Tiffany Talks: Sight-Reading "Tips"

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Tiffany Poon

Tiffany Poon

Күн бұрын

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@TiffanyPoonpianist
@TiffanyPoonpianist 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for all your sight-reading requests!! I made the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4HOaat8etWnobc
@mirceachiriac3610
@mirceachiriac3610 5 жыл бұрын
Tiffany Poon Hello Tiffany! Thank you for your videos, you have a positive vibe and your playing and insights keep me motivated to practice! I have a question : do you conciously not look at your hands while sight reading? Is it something that needs to be practiced or taken into account when sight reading?
@robertbrawley5048
@robertbrawley5048 4 жыл бұрын
You are one of three hundred youtube music teachers . I understand this is your personal blog . And I'm a poor fit for this channel . So I will disappear fast . Realnfast
@eriksatie9200
@eriksatie9200 3 жыл бұрын
thanks, even if i didnt need those advices. You re cute
@atiana27
@atiana27 3 жыл бұрын
Plz sight read Chopin nocturne 9 2 thx 🙏
@Assassunn
@Assassunn 5 жыл бұрын
Quick tips that are very efficient : - never look at your hands, you need the spatial recognition / proprioception - learn how to read note aloud or without rhythm the FASTER you can, you have to instantly recognize a note - read ahead, you have to anticipate some notes, a bar or more, being good with the two first points will help a lot with that - when you read ahead, solfège will help you to sing in mind the melody before you play it, so your brain know what's going on and you keep focused - practice ALL your scales, it will gives you natural fingering, so you won't struggle with this when sight reading most of the time (it's also the most beneficial exercise for all skills) - and very important, try to think as little draws, when you read a note, you have to associate the following note as a whole pattern with your hands, it's exactly like reading a word, you only read the first and last letters, and fgirue out wrods wahetver the oredr of the lteters jsut lkie mgaic :D - see the HUGE progresses you will make everyday if you go always out of your comfort zone when sight reading, headaches are a good sign.
@lefudj4236
@lefudj4236 4 жыл бұрын
Lucas Teks thank you ;)
@isabelaguilar5175
@isabelaguilar5175 4 жыл бұрын
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!
@shohamtahelnavon530
@shohamtahelnavon530 4 жыл бұрын
Wow thank you. ❤️
@wernerdietrich7429
@wernerdietrich7429 4 жыл бұрын
" headaches are a good sign" I´ll remember that xD
@madisonsantos4349
@madisonsantos4349 4 жыл бұрын
Lucas Teks this is much more helpful compared with the video
@rahulbenny7986
@rahulbenny7986 4 жыл бұрын
I think she'd make a wonderful piano teacher. ❤
@kayz-art
@kayz-art 4 жыл бұрын
Yep. I actually use the things she says to teach stuff to my students. Really awesome.
@christianzaragoza9339
@christianzaragoza9339 3 жыл бұрын
agreed
@BullsBooyachaka
@BullsBooyachaka 3 жыл бұрын
Agree. She wouldn't be angry or unpatiently
@Critique808
@Critique808 3 жыл бұрын
Rahul I commented her to do piano tutorials on the Steinway before but she never did.
@avidteadrinker63
@avidteadrinker63 2 жыл бұрын
She would be a good teacher. But I bet she’ll be a very expensive teacher.
@mahra7781
@mahra7781 4 жыл бұрын
Step 1: keep reading! Step 2: keep reading!! Step 3: KEEP READING!!! ......... Step 25: KEEP READING EVEN MORE!!!!
@jadonclifton
@jadonclifton 4 жыл бұрын
It's so simple yet requires so much grit.
@somebodys7404
@somebodys7404 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Tiffany, should we keep reading?
@lengocphuong9941
@lengocphuong9941 4 жыл бұрын
@@somebodys7404 No, we should keep reading
@caúlzette
@caúlzette 5 жыл бұрын
Me: rewards myself with sleep after one bar of sight reading 😩. 😂
@diannisahanin5104
@diannisahanin5104 4 жыл бұрын
_Princess 0.0 lol😂
@terrypatterson3717
@terrypatterson3717 4 жыл бұрын
Me too, except i am miles from sight reading both hands.
