About the course

Sight reading is one of the most important skills a musician can develop. Assess what to glean in sheet music, read time signatures, identify key signatures, and evaluate intervals.

Do you know how to read sheet music? Improve your skills with Basic Sight Reading.

Project

Basics of Sight Reading

Course overview

Identifying the Basics

Students will learn to recognize what to play by finding the melody, bass,and accompanimental texture.

Time Signatures

Students will learn the basic time signatures and how to hear/ID them.

Key Signatures and Fingering Patterns

Students will learn the first few key signatures and fingering patterns.

Motion

Students will learn and identify which direction the sounds are going.

Intervals/Direction

Students will learn the distance between notes and ID Intervals.

Quiz

Assess your learning with a quiz.

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Tags:

Key Signatures
Music
Music Theory
Reading Music
Time Signature

Recommended Materials

Keyboard
Keyboard Printout for Fingerings

Instructor

Liza W.

Classical Pianist and Music Educator

Liza Wu is a classical pianist and organist in Manhattan, performing regularly with NYC musicians, as well as internationally. She has been a long-time affiliate of many music organizations including the R. Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, Barnard College of Columbia University, NYU, the School for Strings, Avenues: The World School (NYC), Interlochen Arts Camps, studios of world-renowned vocalists Josephine Mongiardo, Harolyn Blackwell, and Catherine Malfitano, and most recently Gooroo.

(Past affiliations: Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Professional Perf Arts School, Westchester Cons, New York Youth Symph Singers, Columbia Artists' Theatricals, Bronx Opera, Chelsea Opera & Orch, Concerts in Motion, 'Smash' (NBC).

(Cleve Inst of Mus, MM; Oberlin Cons, BM; Interlochen Art

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