| Reading piano sheet music is much easier if you | | | | Play the original starting note and again sing it out |
| can hear the sound before you play it. Developing | | | | loud. Now miss a white key on the piano and play |
| your musical ear with ear training takes the | | | | and sing that note. Continue with this exercise |
| guesswork out of reading. It will accelerate your | | | | taking the note further and further away each |
| reading and increase your enjoyment of playing | | | | time. Try to "guess" the next note with your |
| the piano. | | | | voice. |
| Music notes can do one of three things: | | | | You are singing different music intervals. An |
| The notes can stay the same. They can go up. | | | | interval is the distance between any 2 notes. C to |
| Or they can go down. | | | | D is a 2nd. C to E is a 3rd. C to F is a 4th and so |
| If the notes stay the same in the sheet music, | | | | on. You can read piano sheet music in intervals as |
| they will be the same pitch on the piano. If the | | | | well as learning the names of the notes. |
| note goes up by one in the sheet music, it will go | | | | When you look at a new piece of music, try to |
| up one note on the piano. Sit at your piano and | | | | hear it in your head. How it will sound? Are the |
| play a note that is comfortably in your singing | | | | notes close together? Are there are any large |
| range. Even if you are not a confident singer, try | | | | intervals? Try to hear it before you play it. Even |
| this out. Play the note and sing it out loud. Now | | | | try singing along as you try your new piece, bar |
| play the piano key above and sing that. | | | | by bar. |