[0:00] hello and welcome to seven days to sight
[0:02] reading so reading notes is hard it's
[0:04] like learning a whole new language and
[0:06] if you have ever struggled to read notes
[0:08] with your right hand and read notes in
[0:09] your left hand and put it all together
[0:10] then number one you're not alone but
[0:12] number two this video is exactly for you
[0:14] you've broken it up into seven days now
[0:17] you can enjoy this one day at a time you
[0:19] can do it all at once or you can take
[0:20] multiple days with each of the segments
[0:21] that's completely up to you the point is
[0:23] is that you're going to learn by doing
[0:25] so instead of getting out a chalkboard
[0:27] and writing down note names and using
[0:29] flashcards and trying to memorize it all
[0:30] we're going to learn by playing you're
[0:32] gonna see music I'm gonna walk you
[0:34] through we're gonna do it together and
[0:35] by the end of the seven days you're
[0:37] going to begin to recognize patterns and
[0:39] music you'll have instincts for the
[0:41] rhythm you're going to be sight reading
[0:42] songs that sound familiar and maybe you
[0:44] even love so I'm very excited to get
[0:46] started let's dive in alright day one
[0:49] let's get started so in front of you
[0:52] you're going to see some blank music I'm
[0:54] just gonna give you some ground rules so
[0:55] that you understand where we're starting
[0:56] and then we're going to start playing
[0:57] and learning from there so first things
[0:59] first we we've got a bunch of measures
[1:01] there are four of them to be specific so
[1:03] they're just these sort of little
[1:04] sections that you're going to see
[1:06] divided off in this first line of Music
[1:08] at the beginning of the line you're
[1:10] going to see a treble clef which means
[1:11] we're going to play with our right hand
[1:13] and below that you're going to see a
[1:14] bass clef which means we're going to
[1:15] play with our left hand and the rest of
[1:19] it we're going to learn as we go the
[1:21] only other thing I want to point out is
[1:22] that each the treble clef and the bass
[1:24] clef you can think of them as like
[1:25] little houses or areas of their own and
[1:28] they each have five lines and four
[1:31] spaces so just kind of think about that
[1:33] five lines four spaces so now it's time
[1:36] to begin playing so now we've got actual
[1:39] notes in front of us now the first notes
[1:41] we see are existing in something called
[1:43] the treble clef which we've already
[1:44] talked about and so I just want you to
[1:45] take your right hand and place it on the
[1:47] seat in the most middle part of your
[1:49] piano this is called middle C and middle
[1:52] C is a note that you just gotta memorize
[1:54] you gotta make best friends with it
[1:55] because if we can learn where C is we
[1:57] can learn where d and e and f and g and
[1:59] all the rest of them are so we've got in
[2:02] our first measure four middle C's we're
[2:04] going to play them with our right hand
[2:05] because they're in the treble clef so
[2:07] let's just try it c c c
[2:10] now we have nothing in this treble clef
[2:14] in the next measure except this little
[2:15] square guy which is a rest it means do
[2:17] nothing
[2:18] we have notes in our bass clef now and
[2:20] so that means we're going to play with
[2:21] our left hand and here's the kicker this
[2:24] is also middle C they look different
[2:26] because of where they're written but
[2:27] they're the same note on your keyboard
[2:29] so take your left hand and play middle C
[2:32] this time with the left hand use your
[2:34] thumb and we're going to play one two
[2:36] three four of those so for this line of
[2:40] Music we're actually sharing middle C
[2:42] between the hands starts with the right
[2:43] hand c c c c then left hand c c c now
[2:50] back to right c c and this one looks
[2:53] different so you're gonna hold this one
[2:55] for two counts you're gonna think in
[2:57] your head one two because this guy is a
[2:59] half note so let's just play that
[3:01] measure together c c one two now our
[3:05] left hand gets to turn one two two okay
[3:09] we just got through our first line of
[3:11] music now let's look at the beginning of
[3:13] the line one more time and you're gonna
[3:14] notice we've got four four at the
[3:16] beginning that's our time signature
