The 4 Stages of Learning to Read Sheet Music!

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• AL

  @alexandrav6084 · 1 year ago

  1. Rejection  2. Anger  3.depression 4. Acceptance

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• RE

  @repetitivescrag3439 · 2 years ago

  I’m getting good at reading sheet music now. I’m starting to play pieces without looking at my hands and I’ve only been playing for a year and a half. I really enjoy reading sheet music

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• JE

  @jeaorz · 1 year ago

  Don&apos;t give up. It gets easier. <br><br>It&apos;s not obvious at first, but reading music really is like reading text. <br><br>You don&apos;t look at the individual letters or even the individual words when you read. You see group of words and your brain instantly knows how they sound. But it wasn&apos;t always like that.<br><br>When learning to read, you start with individual &nbsp;letters (notes) before you move to words and sentences (note combinations). <br><br>Basic example: quarter notes C, D, E, F (or arpeggios where you go up or down one pitch) in that sequence almost always looks the same. <br><br>It becomes natural to see those sequences and immediately know what to play.

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  @37BopCity · 1 year ago

  THere&apos;s only one way to get good at reading sheet music --- hard work and discipline. &nbsp;You really have to do it a lot.

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• FR

  @FrailSerenity · 2 years ago

  Why am I paying a piano teacher weekly, when I can come here and learn more information in less time and have it actually make sense??<br><br>Thank you thank you thank you, Matthew, for all of the time and effort you put into your content. If it&apos;s saving me from giving up on an instrument I&apos;ve wanted to play for decades (shhhhh, we don&apos;t need to linger on the plural of decade), I&apos;m sure it&apos;s saving others as well. <br><br>This really is such an underrated channel, and I can&apos;t wait for others to find it and get just as inspired.

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• AK

  @akshatsoni6045 · 2 years ago

  Perfect video out there for me. I just started playing piano but was strugling a lot on understanding the scales and how chords help but you made it very clear. Thank you

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• MA

  @marilaglubag · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  G Clef is also called the treble clef because the bottom of the S part is touching G. The F clef is also called the base clef because the top part with the colon is indicating the F line. They&apos;re ways to figure out exactly where you are in the staff. <br><br>I&apos;m trying to learn the piano but I&apos;ve been singing for years. Learning to read notes is a very handy skill to have for all of the musicians in a time crunch. So far, I read music faster than I can play it.

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• BU

  @bunobeatz5737 · 1 year ago

  What i can never understand is how on earth can you read both lines at the same time...

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• SP

  @sporvada1 · 3 months ago

  This video is underrated. It&apos;s super informative. Thank you!

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• CO

  @conghoannguyen446 · 1 year ago

  This is the clearest explanation I’ve ever come across. I’ve always wondered what people actually see when they read sheet music. I asked many people, but most just said they’ve been doing it since childhood, so it feels natural to them and they couldn’t really explain. Now I finally understand. Thank you so much! I’m going to give it a try and hope to improve my sight-reading soon! 😊

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• EX

  @exiledPostman · 2 years ago

  My own way for remembering the Bass scale was &quot;Good Boys Don&apos;t F*** Around&quot;

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• TH

  @therealchayd · 1 year ago (edited)

  I remember as a teen being a runner-up in a silver band competition for playing Menuet in G. (also played the acoustic guitar) 30 years on, I have completely forgotten how to read sheet music 😭 Time to re-learn it for the piano, so thanks for the refresher!

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