{"id":25925,"date":"2023-03-24T13:23:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/?p=25925"},"modified":"2023-04-22T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T15:21:59","slug":"on-learning-how-to-sightread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/on-learning-how-to-sightread\/","title":{"rendered":"On Learning How to Sightread"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25925\" class=\"elementor elementor-25925\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a53e97c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a53e97c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1bc81a\" data-id=\"f1bc81a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2700fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2700fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jazerbg2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-352\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jazerbg2-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jazerbg2-1-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jazerbg2-1-585x449.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd8ef8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd8ef8c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-360c2a1\" data-id=\"360c2a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cdf46f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cdf46f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A lot of my followers and students on my social media accounts especially on YouTube ask me, &#8220;Jazer, how do I learn how to sight read? Why am I finding it so difficult?&#8221;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>One major reason that many struggle with sight reading is that they don\u2019t have a solid foundation. Like many who start learning how to read, it starts with the alphabet.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In this article, I have outlined the basics and foundation of learning how to sight read. In my experience, it takes four to six months of piano lessons before one can master the necessary basics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc4433a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc4433a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d899d53\" data-id=\"d899d53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe9eb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fbe9eb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25899\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1170x781.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-585x391.jpg 585w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0823f3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0823f3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be01013\" data-id=\"be01013\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b896d3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b896d3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First and foremost, know the musical alphabet forward, backward, and in skips. Experienced musicians can all do this, but most beginners need practice. It&#8217;s like memorizing math facts like starting with simple numbers.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Next thing you need to do is to get to know the staff. The music staff is the foundation for music notation. It is called a stave for the British version. The stave consists of a set of five horizontal lines and the four spaces that are between the lines.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The modern staff comprises five lines and four spaces. Every line or space on the staff represents a white key on the keyboard. When counting lines and spaces on a staff, the bottom line of the staff is always referred to as the first line, with the top line being the fifth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70a4067 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70a4067\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25898\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-1170x1755.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-585x878.jpg 585w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-elina-sazonova-3971985-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705fa95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"705fa95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clefs assign individual notes to certain lines or spaces.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Two clefs normally used:<br \/>Treble clef<br \/>Bass clefs<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The staff can be thought of as a musical graph on which music notes, rests, and musical symbols are placed to indicate to the reader the specific pitch of a note. Remember, notes are written on and between staff lines, but when they fall off of the staff, they\u2019re placed on ledger lines that lay below and above the staff.<\/p><p>After mastering the staff, next to master is the practice of rhythmic and melodic dictation of familiar songs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be408b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be408b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6b0c61\" data-id=\"b6b0c61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9127e0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9127e0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25899\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-1170x781.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-585x391.jpg 585w, https:\/\/jazerleepiano.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-7521175-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2d6bbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2d6bbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>one should be able to hear a short melody and match it with what they see on the staff. Another skill to add is learning about time signature, measures and barlines.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>When sightreading, a musician has to keep in time. Just like you wouldn&#8217;t just start driving a car without first learning about road signs, you can&#8217;t expect to sight read without knowing the signs of the staff. These are all critical skills for beginners learning how to sight read their pieces.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Lastly, my advice is to memorize guide notes.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>There are a few notes on the staff that one should be familiar with. These would be the Middle C, Treble G, and Bass F. Combine all of these with knowing the musical alphabet, players can easily identify other notes anywhere on the staff.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of my followers and students on my social media accounts especially on YouTube ask me, &#8220;Jazer, how do I learn how to sight read? Why am I finding it so difficult?&#8221; \u00a0 One major reason that many struggle with sight reading is that they don\u2019t have a solid foundation. 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