@mug875
@mug875 4 жыл бұрын
Lmaooo
@bunnywolf7750
@bunnywolf7750 4 жыл бұрын
Lmfaooooo
@HuberAllOver
@HuberAllOver 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@Thomas11611
@Thomas11611 6 жыл бұрын
If you do decide to sight read something, choose a piece you've never heard or played before.
@kaspianocz6330
@kaspianocz6330 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, and then listen to it! Its funny sometimes
@marywaters9821
@marywaters9821 5 жыл бұрын
I can read notes but I CANNOT read timing for the life of me 😂
@MrChochulchang
@MrChochulchang 4 жыл бұрын
I'm about to do that right now.
@J.R.Swish1
@J.R.Swish1 3 жыл бұрын
@@marywaters9821 I'm the exact opposite because I played drums as a kid, but now when I play piano I become note dyslexic and switch hands without even noticing lol
@pilapila183
@pilapila183 3 жыл бұрын
I think there's a lot to learn from sightreading pieces you already know too. You can just focus on reading and nothing else since you're familiar
@tyronejohnson2425
@tyronejohnson2425 5 жыл бұрын
Friend: How many languages do you speak? Me: 2 Friend: Really? What is your second language? Me: M U S I C
@rampgamercracka4258
@rampgamercracka4258 4 жыл бұрын
Learn French
@jonathanstupidcheesespaghetti
@jonathanstupidcheesespaghetti 4 жыл бұрын
@@rampgamercracka4258 Why
@chitruonglinh8462
@chitruonglinh8462 4 жыл бұрын
Maths and chem too , holy shoot . I didn't study , sign up literature , history , , geo or pe and military service at school but yeah , maths , chem , physics , piano are some kinds of languages too !
@explorer6607
@explorer6607 4 жыл бұрын
Learn German
@pianohelper8873
@pianohelper8873 4 жыл бұрын
Im guessing ur native language is english. Yes, no shit.
@fingerhorn4
@fingerhorn4 6 жыл бұрын
I was a poor sight reader, and will never be great at it. But one day I realised I was not seeing patterns or except for easy music not seeing complex chords, only the individual notes in a chord. As with reading words and sentences, it helps to train yourself to go beyond de-coding individual notes and begin to see whole phrases, rather like at first seeing whole words rather than letters, then progressing to several phrases or bars. In the end it should be not much more difficult than reading a short sentence. Those who play by ear a lot tend to delay facing up to getting decent at sight reading because they fall back on aural skills and even make assumptions about what the music says rather than actually read it. I did this for years until I owned up!
@cameronleesimpson5742
@cameronleesimpson5742 5 жыл бұрын
That's true and as someone who uses perfect pitch daily,I recommend sightreading 100% AND perfect pitch 100%.You won't regret it.
@jhaysonrances2280
@jhaysonrances2280 5 жыл бұрын
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@henrike16254
@henrike16254 5 жыл бұрын
I know it‘s been about a year since the video was posted, but I just read your comment and I kind of have the same Problem. I wouldn’t call myself a professional or very good player, but probably somewhere in the upper intermediate sector. It became a habit where I‘d know the song by heart as soon as I could play it and then only looked at the sheets for phrasing etc. It sounds like you‘ve improved your sightreading. So would you say it‘s better to read easier pieces, but more of them with less mistakes or let‘s say something like a Rachmaninoff with 8 notes at a time?
@canbui6798
@canbui6798 5 жыл бұрын
@@henrike16254 ,
@bva9387
@bva9387 5 жыл бұрын
Me too
@mariagraciarodriguez2437
@mariagraciarodriguez2437 4 жыл бұрын
Love the part where she says "when you are starting the first couple of years and you go through Mozart, Bach..." I've been 9 months on it and I just get pieces with names like "the sea" or "the squirrel" :P Won´t give up though :)
@J.R.Swish1
@J.R.Swish1 3 жыл бұрын
Theres many simpler pieces by those composers as well! In my last lesson I played my first Bach piece called "Danza" which is pretty simple and I've only been playing for a month. But I agree, the initial pieces are somewhat boring even though there's some interesting yet simple ones by renowned composers, than we end up never hearing about
@MP-cv6if
@MP-cv6if 3 жыл бұрын
Self taught people- b..but the first thing I tried was Fur Elsie?
