Any suggestions how to learn reading notes in a good way?

[lillrist]

Hi!
I have finally taken on my piano playing again...and this time it's actually fun XD

but when I played when IO was a little kid I wasn't so interested in learning to read notes...I did my own music instead^^
but anyway...I want to learn to read it so I can learn new songs without somebody elses help...I learn abnormally quick if someone shows me how to play the song.

I have good memory when it comes to play different instruments!

but do any of you have a good way how to learn this Language of Music? ^^

[debussy symbolism]

Greetings.

Good job on starting the piano. The only realy way to improve sight reading, or playing the notes at sight, is to practice it. It naturally comes easier with more technical practice as you get a hold of the patterns, such as Czerny for lets say Mozart sonatas. I hope this helps

[debussy symbolism]

Sorry for my grammatical mistakes. I meant to spell "real" not "really"

[stevehopwood]

Good readers take in patterns easily, so start thinking about how you can recognise note patterns.

The basics are:
- notes going up the stave = rising pitch, so going to the right on the piano, and vice versa.

- no gaps in between the pitch of two notes (going from line to adjacent space or vice versa) means the next note. For example, if you have just played the bottom line and the next note is in the next space, you just play the next note up.

- line-to-line or space-to-space means missing a key on the piano, and usually a finger as well. For example, you just played the bottom line with your thumb and the next note is on the next line, then you will use your third finger.

Think about the logical extension of these basic patterns and you quickly become able to spot them in a piece of music. As soon as you beging to spot, say, runs of notes as runs rather than individual notes that need working out, you are getting into fluent reading.

Having said all that, you can use reading as a powerful aid to your aural ability. You are one of those who can 'pick out' pieces, from what I understand reading your post. This is a powerful ability that means you can play from memory. As well as usefully developing your reading, also use this aural ability and use reading to check the details.

Steve 

[debussy symbolism]

Make sure to also read slowly at first and look at the sheet music.

[lillrist]

thanks guys...! ^^
I hope this will help me... :PP

if you come up with other suggestions...please send me a PM^^
see you later^^

[bernhard]

Have a look here:

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1871.msg14384.html#msg14384
(Reading notation – Richmann’s book – Cambridge word scramble example)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1976.msg15962.html#msg15962
(Sight reading – Richmann’s book)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2406.msg20820.html#msg20820
(the grand staff)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2577.msg22247.html#msg22247
(Keyboard topography – how to find notes by touch)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2713.msg23282.html#msg23282
(Teaching bass clef – the full explanation for the grand staff)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2751.msg23710.html#msg23710
(detailed explanation of the sight-reading process)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2757.msg23890.html#msg23890
(Sight reading techniques – Good post by faulty on the folly of pedagogues)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2763.msg25148.html#msg25148
(music to develop sight reading from scratch)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3205.msg28255.html#msg28255
(how not to look at the keys – Richmann’s reviews)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3334.msg29381.html#msg29381
(Reading both staffs as a single grand staff - Reasons for working on scales - Detailed discussion of Richmann’s book)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4461.msg41580.html#msg41580
(Looking at the keys: Good or bad? exercises to help finding notes by touch. Good contributions by Chang).

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4506.msg42967.html#msg42967
(accompanying as a way to teach sightreading)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5090.msg48850.html#msg48850
(the score is tabs for piano)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,6704.msg66349.html#msg66349
(graphic illustration of how the grand staff relates to the piano keys)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,7466.msg74462.html#msg74462
(Sightreading – Comparison with reading – St Augustine reading skills)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,9786.msg99290.html#msg99290
(collections of repertory for sight-reading practice)

Best wishes,
Bernhard.