I'm very good at memorizing. However, since I do this so often, my sight reading sucks!
I'm an adult beginner student and am having a "discussion" about this. Are you "forbidden" to look at your hands? Are you discouraged from looking at your hands or is it perfectly ok if necessary. Thanks!
Wow, sounds like me.
When i play, there are certain parts that I have to look at my hands, maybe if there is a big leap or something of the sort. However, I try to play as much as I can without looking because if you get used to looking at your hands, your sight reading wont be as good. makingf yourself play without looking at your hands (in myopinion) will eventually allow you to memorize the keyboard, and focus more on the reading, rather than the hand placement. however, this is much, much easier said than done. just my two cents. raffy
This is the rule i tell my students: When sight reading DONT LOOK, when memorising ONLY LOOK.
This is interesting. I never thought of looking at your hands has to do with sight reading abilities. Let's put that part aside for now.