@jinkjink8
@jinkjink8 6 жыл бұрын
Just keep reading.
@kingdel0xe
@kingdel0xe 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the enlightenment heh.
@jennytse9058
@jennytse9058 5 жыл бұрын
JUST KEEP SWIMMING JUST KEEP READING!!!!!!!!
@henrike16254
@henrike16254 5 жыл бұрын
Stray kids Stay yessss I was hoping to see that comment!
@madinihnamte715
@madinihnamte715 4 жыл бұрын
im a new piano student, my aim in life is to become a professional pianist, to have a concert with my own songs and jazz, thanks to you, subbed
@PbPomper
@PbPomper 5 жыл бұрын
What also helps (from my own experience): - Sight-read just below your playing level - Music theory definitely (like you said) - Read through / quickly analyze the entire piece before playing. What is the key? Are there any accidentals? Are there arepeggios or other patterns? Etc. - Try to humm or play the song in your head before playing it and see how it compares! - Try to mix up genres.
@7raceybaby825
@7raceybaby825 4 жыл бұрын
🙌🏾🙌🏾
@kaspianocz6330
@kaspianocz6330 5 жыл бұрын
Sight reading is super fun! If you know how to make it funny. Try to sight read a piece you havent read before, just analyse the chord progression and try to improvize on this. After you made it, read it all the way through. Thats the best thing I ve learned and reading music became real fun, because now its not a reading, but understanding music.
@MP-cv6if
@MP-cv6if 3 жыл бұрын
I'll get there someday It's like when you really start getting hold of a language. You can memorise things in a language, but after reaching a certain level you need to learn to read, and slowly, as you read more, you start to understand how it's done, and soon you can read from just snippets of text and fill in the gaps beautifully
@ernieadsett2843
@ernieadsett2843 5 жыл бұрын
You could NEVER dissappoint us Tiffany. I appreciate your 5 points very much as I need to learn new pieces for church and last Sunday was the worst sight reading of my 60 piano playing years. Thanks for your encouragement.... I will learn them. And thanks so much for being not only a beautiful pianist but also a lovely person :).
@annelysecombitsis7553
@annelysecombitsis7553 6 жыл бұрын
hello i’ve never clicked on a video so fast wowowowow
@lym1904
@lym1904 4 жыл бұрын
Wow she’s so cool, such a nice person.
@DrKCLam-ym8me
@DrKCLam-ym8me 2 жыл бұрын
This is the most enlightening (not just one of the pieces of) advice on sight reading. Now I have the urge to tackle my next piece of sight reading. Thank you so much, Tiffany.
@TiffanyPoonpianist
@TiffanyPoonpianist 2 жыл бұрын
Good luck and have fun!!
@monaoconnell5650
@monaoconnell5650 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. You have been very encouraging. I am 71 years old. It's very hard, but you have helped me to keep pressing on.
@lindabarnes6635
@lindabarnes6635 3 жыл бұрын
And I'm 75. Is it too late for me?
@shiraneeabeysekera2096
@shiraneeabeysekera2096 2 жыл бұрын
@@lindabarnes6635 never too late
@goddessinyou654
@goddessinyou654 4 жыл бұрын
I do scales and chords with eyes closed. You see a difference within an hour. And you can play notes without looking at your hands much
@ludwigvanbeethoven939
@ludwigvanbeethoven939 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Tiffany. Hopefully, anyone here, inspired by your video, will be able to sight-read as perfectly as I do. If some don't know, I've read whole orchestral scores that I also played with, of course, paying attention to all of the different important voices of the instruments.
@HidekazuOki
@HidekazuOki 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video and wonderful advice Tiffany! This video helped me get over the stress of sight-reading because it let me know I don't need to be perfect...I can stumble through measures and be light-years away from perfection but knowing it is still worthwhile makes it so much more enjoyable.
