh4481]

Im new to piano but I know sight reading is a must and this video is so helpful thank you!

[@StreamerMemer-i4x]

yeah im new-ish too but i still suck

[@gummyberrygaming9676]

27:00 ughh y am I stuck here😭 Updates!! Wow it has been 3 yrs already, still couldn't play the piano properly 😂😂 It's summer so I'm trying to relearn it. Good job, self! You've finished the entire video. You did it! Praise God❤

[@gummyberrygaming9676]

Update!! Wow it has been 3 yrs already, still couldn't play the piano properly 😂😂 It's summer so I'm trying to relearn it. Good job, self! You've finished the entire video. You did it!

[@kylq_gacha]

​@@gummyberrygaming9676 Well done love that you came back 😂

[@olivia8820-t6v]

11:16 Just to remember where i should start my practice

[@alishbakhan7178]

Lmao

[@marshasmith4300]

SO happy to have stumbled onto this sight!

[@yifat120]

great way and pleasure to learn sight reading.Thank you

[@marykth]

Nice vid, today was my first day for piano lesson and my first lesson is literally sight read immediately.. like i have never felt so pressured in my whole life until today 😂 hope i could learn it as fast as i can lol

[@PearlPaisley]

I was looking for a way to speed up my sightreading. It's not my strength and especially the bass clef is weak. So I started just reading out the notes in time to see where i'm at. Next time I will actually play it too. This is gold. Thanks!

[@ObserverObserved24]

Practicing this every day till I get it down. Really appreciate this video ❤

[@jauntydamemusic]

Thank you for making this! I already feel a little better about my sight-reading.

[@salma-amlas]

I can barely get past page 15! ahahahaha it's okay I'll get there eventually. If you're reading this, have a great day ❤

[@grizzlymartin1]

Wow! This is more advance than first glance suggests. Nice work.

[@Rolandomederos1]

Yo my brain hurts but this great thank you for the videos

[@benedictly1571]

Lol

[@oorjamusicofficial]

haha mine too lol

[@luigiarmero9584]

I'm learning from this. Thank you! Hope you make more of these kind of exercises.

[@itsallaboutnothing2672]

Great great great video I love to practice that way Please make Grade 2 Can not wait.

[@quentinmorales]

Having trouble after number 19. That's great, I'll see if after a few days it becomes easy

[@sarahanime2479]

So now i did all 30 so easily with no mistakes finally!!!!!!

[@genellgoodman6230]

This is exactly what I've been looking for, but didn't know it. Thank you so much!!!!

[@sonasp1961]

These sorts are videos are so helpful!! Thank you! Wish there were more on youtube.

[@shirleyanngilbreath4353]

well I going back on the beginning because I never got sightreading down at all... kept looking at the piano. this course is appreciated and helpful to say the least 🎼🎵

[@angellynn7104]

First time trying to sight read! I got all the way to 37! I'm super excited to get better at it

[@tiakhan1805]

this is indeed the best video! like i checked a thousand more but none made me keep going!! i can do the first 7 easily, next 7 are like a bit hard nd haven't tried the next after 14th! but surely practicing the first 10 first will be best nd then doing 10-10 for like a week then u will get the habit of it nd you can proceed once you are able to do it without mistakes! thanks a lot for this video!!

[@ruupin9871]

Man after 25min mark it gets way out of my league but still its amazing.

[@87048]

many thanks! ...this is EXACTLY what i've been looking for!

[@21units]

Aight I'm stopping at 29 for today. I literally just started learning how to read notes lmao that sharp look intimidating 😂 21:40 Just so I can come back to this tomorrow

[@cricketthugbulb]

Plot twist: she died the next day.