[3:18] future and it tells us and each of these
[3:20] measures we're going to have four
[3:22] beats just like this you can clap along
[3:26] one two three four one two three three
[3:30] four so the notes that are colored in
[3:33] our quarter notes and they get one so
[3:34] we've got four of those in our first
[3:36] measure we got four of those in our
[3:37] second measure and then our third
[3:39] measure we've got two quarter notes so
[3:41] one two and then the half note three
[3:43] four so if we were to count and play
[3:47] this again one two three four one two
[3:52] three four one two hold one two hold and
[3:59] you've just read your first line of
[4:00] music all right let's continue to the
[4:02] next line of music so here things are
[4:04] starting to move around a little bit so
[4:06] that first note you see is Middle C it's
[4:08] in the treble clef we know we're gonna
[4:09] play with our right hand but notice how
[4:11] the notes are now moving up we've got a
[4:13] note that has a line through it that's C
[4:15] then the note right next to it and the
[4:17] next possible spot this is D and then
[4:21] the next possible spot is a line note
[4:22] and that is an e
[4:24] so here is where we really get to put in
[4:26] practice letting go of trying to
[4:28] memorize that this one is e and this one
[4:30] is f and this one is C that'll come in
[4:32] time right now we are simply memorizing
[4:34] that this is C and looking for the
[4:36] pattern the notes are moving up in steps
[4:39] incrementally right next to each other
[4:41] so we can memorize that pattern and we
[4:43] can think c d e and notice I held that e
[4:48] the one that's not colored in for two
[4:49] beats let's do it again c d e
[4:54] now follow along the next measure we
[4:56] play the exact same note we're going to
[4:58] play that e again and this time the
[5:00] pattern is moving down in increments in
[5:02] steps we're moving from a line to a
[5:05] space to a line so we've got step bing
[5:09] up
[5:11] stepping down that feels great now our
[5:15] left hand we're gonna move it so that
[5:18] our five finger that's your baby finger
[5:20] is on the C below middle C and this is
[5:23] the second note I would like you to try
[5:25] to memorize there's only going to be a
[5:27] few of these notes you have to really
[5:28] memorize in this series and this is one
[5:30] of them this is called Losi so it's the
[5:33] C below middle C and you can memorize it
[5:36] because it's in the second space from
[5:38] the bottom of that bass clef and so if
[5:40] we've got our five finger on C here and
[5:42] we've got our right hand one finger on C
[5:44] we're in C position ready to play a C
[5:46] scale but we're reading notes we're not
[5:47] going to do that right now but what I do
[5:49] want you to notice is the pattern we've
[5:51] got a C we're going up to the next
[5:52] possible spot which we can only Zoom as
[5:55] a d and then to the next possible spot
[5:56] which we can only assume is an e for
[5:58] half note and then that e repeats step
[6:01] bang down
[6:04] you got it now in the next line I know
[6:07] this is crazy but I promised you we
[6:08] learned how to play hands together the
[6:10] notes are doing the exact same thing so
[6:11] we've got middle C and we've got low C
[6:14] and if you look you scan with your eyes
[6:16] you can see the notes are stepping up
[6:17] repeat the note and step down so if we
[6:20] can do that together
[6:21] stepping up repeat
[6:25] stepping down take a breath
[6:29] now our left hand is going to play and
[6:31] hold this C and our right hand is going
[6:33] to play middle C step up back to C
[6:38] and then the final measure we're on that
[6:40] first line I'm going to tell you right
[6:41] now it's an e and we're going to play
[6:42] the C again we're going to go step Bing
[6:45] down
[6:47] now if you're thinking oh my gosh this
[6:49] is a lot I didn't get it don't worry
[6:51] we're gonna play this together right now
[6:53] a couple of times I'm going to say the
[6:55] notes out loud with you we're going to
[6:57] go very slowly and by the end of this
[6:59] you will be recognizing these patterns
[7:01] you'll be feeling comfortable with the
[7:03] location of c and this will all like
[7:06] you'll have light bulb moments you'll be
[7:07] like oh my gosh I actually reading these