@jakesillygoose
@jakesillygoose 5 жыл бұрын
she is so humble with her talent
@_jesa
@_jesa 6 жыл бұрын
tiffany! i love how realistic you are and showing us your candid self, apart from giving us this invaluable content.
@andrewsilver7048
@andrewsilver7048 6 жыл бұрын
Hit the bell in the first 20 seconds. This girl is really cool and laid back.
@Antonioprophoto
@Antonioprophoto 4 жыл бұрын
Your humility in the beginning is why I subscribed We need more people like you
@sebastianzaczek
@sebastianzaczek 6 жыл бұрын
When i was sight reading bartok's "With drums and pipes", i also found a lot of patterns there... quite unusual patterns, but hey, it helped☺. Especially the middle section of the piece is quite challenging, and sight reading it isn't particularly easy either, but all in all the piece is still quite doable. Also hearing the piece a couple Times helped me a lot. Have a nice day, i'm going to practice bartok's sonata now...😂😁
@kojimapromeatspin
@kojimapromeatspin 4 жыл бұрын
I agree with finding patterns. Great tips. Very helpful
@andresgunther
@andresgunther 5 жыл бұрын
Those are great tips, I recommend every music student to watch this video. Tiffany is a good teacher. Concerned about "bad sight reading"? I'll quote my late piano teacher who said that flawless sight-readers never practice enough to be top-performers. Therefore: No worry! :-)
@SP35640SNAKE
@SP35640SNAKE 4 жыл бұрын
A great resource for sight reading that boosted my ability noticeably is a hymnal. I use the baptist hymnal and it is a master class on hand positions and chords and the songs are very simple and musical
@johndouglas7787
@johndouglas7787 4 жыл бұрын
Sean I agree, the church hymnal is a great way to improve ones' sight reading skills. You have to read multiple notes instantly and keep the pulse moving at a singable tempo. No stopping. My teacher always said to read the chords from bottom to top and continue to look ahead and even if you make a mistake to just keep going. I remember I was 7 or 8 years old when introduced to hymns and at 10 was playing weekly in church 5 hymns for the adult Sunday School to sing before they started the lesson of the day. This was accomplished along with my regular assignments from my piano teacher. I am now 63 with a lifetime of sight reading. To those frustrated with their sight reading.....be patient and it will come. One important thing to remember that was mentioned earlier is to practice sight reading music one to several levels beneath your ability. If you can't read perfectly the first time find something easier and work up from there. Slow down as well.
@josephinehulme8621
@josephinehulme8621 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Tiffany. I so enjoyed your playing the Moonlight. I played this when I was about thirteen, and my father always requested it. How he would have loved watching you play. He died many years ago long before iPads were even thought about. I’m sending all your videos to my two little granddaughters who are just at Grade 3 level - you will inspire them I know. Many, many thanks from a very grateful Grandma. Jo Hulme
@normanfz8558
@normanfz8558 6 жыл бұрын
"Clair de lune" ~Claude Debussy Thanks tiffany😘for sharing your tips about Sight Reading🎼🎹 it really helped me a lot😊😊
@dwarkeshhaldankar2612
@dwarkeshhaldankar2612 4 жыл бұрын
She has the cutest gestures I have seen in someone💖
@thesoundpainterbkny3465
@thesoundpainterbkny3465 4 жыл бұрын
I love this woman. So Talented and a nice person!
@anggerekungu
@anggerekungu 3 жыл бұрын
This is really helpful. Still coming back here after all these years. Thank you Tiffany.
@vanessat2635
@vanessat2635 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Tiffany! I've been watching your videos for a long time now! I started playing piano when I was 6 and never paid attention to scales and theory. After watching your videos, I got the courage to tackle these things! You have no idea how much you have helped me overcome those fears (I have many memories of my mom and my teacher forcing me to play scales for hours). My sight-reading has also gotten much better with practice. Thank you and keep doing what you're doing!
@dumainemarcel9112
@dumainemarcel9112 2 жыл бұрын
What i like with Typhanny, she plays and speaks with her hands 🤩🤩👍
@Ithilion
@Ithilion 5 жыл бұрын
That little jump at the beginning was so cute!
