![]() ![]() You have come to the point where you realize there has to be another way! I call it “working”. But as you see you don’t get far this way. It is really just “playing” by imitating, guessing and listening. Having established two octave pattern across the fingerboard for either major or minor scale, it's quite easy to follow the pattern of diatonic intervals as the melody unfolds.Īs Albrecht says, though, sight-reading (successfully) is a lot more than merely reading the notes and playing them. I aired a method a long time ago, and have taught it to students. Having said that, it works somewhat on guitar, which has a different way to play in each key. Perhaps it's the holy grail, but on piano at least, your method will give all sorts of problems. ![]() I wish there was an easy way into sight-reading. Two of us so far have picked up the glaring error in 'Happy b'day'! So one needs to learn all the scales anyway.And knowing all intervals may or may not help in the bigger picture. Your idea may work partially, but knowing each and every key with its 'changed notes' is essential. Once one gets into key sigs of 3,4 or more sharps or flats, more especially when the music contains accidentals (those at the beginning aren't!), it gets increasingly more difficult to read what each next interval is - having to remember which notes are sharp or flat in each key. ![]() In key C it is quite easy to see, translate and play certain intervals, one of the reasons C is usually the first key to be explored in tutorials, particularly on piano. ![]()
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