[7:08] notes so let's go from the beginning
[7:10] right hand is going to be ready left
[7:13] hand is going to be ready to share
[7:14] middle C for the first line take a
[7:17] breath
[7:19] one two here we go c c c c left hand c c
[7:29] c c right hand c c half no let's see C
[7:36] half no right hand step bing up
[7:43] stepping down your left hand five finger
[7:45] ready on Losi
[7:47] stepping up same thing step bang down
[7:52] now we're gonna go together step being
[7:55] up
[7:57] stepping down
[8:00] step up back to C and then e d c you did
[8:07] it one more time together this time
[8:09] we're saying the note names out loud
[8:10] here we go one two here we go c c c c c
[8:16] c c c c so many c c c c c c c now it's
[8:25] gonna move c d e
[8:29] e d c left hand c d e e d c together c d
[8:38] e e
[8:40] d c and then c d c e d c and if it's
[8:48] really tricky to play that left hand C
[8:50] and hold it just worry about your right
[8:51] hand for the end of the song for now
[8:53] until you feel a little bit more
[8:54] practiced and confident all right so
[8:56] there you go now if you're thinking I
[8:58] need a little bit more practice don't
[9:00] worry we've got you covered because we
[9:01] actually have a practice feature that
[9:04] you can play along with you can speed up
[9:06] slow down you can even download the
[9:07] sheet music and it's available for you
[9:09] in a link just below this video
[9:11] completely free so if you want to take
[9:13] advantage of that make sure you check
[9:14] out the link below this video and I'll
[9:16] see you in day two welcome to day two so
[9:20] in day two we're having some more fun
[9:22] with musical patterns so we've got let's
[9:24] just dive in so let's take our right
[9:26] hand you all know by now that the first
[9:27] note we see is Middle C so it lives
[9:30] below the treble clef staff it's got a
[9:31] line through it you're gonna play it
[9:32] here with your right hand one finger now
[9:35] just take a look forward so we we're
[9:37] seeing that we've got a C and then we've
[9:39] got one note exactly just after that
[9:40] it's got to be D and then it steps up
[9:43] again that's e this is familiar from
[9:44] yesterday but then we keep going we've
[9:47] got a note on the space just after that
[9:50] line of e so f and then we're gonna go
[9:53] up one more into the next measure and
[9:54] we've got a g
[9:56] and now this G does not have a stem it
[9:59] doesn't have a line it's just a circle
[10:01] this means it's a whole no it means it
[10:03] takes up the whole measure so you're
[10:04] just going to hold it for the full four
[10:06] beats because we're still in four four
[10:07] each measure gets four beats one two
[10:10] three four also just want to take a
[10:13] moment here to establish this note as
[10:15] another landmark note
[10:17] so if you look at the treble clef and
[10:19] you just kind of like memorize we've got
[10:21] line one we've got line two line two
[10:24] from the bottom is G
[10:26] put it in your brains don't forget it
[10:28] because this is going to help us to
[10:30] orientate ourselves on all the other
[10:31] patterns we see so we can kind of
[10:33] guesstimate our way through the notes so
[10:35] when you see these first two bars you're
[10:37] looking oh the notes are going up and
[10:38] they end on that landmark of G so if we
[10:40] play that together
[10:42] [Music]
[10:48] now we're going to do the same thing in
[10:49] our left hand
[10:50] so looking at the bass clef here in the
[10:52] third measure we've got a note on the
[10:55] second space up from the bottom that is
[10:58] C below middle C five finger goes here
[11:00] and notice we've got
[11:03] space line space line States so the
[11:06] notes are moving consecutively C up up
[11:09] up hold two three four and this is also
[11:13] a g so let's say the note names c d e f
[11:16] g two three four you can even think step
[11:19] bing up so high two three four and then
[11:24] the next line we're just gonna play
[11:26] those same exact notes together with
[11:28] both hands at the same time
[11:30] so try it c d e f g two three four so
[11:37] far so good now in the next measure
[11:40] you're gonna see nothing in the treble
[11:42] clef but you're gonna see two notes
[11:43] stacked on top of each other in the bass
[11:45] clef see it's the bottom one and G is