@yoshitakautsumi5615
@yoshitakautsumi5615 4 жыл бұрын
When I give up on sight reading I see this video and it gives me confidence that I can read the hole peace through 😊
@ChrisCo-dh6lb
@ChrisCo-dh6lb 6 жыл бұрын
U might not think it, but this was actually pretty interesting and helpful. Keep the vids coming
@TiffanyPoonpianist
@TiffanyPoonpianist 6 жыл бұрын
Oh good, I'm glad. Thank you!!
@CASH75100
@CASH75100 4 жыл бұрын
You are a tonic for the beginner piano player.
@tagonminmyatpianistandproducer
@tagonminmyatpianistandproducer 3 жыл бұрын
Summary 1. Keep reading. 2. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. 3. Listen to a LOT of music. 4. Know your basics. 5. Know some music theory. 6. Reward yourself!!
@lolhcd
@lolhcd 4 жыл бұрын
I agree on music being a language. However, for me, it‘s more like a medium to convey someone‘s emotions and thoughts, just as she said that sometimes it‘s hard to „get“ the piece or the author‘s style, it‘s because we‘re „reading“ his thoughts directly. It’s their individual pattern of thinking and it‘s just as specific as spoken language, if not more authentic when it cones down to conveying „raw“ feelings. To me, it‘s a very abstract, yet interesting way to convey information. It‘s an intimate information with universal meaning, certain chords or combination of notes are mellow, sighing, sad, heavy, happy etc. You take in those emotions with a completely different way of „taking in the information“
@sree4734
@sree4734 5 жыл бұрын
I'm doing my level 7 RCM exam very soon.. my sight reading isn't that good but this helped a lot. Thx Tiffany!
@NoferTrunions
@NoferTrunions 4 жыл бұрын
I can sight read Bach and Beethoven pretty good, but when I get to Rach, I fail miserably when I have to remember the accidentals for the measure. Yes, my memory is that bad. Usually I hear the wrong note and then determine the correction. BUT this doesn't work with Ligeti which makes Rach look like Bach. Same applies to memorization. Bach and Beethoven, rich with patterns compress nicely for easy memorization, Ligeti (I wanted to learn a couple pages of Devil's Staircase to shock people when I have a chance to play) for me is uncompressible since there are no patterns requiring 10x to 100x more time to memorize and maintenance. I know this is a very cruel thing to ask, but if you've never seen Devil's Staircase, I'd love to see how well you do. (Or something equivalent if you already know DS.) You have a wonderful attitude and are tremendous gift - I'd say I hope you never change but I really mean I hope you continue to grow and enlighten.
@birdiewritepa5505
@birdiewritepa5505 19 күн бұрын
1:00 1. Keep reading: get the language of music. 2:22 2. Keep going after making a mistake: get a sense/feel of the entire piece. 4:02 3. Listen to music: pick up patterns. 5:22 4. Know your scales: learn basics. 6:28 5. Know music theory: learn chord progressions.
@limi_nassi
@limi_nassi 4 жыл бұрын
this is litteraly a master class.
@xdia19xdiamondgirl19
@xdia19xdiamondgirl19 6 жыл бұрын
Yess! Thank you!! Have a nice day Tiffany 😊💕
@JacobPAus
@JacobPAus 6 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR POSTING 😎
@keike2941
@keike2941 4 жыл бұрын
It took me 5 years to master my sight reading (but sometimes I still struggle, especially those sheets that are hella hard). It takes years to really master it, just practice everyday UwU
@18mg43ad
@18mg43ad 6 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, because they're so natural... You are just yourself! And thanks, I always have trouble wth sight-reading... :)
@rakibarazzak9000
@rakibarazzak9000 4 жыл бұрын
me = goes outside for fresh air everyone on the rocket = somethings wrong , i can feel it
@ROBERT-ml7ml
@ROBERT-ml7ml 7 ай бұрын
Yes please. Bach - Minuet in G.
@enochonguru5483
@enochonguru5483 5 жыл бұрын
Great tips shared in the most realistic context...Thanks alot...