[@21units]

@@cricketthugbulb i didn't but I completely forgot about this 🤡

[@nouransalah5433]

@@21units did these videos help you learn? I am a beginner so I don't know where to learn from

[@21units]

@@nouransalah5433 It helped me read the notes a little bit faster... at the time. I haven't been practicing a lot lately so I can't tell haha

[@darcierich888]

Thank you so much , I really lucky to found this video ❤

[@veronika.p9468]

Yesss this is EXACTLY what I was looking for thanks so much

[@youresoold1216]

Thanks for making this free my g

[@hemantbhadkamkar2728]

Hello, in exercise 37 bar no.4 we can use finger no.1 for B note

[@jada9339]

This is so helpful Just to mark where I left off 15:20

[@victoriadoan]

posting my process as someone who’s learning themselves piano from home day 1 : 16:00 - done with 20🤍 day 2 : day 3 : day 4 : day 5 : day 6 : day 7 :

[@regarrzo]

Nice process

[@whiteerasersaretasty]

Come back

[@Aranwaar]

that's sad

[@Tsukasa48Gaming]

Tip: dont read every single note, just read the first note in the measure and watch the pattern so its eazier, for example if it starts on g and goes to c and the stepping pattern is 1 note per step ( g a b c ) then just play it accordingly than having to read the a and b taking time

[@Bloodborne11639]

This channel is underrated

[@furrosama]

Ok practice session 2 and i already at level 19 using the landmark method ! It feels really nice to get this far, but now i'll have to learn how to use my fingers properly beyond G4 on my right hand lmao

[@creamypeanutbutter7769]

How do you know when and when not to use a sharp or flat? And how do you know what key, for example, F will be sharp or flat because at 18:36 (or somewhere around there) the sharp was on the top line where the second F is after middle C.

[@pbnjsamich4663]

It doesn’t matter what F the flat(b) or sharp(#) is on, if it’s on an F you play that F as flat or sharp for every F on the keyboard. To learn what key things are in I would highly recommend looking up a video on the circle of fifths.

[@tme98]

PBnJ Samich and to add: if theres a natural symbol, then that takes away the sharp/flats for all notes on that spesific note

[@fodaseodinheiro]

Your channel is awesome. Great work!!

[@future2228]

Awesome practice. Easy to follow along for a beginner like me :)

[@cherylnathanodette]

Never learnt to read music but used to find starting note and count how many jumps, think it's about time to start

[@c.l.studio6795]

this is great. it is a little slow at first but moves right along! i am checking out your classes now!

[@fionaUKfio]

This video is fantastic thank you.

[@2002jorgeparr]

AWESOME!!! THANK YOU!! MORE LESSONS PLEASE!!!!

[@theodorekorbos2804]

Do you have advanced sight reading ?

[@oversunogpotato3432]

UR NOW MY FAVORITE GUIDE 👀👀

[@maddoxhamilton1438]

2nd day EVER playing piano, decided I should learn how to read sheet music so I started here. Day 2, on number 22 and I’m struggling with bass clef😂

[@WoodbabyCYL]

im about a week in and i spent a couple hours practicing it and im starting to get the hang of it. you'll get it dont worry

[@flamingo-moments]

i’m having so much fun sight reading

[@kaciemccarty6347]

The first twenty minutes or so are fairly easy to follow along... and then, well, I guess I have some practicing to do

[@antoniyousef612]

the intro made me feel like am starting a horror movie lmao

[@cozycode8586]

How many hours of practice does it take to play this easily? (I play the piano for a long time, but my sight reading skills are terrible)

[@gummyberrygaming9676]

40 hours a day.

[@reyanambu3064]

@@gummyberrygaming9676 lol i was just about to say

[@Solbashio]

About the same time it takes to get decent at a new language so about 400 hours maybe but it varies for everyone and stuff like this really takes a while and eventually just clicks one day

[@AnnikaMangal]

Day 1: Start at 14:38 future me. Day 2: 19:36

[@Leahjac]

very good to start with, thank you

[@lLuffyKun]

I'm a self-taught pianist, but I'm not that good really. And this is my first time trying to sight read. I made it to 32 and i had to go so i stopped But i didn't find it that difficult. Anyways thank you for this video it really helped

[@PimpinJac]

I learned piano for six years (as a child) - most of it was a complete waste of time and my parent's money. The books i was taught from, had the finger numbers under each note. I was terrific at reading finger numbers, so long as my hands didn't have to move far from middle C. Now i'm trying to learn to read music at the age of 50 (almost) and it's a very slow process.