[11:48] the top one and when they're lined up
[11:50] like that it just means play them
[11:51] together at the exact same time and
[11:53] they're both whole notes so you're gonna
[11:54] hold them for four beats one two three
[11:57] four
[11:58] now in the next measure let's just take
[12:00] a look at the next two measures you're
[12:02] going to notice how on the right hand we
[12:04] start on middle C and the notes are
[12:05] stepping up we can think stepping up so
[12:07] high and in the left hand we're playing
[12:09] the shape and we're holding it for four
[12:11] beats basically hold it for the entirety
[12:13] of both of those measures
[12:15] so all together will sound like stepping
[12:18] up so high two three four
[12:22] so let's take those first two lines and
[12:25] let's cite read them together nice and
[12:27] slow left hand should always be ready to
[12:29] go so get it in position even though
[12:31] we're beginning with our right one two
[12:33] here we go c d e f g two three four C D
[12:44] E F G two three four together C and C C
[12:50] D E F G two three four left hand plays
[12:56] and holds these two three four together
[13:00] and one two three four now the
[13:04] coordination aspect of that can be
[13:06] really challenging when it comes to
[13:08] reading notes and playing notes like
[13:10] both hands at the same time it's sort of
[13:12] two separate issues one of them is
[13:13] understanding what you're supposed to do
[13:15] it's a brain thing and the other thing
[13:17] is actually getting your hands to
[13:18] cooperate and do what your brain already
[13:20] knows it's supposed to do so in this
[13:22] case you can trust that looking at this
[13:24] music you have the information but can
[13:26] be the coordination that's actually the
[13:27] struggle so if that means you need to
[13:29] practice the section A few times before
[13:30] moving on just take a moment to do that
[13:32] otherwise I want to take us through the
[13:34] home stretch of this little piece of
[13:36] music for today and this is where we're
[13:38] reversing our patterns so you'll notice
[13:40] at the beginning of this measure it's in
[13:42] the treble clef right hand we start on
[13:43] line two that's our Landmark note G so
[13:46] just lock that down we're starting on G
[13:47] and then scan notice how the notes are
[13:49] just they're all stepping down so in my
[13:52] head I'm thinking stepping down so low
[13:54] we're starting on g f e d and there's
[13:58] middle C doesn't have a stem this time
[14:00] that's okay okay it's just because it's
[14:01] telling us to hold it for four beats
[14:02] it's a whole note now our left hand
[14:05] also is beginning on G so try to like
[14:07] memorize this when you see a note in the
[14:10] top space of the bass clef that is g and
[14:13] it is this G and if you scan down your
[14:16] eyes can kind of go oh yeah it's taking
[14:18] us and we're all the way going down
[14:19] until we land on the other landmark of C
[14:21] so it goes stepping down so low two
[14:26] three four and we can repeat that step
[14:28] bang down solo just to get comfortable
[14:31] with it
[14:32] and then we can take a deep breath and
[14:33] play the whole line in succession and go
[14:35] g f e d c two three four g f e d c two
[14:43] three four
[14:45] pretty awesome right now final line
[14:48] we're doing a little bit of moving
[14:50] around so this is where you have to pay
[14:51] extra close attention this left hand
[14:53] match shape is familiar we've got our
[14:55] two left Highland mark C and G we're
[14:56] just gonna play them and hold them and
[14:58] on our right hand notice we've got our
[15:00] landmarks but they're separated so C up
[15:02] to our G and back down to our c for half
[15:04] note so we'll do this together we're
[15:06] going to play and hold this at the same
[15:08] time that we play so Boom the right hand
[15:10] travels up and comes back down and now
[15:14] we're gonna play G and G they're doing
[15:17] the same thing f
[15:19] e d and then I'm going to repeat that
[15:23] back to g f
[15:26] [Applause]
[15:27] D and then we're gonna play C and we're
[15:29] gonna hold it
[15:30] with this this is actually called fifth
[15:33] C and G or five apart one two three four
[15:35] five
[15:36] two three four that line is challenging
[15:40] it's kind of like the bonus challenge
[15:41] line so again this might take some