@wavesofrelaxation2612
@wavesofrelaxation2612 5 жыл бұрын
Great tips, Tiffany! Another tip, which might be considered an advanced technique, is to always read ahead of what you are playing so that your brain has time to process the visual information.
@jamesewanchook2276
@jamesewanchook2276 2 жыл бұрын
great info and advice.... reward yourself too Tiff!
@shirleylee8350
@shirleylee8350 3 жыл бұрын
very helpful suggestions. cannot agree more-music is a language.
@pianpiano
@pianpiano 6 жыл бұрын
My problem is weird, I'm used to sight-read so I keep doing it automatically when I should study..ugh!
@TiffanyPoonpianist
@TiffanyPoonpianist 6 жыл бұрын
That's not really a problem. I had your habit when I was a kid :p It just means you love playing music :)
@jhNic
@jhNic 6 жыл бұрын
Me too lol
@BPK4699
@BPK4699 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen a hardcover piano book before. Only soft covers!
@lottiepool9481
@lottiepool9481 4 жыл бұрын
And the books in the video is really cute! I wonder where she got them from
@juli_gotshal
@juli_gotshal 4 жыл бұрын
Years ago, they published piano music "encyclopedias" . It may be those, or they could be piano library books.
@తెలుగుభాషపరిరక్షణసంఘం
@తెలుగుభాషపరిరక్షణసంఘం 4 жыл бұрын
It all boils down to practice and the number of hours we put in. I am a computer programmer, and although I never spent any time learning how to type ( I guess no one does it anymore anyway), I type with all 10 fingers and at a phenomenal speed that some of my non programmer friends find terrifying. I think its all because of muscle memory and some of the tips she just gave us. Put in the hours and it will become natural for the fingers to find the right keys. Right now, my aim is to be able to play the piano ( at least read the sheet music) as well as I could type on a computer.
@515master
@515master 6 жыл бұрын
Pavane for the dead Princess. .. You are the best!
@cmlee8418
@cmlee8418 6 жыл бұрын
Hope you can make a tutorial for La Campanella and thanks for sight reading tips.
@Max-yp1iw
@Max-yp1iw 4 жыл бұрын
CM Lee just sightreading campanella 😂
@pianohelper8873
@pianohelper8873 4 жыл бұрын
@@Max-yp1iw how da hell do u sight read that monstrosity?
@Max-yp1iw
@Max-yp1iw 4 жыл бұрын
Sans Gaster was a joke
@pianohelper8873
@pianohelper8873 4 жыл бұрын
@@Max-yp1iw sorry if that kinda offended ur joke. That was meant to be a rhetorical joke.
@Max-yp1iw
@Max-yp1iw 4 жыл бұрын
Sans Gaster okay haha I wasn’t taking yours seriously either :) but just in case
@sagarabocsofficial5737
@sagarabocsofficial5737 3 жыл бұрын
Yes you are good at sight reading
@Amatteus
@Amatteus 2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. I apreciate. You are a great musician and an adorable lady. Thank you,
@musicjupiter
@musicjupiter 2 жыл бұрын
You explain really well
@pc9467
@pc9467 3 жыл бұрын
This was lovely, thank you.
@lpa9974
@lpa9974 Жыл бұрын
Love it! Thanks Tiffany!
@nateobcemea803
@nateobcemea803 6 жыл бұрын
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
@marcosl3840
@marcosl3840 5 жыл бұрын
If you are a bad sight reader the best way to learn is to read very very simple sheet music, always without watching the keyboard and not stopping playing until the end of the piece. Once you can play really simple songs then upgrade to a bit more complicated level. I was awful at reading and learnt a lot with a method called PianoMarvel (I don't have anything to do with them, no spam). It's the best way I found to start learning the basic process of recognizing chords fast and being able to position the fingers in the right place. I've been practicing for two years now for 15 minutes a day or so and can sight read intermediate-advanced level pieces, so playing is more entertaining. But I don't really study any piece I play tbh
@thegreenpianist7683
@thegreenpianist7683 6 жыл бұрын
why am I so bad at reading music???? 😔 😔 😔
@Emil-yd1ge
@Emil-yd1ge 6 жыл бұрын
Well, I don't know, but I (a piano student) can tell you why I am not that good at it: I played by ear for very long because I played only easy pieces (was a lazy child.. :D) which I knew by heart immediately when my piano teacher played them once (until I was about 12, then I started to take it more seriously). Some of my colleagues have been sightreading for much longer, either because they had to or because they're not as good at playing by ear as I am :D (I imrpovise and play by ear every day since I'm a small child).
