great advice! its just like learning to read, you have to sound out the syllables but within a few years you just learn to identify the words immediately. Once I started to be able to recognize intervals especially chords with 3-5 notes not just 2, my sight reading became so much better
Thanks for watching! Yes, that's right. And yes, to sight-read at the piano we have to be able to read chords quickly. That will be the topic of a future video!
Thank-you for your tutorials on sight reading. They are helping me a lot! It would have helped in this one if you could have shown some visual examples as you were talking about the different intervals. A picture is indeed worth a thousand words.
@@benjaminkumah6949 Unfortunately, I don't offer one-on-one lessons online. But if you would like more support and be part of a community of piano players, you could join my sight-reading membership when it reopens. Here's the link for more info: www.pianosightreading.com.au/membership-site/
No worries. Yes, I believe I answer this question in an earlier video on How to Practise Sight-Reading & Improve Faster (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p9GcAQblMXc.html).
Thanks Manu. Just started Kember's book 3 but it seems a big step up from book 2. Wondering if I should go back to book 2 or just carry on with book 3?
What you could do is use the "More Piano Sight-Reading" books by the same author, especially book 3 which has more pieces with different key signatures, if key signatures are the issue.
Great lesson! but I've still wondering if there's a quick way to identify whether the interval is a minor or a major. For example B to D or E to G are both minor 3rd but also follows the pattern "two notes touching each other" on the staff as the look of a major 3rd interval. Is there any way to distinguish the two (major and minor) just by looking at the spacing on the staff instead of slowly spell the note out and add up the intervals one by one? It will be a great help if any advice can be given :)
That's a good question. Unfortunately, there is no way to tell by sight whether an interval is major or minor. I think the best way is to be able to sing the interval and recognise whether it's major or minor by ear. This is where ear training is useful.