[15:43] practice but we'll play it through
[15:44] together one more time just do the right
[15:45] hand c g c g f e d back to g f e d c
[15:55] left hand one two three four g f e d g f
[16:03] e d and there's our fifth
[16:06] together
[16:08] c g
[16:10] c g f e d g f e d c two three four so
[16:21] what I'm really trying to do here is I'm
[16:23] trying to get you to recognize patterns
[16:25] and music I'm trying to get you to let
[16:27] go of needing to like stop and like okay
[16:28] I'm gonna use my acronym and I know
[16:30] every good boy and I'm gonna figure out
[16:32] that no Okay now what's this next one we
[16:34] want to let go of that so we can
[16:35] efficiently move through lines of music
[16:36] by sort of moving in shapes and patterns
[16:40] and it's going to speed up your sight
[16:41] reading process the reason we're saying
[16:43] the note names out loud is to help
[16:45] reinforce what we're seeing with what
[16:48] the notes are called with what the
[16:49] pitches are on the keyboard so it's like
[16:51] this whole sort of like holistic
[16:53] learning process and the more you do
[16:55] this the more you're going to look at
[16:56] music and just be like oh I know what
[16:57] that is let's go so that's really really
[16:59] exciting now let's play through this
[17:01] whole thing together
[17:03] before we go
[17:05] big breath both hands ready to go
[17:08] just taking a moment to acknowledge the
[17:10] notes are moving up and the right
[17:12] they're going to the left scanning
[17:13] through really feeling good about it one
[17:16] two here we go c d e f g two three four
[17:26] c d e f G two three four together D E F
[17:37] G two three four left two three four
[17:44] together D E F G two three four now g f
[17:53] e d c two three four left g f e d c two
[18:03] three four challenge line c g c
[18:09] stepping down so back to g
[18:13] f e d and home base for four beats
[18:19] and you did it now if this is feeling
[18:21] challenging and you're like oh my hands
[18:22] aren't cooperating yet just play one
[18:24] hand at a time until that feels good
[18:26] then put it hands together and if this
[18:29] takes more than one day spend a couple
[18:30] days here that's okay go at your own
[18:32] pace there's no rush this isn't a race
[18:34] but when you do feel good and you do
[18:36] feel ready I'll see you in day three
[18:38] woohoo we're back day three this one's
[18:41] super fun we're gonna be moving through
[18:43] something called intervals which is
[18:45] really exciting so let's just take a
[18:47] moment look at our music we're starting
[18:49] with the right hand with our good friend
[18:51] middle C and we're just moving
[18:54] up a step down a step up a step that's
[18:58] the first measure so let's just say the
[19:00] notes c d c d nice next measure back to
[19:06] C but this time we're getting crazy
[19:08] we're skipping over D and we're going
[19:11] right to e so what helps me with this is
[19:14] I look at the music and I go Okay C has
[19:16] a line through it and we're not playing
[19:18] the one that's in the space so if we're
[19:20] moving in steps like notes that are
[19:22] right next to each other it's always
[19:23] going to be line space line space or
[19:24] space line space line but here we've got
[19:27] a line note we skip over the space note
[19:30] which would be D and we go right to the
[19:31] next line now and I call that a jump the
[19:35] technical word is a third and I'm
[19:37] playing with my one and my three so it's
[19:40] c e
[19:42] c e next measure back to C we know that
[19:46] one but here we've moved up another step
[19:49] from E and one F so you'll notice the
[19:53] space between C and F is greater so I
[19:56] just I've played more than it's written
[19:57] here I apologize I'm just having fun on
[19:59] this shape which is called a fourth
[20:02] um and now we're going to move to the
[20:03] final measure Landmark notes my friends
[20:06] were up another step to another line and
[20:08] a line we're way too far apart for this
[20:11] to be this note and this note we're at C
[20:13] and G and we've got two of those
[20:17] so let's play the whole line so we've
[20:19] got c d c d now we're gonna go past D up
[20:24] to e which is the first line in the
[20:26] treble clef up past e to F which is the
[20:29] first space in the treble clef and up
