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\uffe5\u201cI just learned in 2.5 hours what I have been shying away from for 15 years.\u201d \u2013 Aleister<\/p>\n\uffe5\u201cI just learned in 2.5 hours what I have been shying away from for 15 years.\u201d \u2013 Aleister<\/p>\n
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\u201cDon\u2019t even think about any other course, this is the one. I would gladly give more stars if available.\u201d \u2013 Adam Robson<\/p>\n
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\u201cWOW! The instructor\u2019s method and exercises meant I was nailing five octaves of note reading in just a day! \u2026 Excellent production quality, excellent graphics, clear explanation. \u2026 I\u2019d give it ten stars if I could.\u201d \u2013 Mark S A Smith<\/p>\n
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\u201cAfter the course, I can assure you that you will not be seeing a music sheet the same way again.\u201d \u2013 Kathleen Rosario<\/p>\n
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\u201cI really can\u2019t say enough good things about this class.\u201d \u2013 Jim Thomason<\/p>\n
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\u201cIncredible.\u201d \u2013 Dadang Setiawan<\/p>\n
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\u201c\u2026 can\u2019t believe how easy that was!\u201d \u2013 Bryan<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe makes it stupid easy\u201d \u2013 Alex Kilker<\/p>\n
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\u201cHis technique works!\u201d \u2013 Jason Cooksey<\/p>\n
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\u201c10\/10 would recommend to a friend.\u201d \u2013 Sheila Vega<\/p>\n
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\u201cHelpful even for non beginners\u201d \u2013 Nikola<\/p>\n
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Sight reading is one of the hardest aspects of learning to play the piano, and it\u2019s universally badly taught. This course uses a unique method to teach you how to read any note on the piano keyboard quickly and easily, so that you can then tackle any piano course with confidence. It will also help if you\u2019ve already started learning piano but are struggling to read the notes (e.g in the bass clef).<\/p>\n
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5 problems with the traditional method<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Traditionally, students have been taught mnemonics to remember what note falls on every single line and space of the 2 clefs, e.g. \u201cEvery Good Boys Deserves Favour\u201d for the lines of the treble clef (E, G, B, D, F). This has several problems:<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s a lot to remember. You have to memorise 4 phrases (\u201cEvery Good Boy Deserves Favour\u201d, \u201cF-A-C-E\u201d, \u201cGood Boys Deserve Favour Always\u201d, and \u201cAll Cows Eat Grass\u201d), and then remember when to apply them, which doesn\u2019t follow any logical pattern.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s slow, because you have to recite a phrase every time you want to play a note.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s language-based rather than visual, and yet sight reading is a visual skill! It makes you translate every note on the page into a note name and then translate that note name into a note on the piano, but there are no note names on the page and no note names on the piano so you should just be able to see a note and then play it.<\/p>\n
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It doesn\u2019t tell you which note to play, it just tells you its note name. For example, \u201cGood Boys Deserve Favour Always\u201d might tell you that the note you\u2019re looking at is an F, but it doesn\u2019t tell you which F it is, and there are 8 on the piano!<\/p>\n
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It doesn\u2019t even teach you all of the notes you\u2019re likely to play. What about Middle C, or D, or B, which are all in between the clefs What if you go above the top of the treble clef, or below the bottom of the bass clef (both of which are really common) The mnemonics won\u2019t help you.
5 reasons why my method is better<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s less to remember. You\u2019ll just learn where the signs for the treble and bass clef came from, and how that helps you recognise the notes.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s faster. By the end of the course you\u2019ll be able to see a note and just play it, without reciting anything.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s visual. I use pictures and colour-coding to help you recognise notes.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s specific. My method not only tells you that you should be playing, e.g., and F, it also tells you which F to play. However, most of the time you won\u2019t even be conscious of the name of the note you\u2019re playing, you\u2019ll just play it.<\/p>\n
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It covers 211% more notes. It teaches you how to read 32 white notes quickly and easily, whereas the traditional method only teaches you how to read 18 slowly. Plus I\u2019ll also teach you and test you on the black notes, which comprise another 24 notes, a total of 211% more (14 white + 24 black notes).
This course will not only save you a ton of time, it\u2019ll also make you feel better about an area of music that a lot of people feel that they\u2019re \u201cbad\u201d at because they\u2019ve been badly taught. (That\u2019s not the teachers\u2019 fault, it\u2019s just that no-one\u2019s come up with a really good method of teaching sight reading before.) And if you\u2019re not convinced you can always take advantage of Udemy\u2019s 30-day no-questions-asked money back guarantee.<\/p>\n
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So how does it work<\/strong><\/p>\n
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I\u2019ll teach you 9 \u201creference\u201d notes in a visual and intuitive way, using HD videos with an overhead shot of my piano and lots of graphics. After each video I\u2019ll then test you on what you\u2019ve just learned using interactive tests specially made for this course, which intelligently keep track of which notes you\u2019re finding difficult so that they can test you on those more. (I\u2019ve also thrown in a mini-course on the best way to learn the note names, in case you\u2019re a complete beginner and don\u2019t know them yet!)<\/p>\n
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All of these techniques have been developed over the course of 10 years of teaching, and have been tried and tested them on hundreds of students. One of them said that my sight reading method was \u201cso easy a monkey could learn it\u201d. I teach freelance and charge one lesson at a time, so my teaching methods have to be good otherwise I wouldn\u2019t be able to make a living teaching (and I do make a living teaching).<\/p>\n
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Whenever students have asked to recommend any good beginner resources, whether online or in book form, I\u2019ve always been stuck because I\u2019ve never found anything really good, despite looking, so I\u2019m happy to finally be putting this online. Students have been pestering me for years to publish my teaching methods but this is the first time I\u2019ve done so. If it proves popular I\u2019ll add more courses!<\/p>\n
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What this course isn\u2019t<\/strong><\/p>\n
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This is a note-reading course rather than a complete sight reading course \u2013 it\u2019s designed to kickstart your sight reading rather than teach you how to sight read complete pieces of music. So, for that reason:<\/p>\n
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it doesn\u2019t teach you about rhythm,
it doesn\u2019t teach you about key signatures, and
it doesn\u2019t get you to sight read any complete pieces of music.<\/p>\n
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Each of those things would require entire courses by themselves, which maybe I\u2019ll add if there\u2019s enough demand!<\/p>\n
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This course just does one thing and it does it really well: it teaches you how to read individual notes on the piano keyboard. However, no matter what piano course you follow, whether it\u2019s online, or from a book, or with a teacher, this course will help you with your sight reading.<\/p>\n
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One other thing: this course has been designed for and tested on people who are learning the piano or keyboard, not other instruments. It\u2019ll probably help if you\u2019re learning a non-keyboard instrument, just bear in mind that it wasn\u2019t made for you! If you are learning another instrument you can always try the course out and get a refund if it doesn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n
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What you\u2019ll learn<\/strong>
See a note on a score and play it on the piano straight away
Understand how sight reading works
Name any note on the piano instantly<\/p>\n
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