@EBooy-uw3pm
@EBooy-uw3pm 6 жыл бұрын
So, you are a lucky person! When you can play by ear. I use Klavarskribo when I was 6 till now, 63. It look likes Synthesia but On paper. Sorry, I do not speak english
@thegreenpianist7683
@thegreenpianist7683 6 жыл бұрын
KU K tbh, I was half joking, I know all the scales and a good bit of theory but I think my problem that I don't read music enough, I do it like twice a week which is very little, I only learn pieces (even hard ones) by reading, I'm just super slow and laggy at it
@2024Warren
@2024Warren 6 жыл бұрын
I can't speak for you. I'm the worst sight reader I've ever met. A casebook in sight-reading crappiness. I started learning piano at 13 (I asked for lessons as a 13th birthday present - my Mom assumed it would be a pretty cheap present - ha ha). I had a great ear then, but still have, at 61, a really really REALLY lousy technique. But, compared to my almost non-existent sight-reading "skills", my crappy technical piano skills are wonderful. I find that sight-reading is very tiring. As soon as I lose concentration (sometimes I never even START concentrating), it all falls apart. I can be destroying some slow Bach, and suddenly I've totally lost any hope of continuity. I've never really thought through the thought processes which are taking place, but something just snaps and I've totally lost it. So your question is my question. Maybe someone out there has a path to sight-reading nirvana. Tiffany has mentioned a couple of things which help a bit, but something is still fundamentally missing in the connection between my eyes, hands and brain.
@JohnStraussmusic
@JohnStraussmusic 6 жыл бұрын
for most people the answer is -> we do not practice it EVERY DAY. that is it in a nutshell.
@sawj100
@sawj100 6 жыл бұрын
Love that intro! 😆💕
@JacobPAus
@JacobPAus 6 жыл бұрын
Saw Jether same
@SuonoReale
@SuonoReale 6 жыл бұрын
Hit Tiffany, great video! What worked for me is buying Dover editions of the Following: Bach WTC All 3 Brahms books Both volumes of Beethoven Sonatas all 3 Bartok books And lastly, the "20th century Piano Classics" - which contains a piano reduction of Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony. I try to play through each of those books at least once a year. But if someone wants to cheat, just playing through the Bartok books a lot will improve sight-playing dramatically.
@GiorgioStaltari
@GiorgioStaltari 3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Madam! Thank you for the passion you put in your videos.
@realjames1
@realjames1 4 жыл бұрын
Books: exist Tiffany: creds +600
@Jazzper79
@Jazzper79 6 жыл бұрын
The best video I have seen from you. I like when you are analytical about learning the piano.
@zahidislm
@zahidislm 6 жыл бұрын
Nice video! It's the same for contemporary; knowing your scales or even being able to identify them is really important. Since I personally grew a habit of playing by ear, not sight-reading, music theory was the most important (even though it was painful getting through it heh). Keep up the great work!
@PieInTheSky9
@PieInTheSky9 6 жыл бұрын
If you like this content, go support her on patreon!! Tiffany is doing great things!
@TiffanyPoonpianist
@TiffanyPoonpianist 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@solbriller1
@solbriller1 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you !! You are doing a lot of good. First of all your videos are always positive in their approach. Like this for example: dont blame your self if you mistake, keep pushing, reward your self and so on. Adding your humour and warmth its very inspirational. Both in what you say and to watch too. A lot of life there:) And then yes, i think the truth about sightreading. Patterns, knowledge, training and maybe kind of intuition of what comes next. I will share this on my fb profile as there might be other piano interested watching as a good example of your videos. Have a nice evening^^ One of the op 72 Grieg Norwegian dances. You have probably not played them before, so good at sight reading:)
@mk14_-.