[@RiojaRoj]

I've wanted play from the age of about 11 but never had the chance. Age 32 I bought a piano, but growing kids and work, I never got round to it properly..... until now ! 71 !!! just about to order a new piano

[@Tiogar60]

This is amazing. Thanks!

[@IamVittorio]

What’s the intro background music i actually like it

[@TheLegendCam]

This helps a lot tysmmm!

[@shaft6510]

hello, i just started playing the piano and i found this video pretty simple and helpful. however, starting 23:52 i got confused at what those new symbols mean such as the dynamics and the lines besides the notes. could anyone help me understand what those symbols mean or atleast recommend videos to watch first before i continue?

[@spiked146]

the lines mean that either you play without any "gap" or break in sound between notes (if the line connects different notes) or that you hold the note for the sum of the duration of the notes linked (if its the same note). If i couldnt explain well, search for "ties and slurs"

[@anonymous-vs3nb]

i started learning how to play on my own on jan 30, i reached page 37 27:04

[@anonymous-vs3nb]

i finished it! in less than 24h

[@fengkas]

Trying to learn the piano by watching video without actually learn how to read the notes, the analogy is you trying to cook a difficult dish, sure you can follow by watching other people do that. with practice, you can master how to cook that difficult dish. but when it comes to new recipe with on paper instructions, you know how you have to read it in order to cook. that's when you got into a trouble. the piano notes exist for a reason. if you keen to learn piano, please learn the notes and master it. p/s: im taking piano lessons and still learning Grade 1 sight-reading. hope everyone that reads this will master the sight-reading. take your time, our progress is not same.

[@amirashoury783]

So when should you move to the next grade?

[@musicwithnopain]

When you feel comfortable playing along this video

[@saimuraligirmaji1665]

It is very useful to me thank u sooomuch 👍

[@MuthaTucka]

This was pretty cool in starting out

[@sarahanime2479]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDDD

[@chrissmall1419]

Just to be sure I’m doing this right, in the fifth exercise while using both hands, I am supposed to alternate correct centering on middle C

[@riccardovescovo]

yes

[@colettapounds8209]

It’s a big help to me

[@markparreno1105]

AWESOME STUFF!!!!! GREAT PRACTICE!!! MUITO OBRIGADO!!!!

[@pleasedontlookforme8036]

In a hurry to learn piano up to grade 4 at least for my GCSEs 😖 should've learnt slowly over the two years but I was too lazy! It's okay though I can play grade 4 pieces through memorising but I can't read piano music since I can't read bass and treble at the same time....:/ And I might have to do an ensemble piece...yeah ensembles and not being able to read music doesn't really go well.....😅 Wish me luck!

[@ashleybirchall9132]

Wishing you luck!

[@robinjebanese8634]

Very nice sir❤

[@33korki77]

This is exactly what i needed.

[@ralek592]

Got stuck at page 30, reminder to be careful around F and E, and B and C as lowering or increasing a semitone there can be hard

[@bonkboog1643]

i stopped taking piano classes in 2020 due to the pandemic and now i’m here relearning how to sight read

[@Yadeehoo]

Shouldn't you check for time signature before placing any finger on a key ?

[@viralbuthow000]

When people say it takes years to learn sight reading are they speaking from a pure classical music perspective? What if one wants to stick with pop?

[@lookatthisdood7502]

All you need is improvement, not perfection. See the top dogs and tell yourself you're going to be a god. Because you are going to be. A good thing to note is your flaws and what you think you're doing wrong. Keep at it, it's an uphill battle everyone.

[@lookatthisdood7502]

Seeing someone own it and have patience is a rarity. Keep asking yourself questions, and sooner or later you're going to feel a little fuller in life.

[@zerae_J]

Grade 1 finished after 2 days!