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Complete Guide to Sight Reading Music

Brad Harrison Music 209,111 7 months ago
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Join this channel to get access to perks like early video access and a *huge* Scale Syllabus, with play along recordings, to learn all your scales in just 24 hours: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5EEcOixvGwVFVsHXWYehHg/join Join my Patreon! https://patreon.com/bradharrison Take lessons with me! https://www.bradharrison.ca/lessons ----- Learn All Your Scales ----- Learn All Your Scales in 24 Hours https://youtu.be/7aMJmXa_WKk Scale Syllabus - 14 kinds of scales, with play-along recordings, so you can master *all* your scales in no time at all. https://www.bradharrison.ca/scales Major Scales Give You Superpowers https://youtu.be/kjlNF0QFTZ0 Parallel Scales https://youtu.be/DpcBCYbVyxg Music Theory Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDaNGknQ_wTh3eXyjB0smdEYSvqa-wJ1_ ---------- Contents 0:00 - Introduction 0:54 - Part 1: What it is and why you should do it 2:38 - Reading Music is Like Reading Language 7:00 - Appropriate Material 8:14 - The Sight Reading Factory 10:44 - Part 2 - Intermediate Tips 11:00 - Tip 2 - Know Your Notes and Fingerings 13:05 - Tip 3 - Understand Rhythm Fundamentals 16:32 - Tip 4 - Always Be Counting 19:22 - Tip 5 - Inspect the Piece 21:02 - Tip 6 - Find the Hardest Part 22:00 - Part 3 - Tip 7 - Subdivide Rhythms 24:08 - Tip 8 - Learn Your Scales 25:34 - Tip 9 - Use Your Pencil 28:43 - Tip 10 - Don't Get Lost(and how to recover) 30:48 - Tip 11 - Listen 32:04 - Tip 12 - Stay in "Performance Mode" 33:32 - Tip 13 - Look Ahead 34:50 - Tip 14 - Prioritize Details 36:59 - Tip 15 - How to Survive Mixed Meter 38:19 - Tip 16 - Composition and Transcription 39:00 - Tip 17 - Identify Your Weaknesses 40:00 - Tip 18 - Learn Movable Do Solfege 41:38 - Tip 19 - Learn Music Theory 42:28 - Tip 20 - Practice Technique 43:02 - Tip 21 - Practice Sight Reading *Everything* -- This video contains emojis that were designed by OpenMoji – the open-source emoji and icon project. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Special thanks to OpenMoji! This video also contains photos from https://www.pexels.com/ and https://pixabay.com/.

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