@mk14_-. 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tiffany❤☔
@georgekosa8022
@georgekosa8022 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your sight reading tips, Tiffany! I will start practicing your tips. George.
@Gohole68
@Gohole68 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a great fan of your videos, I've played piano for 3 months now and just wanted to know how to get used to playing without looking at the keys
@ZeroTwoK
@ZeroTwoK 4 жыл бұрын
Just keep reading Just keep reading Just keep reading reading reading reading
@mariexo1204
@mariexo1204 3 жыл бұрын
Haha, i was singing it as well 😂😂
@hasnclara
@hasnclara 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all of your tips! I would love seeing you sight-read ! ❤️
@joebarker5719
@joebarker5719 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! - just what I need to keep on track... and to know to stop searching for shortcuts and do the work you are talking about. Thank you!
@PIANOSTYLE100
@PIANOSTYLE100 4 жыл бұрын
Joe.. Agree It is a lot of work for me too. When I stopped using sayings I got 2 times better.
@ND-xf9vi
@ND-xf9vi 6 жыл бұрын
You are so nice and talented! You're the best KZbin teacher ever! :)
@gregwiles3296
@gregwiles3296 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video, Tiffany! I found this to be very helpful.
@kpunkt.klaviermusik
@kpunkt.klaviermusik 6 жыл бұрын
Suggestion for sightreading: something from MacDowell Woodland Sketches op.51 I liked the video very much. Especially the stack of music books :-) I think sightreading is to a great part subconscious - it comes with lots and lots of practise.
@lanechange2795
@lanechange2795 6 жыл бұрын
Read the sheetmusic of pieces you don't know so you can't fake anything playing it by ear. Look at the key and time signature before playing a note. "6 flats, oh, Gb, or its relative Eb minor. 12/8... Compound time signature, 12 beats (4 pulses) per measure, eighth note gets the beat." You need to understand this before you start. Can you play the Gb (Eb natural and harmonic minor) scale? Do that before you start. Play a slower tempo than indicated unless you're sightreading for a grade (still play it a bit slow. I always preferred accuracy over speed.) Eyes should be scanning ahead a measure or two for fluency. Read a passage from any book aloud. How do you recite it fluently the 1st time? Because you're not reading what you're speaking. You're reading, then speaking what you already have read. Absolutely agree with Miss Poon about sightseeing constantly, and repeat, repeat, repeat until you're driving your family and neighbors crazy.
@djongz1
@djongz1 4 жыл бұрын
Supper informative. I subscribed and shared your page. I am a beginning piano player/sight reader and this helps alot
@weg-vom-shitmitmartalaska8623
@weg-vom-shitmitmartalaska8623 5 жыл бұрын
i send you a great cookie for your help
@saishkalbag7103
@saishkalbag7103 6 жыл бұрын
This was really helpful especially for a self learner like me.
@frankkong5012
@frankkong5012 6 жыл бұрын
Great tips! Thanks Tiffany!
@mount9149
@mount9149 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you miss tiffany! would like to go to your concert and support you!.
@venesia-3899
@venesia-3899 3 жыл бұрын
always hated sight-reading no matter what. every year on abrsm exams,i always got always got low points on sight-reading ahaha but now i'm motivated to practice more on sight reading
@Lifetap
@Lifetap 4 жыл бұрын
thank you, this was very interesting
@neverwin2518
@neverwin2518 5 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, they have helped me immensely!
@hazelllljy
@hazelllljy 4 жыл бұрын
Can you please do a video on how to tell how a song should sound like when u sight read 🥰
@MrEdprovost
@MrEdprovost Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@climax7260
@climax7260 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@paolashiadani1046
@paolashiadani1046 6 жыл бұрын
Thank u so much Tiffany!!! You give to me so much hope!!! 😊💖✨
@BeJIuKuu1
@BeJIuKuu1 6 жыл бұрын
please sight read "Faerie’s Aire and Death Waltz" by composer John Stump
@sebastianzaczek
@sebastianzaczek 6 жыл бұрын
Zegordo sounds like a challenge...
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