Sight Reading Piano Software

I am very bad at sight reading and i know if i can master it i will be a much better player. I know this is holding me back from my full potential. So i want something that is very good at teaching sight reading for the piano.

This software may or may not be right for you but its worth mentioning. If you have an electronic keyboard that you can connect to your computer with a MIDI cable this software will teach you, monitor what you play and correct you when you make mistakes. Watch the little video on the Amazon page to get a feel for it if you are interested. I've used it and it's pretty amazing although a lot of reviewers on Amazon.com don't care for it. Maybe they don't have their keyboards connected to their computers.

http://www.amazon.com/Piano-and-Keyboard -Method-V2-0/dp/B000VSDNMI/ref=sr_1_1?ie =UTF8&s=software&qid=1243578655& amp;sr=1-1

Anyways, good luck.

2009-05-28 06:48:16 by lioness

Jalmus ( www.jalmus.net ) is a free software to learn notes and improve music sight reading on piano. For this video I'm using a M-AUDIO 88ES ...

Too many, can't seem to find which one is the best. Suggestions?

Do you have a DAW (Digital audio workstation)

if so, you can try some free VST plug ins,

http://www.kvraudio.com/banks.php?s=list &what=123&format=99999&order =date

this one looks ok

also, depending on how much you want to spend / how good you want it to sound here's a list of virtual organ/keyboard/piano virtual instrument softwares

http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/nav igation/piano-keyboard-organ-virtual-ins truments-software-pro-audio?N=100001+344 286&Ns=P_Score|1&rpp=20

read the reviews and try and find audio clips of the sounds from it, and see what you like

good luck!

2009-10-17 03:02:37 by Little Foot

Price: $59.95

Songs and exercises are enhanced by live recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI keyboard tracks, and colorful MIDI accompaniments
Animated Keyboard displays correct fingerings as the music plays or for any note or chord that you double-click
Over 300 step-by-step lessons starting from the basics; such as hand position, rhythm, and playing on black keys; followed by music notation, sight reading, scales, and much more

We just bought Guitar Hero for the kids and I'm fascinated with how it teaches music. I just wish it included a representation of actual music notation along with the rest of its notation.

I would love to turn it sideways, add another staff, use actual notes, complete with actual durations the way Guitar Hero does, and be able to control the speed for practicing. I've been out of school for a long time. My synthesizer in college had actual patch cords that I had to document and map, so I'm WAY out of the loop.

I have to think that there are some good products out there. All of my Internet searches have yielded software that's too simple. Any guidance would be appreciated.

There is no substitute to develop sight reading skills at the piano. Even with technology, the most efficient and best way is to be practiced at the piano.

Sight reading is a skill that takes time and the whole concept of sight reading is testing how well you read. If your children aren't reading at the piano enough, they will not develop the skill. Every says that they are reading because they have music in front of them but to the contrary, most kids don't read music. They don't read it properly because they spend too much time looking down at the keys. They read one note then look down and try to find it, then look up, read another note and repeat the process of looking down.

To read efficiently, one has to keep their eyes on the music and not on the keyboard. This way the music is played in time. Every time you look down, you hesitate and create a pause in the musical line. This in turn does not allow you to read horizontally and teach yourself that music moves from left to right.

The best way to practice this is to watch your kids practice and remind them to never look down. You can hold a book over their hands so even when they look down they see nothing. Kids need to learn the geography of the keyboard. Without this, sight reading will not work because they are always searching for the note to play.

Practice reading with the metronome so that they have a steady pulse, or even better read along with them and you cannot stop. Make your children read up to your pace and force them to keep going. This will teach them to drop notes and keep on track. The most important thing about sight reading is not to slow down or stop for mistakes, instead read ahead and keep going.

Sight reading is a skill that demonstrates how well one can read music. This is often ignored because we all assume we read because we play the instrument, however, the efficiency and fluency is not there for most. In truth, very few students read well and that is demonstrated on sight reading. Sight reading is not a skill all on its own, it is not it's own entity. It is a fundamental skill that is tested on your own reading proficiency.

2008-04-07 09:21:01 by pulgabucky

Price: $59.95 $49.95

Over 100 popular classical, blues, pop, and rock songs, including hit songs from artists such as Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, and Elton John
Provides Instant Feedback
Offers Everything Needed To Learn How To Play The Piano

I am really bad at sight reading and am looking for a book that will help me improve because my sight reading is almost non existent

It takes me forever to get through a sheet of music and i end up having to rely on remembering the pattern of where my fingers move on the piano

I was looking for a software at first but most of them need a Keyboard and i don't have one. So looking for a good book that starts at beginner and works up. I really need something that will help build confidence and is easy to understand.

Also would be great if book teaches how to sight read intervals : ).

It will also help ALOT if i can get a torrent to download the book but if not that's ok just let me know of the best working sight reading piano books out there : )

http://www.trainear.com/ watch the video tutorials.

2009-07-11 08:24:34 by lioness

Are there any techniques for me to use in order to improve my piano sight-reading? I am terrible at it yet I'm on Grade 6 ABRSM. What should I do instead of mindlessly practicing difficult sight-reading practices? Are there any super techniques I can learn, any software or programs I can use to improve my sight-reading?

Reading music is much like reading a book. When you read a book you don't look at every letter, you look at the word as a whole. Same with piano. You don't go through the song analyzing every note, you just keep reading ahead. Another thing you should do is sightread it at a down tempo. It may seem incredibly slow at first, but once you get the technique perfect at the lower tempo, it will be easier to increase the tempo instead of having to relearn all of your mistakes.

2010-02-04 15:01:16 by The Oxymoron Is The Key.