[20:32] past that to G second line also a
[20:35] landmark G
[20:36] not so bad
[20:38] now we're going to do the same exact
[20:39] thing with our left hand it's going to
[20:41] look a little bit different because
[20:43] we're beginning on low C which is a
[20:45] space in the bass clef C up a step to D
[20:48] down to C up a step to D so just kind of
[20:52] getting used to that's a space to a line
[20:54] a space to a line space line space line
[20:59] back to low C pass the line to e we're
[21:03] now jumping up we've got two space notes
[21:05] now we're moving up again from C to F
[21:08] we've got a space and a line and now our
[21:11] landmarks of C and G and C and G you've
[21:16] got it now I just want to take a second
[21:19] to talk you through something that I
[21:21] actually didn't figure out until way
[21:23] later in my playing journey and I wish I
[21:25] had known sooner because it made
[21:26] everything make more sense
[21:28] when you're looking at the notes on the
[21:30] staff let's start on low C so let's
[21:32] start on space two of the bass clef
[21:34] that's this note and we're just going to
[21:36] go through the musical alphabet I want
[21:37] to carry you through this we've got C
[21:38] and we've got D and then we've got e and
[21:42] we've got F and then we've got G and
[21:45] then we can keep going there's a line
[21:47] there that's a and then you could put
[21:49] one on top of the line that's B and then
[21:52] check it out we're on middle C remember
[21:54] that from day one
[21:55] so if we keep going we've got d e f
[22:00] we're on our Landmark note G and we can
[22:03] just keep going through the musical
[22:04] alphabet that way it's all connected
[22:06] there weren't some crazy rules invented
[22:08] that were different for bass clef and
[22:09] treble clef names like that's not how
[22:11] this works it's one cohesive consecutive
[22:14] movement from bottom to top and that's
[22:17] why they're named the way they are
[22:20] so when you're playing through these
[22:21] intervals you might have been like well
[22:23] okay well why is C on a line here in the
[22:25] treble clef and this low C is on a space
[22:27] like why are they different
[22:28] that's why so hopefully that helps to
[22:30] put this into perspective for you a
[22:31] little bit all right so you've just
[22:33] played through two brand new lines of
[22:35] music and we're going to continue on
[22:37] we're actually playing something very
[22:38] similar but different so now you're
[22:41] gonna see we've got C and the next note
[22:43] beside it is like they're squished
[22:45] together they're touching c and d and
[22:48] they're played at the same time sounds
[22:50] kind of crunchy I'm gonna play those two
[22:52] times they're half so we could count one
[22:55] two three four notice the bottom note C
[22:59] is staying the same but we're moving
[23:00] from D to e that's the third
[23:04] play together e is now moving up again
[23:06] we've got more space between the notes
[23:07] that's C and F and then it's up again C
[23:10] and G
[23:12] and now our left hand is going to do the
[23:13] same thing five and four on low c and d
[23:16] one two three four C stays we move up a
[23:20] step to E
[23:22] it's a third up a step to F and a fourth
[23:25] of a step to G that's a fifth
[23:29] now things get fun for the final line so
[23:31] let's just look at our left hand first C
[23:33] got our Landmark we skip D we're gonna
[23:35] play e so we've got our third so we'll
[23:37] play that for four two three for C stays
[23:40] we move up a step to F two three four
[23:43] then we're gonna play c g they're nice
[23:47] and far apart G
[23:49] one step down to F
[23:52] and then that fifth
[23:54] so let's do that one more time one two
[23:57] three four e two F two three four c g c
[24:05] g down a step to F your two finger and
[24:08] then C and G
[24:10] with our right hand see we know this
[24:13] we're comfortable there we're not
[24:15] playing D we're skipping so we've got a
[24:17] line note to a line note that's the
[24:18] space of a third c e c e c hard work
[24:25] silver I'm gonna play c and e together
[24:27] it's a third we're gonna step up from E
[24:29] to F that's our fourth
[24:31] and we're gonna come back to our third
[24:34] all together and again if this is your
[24:36] coordination isn't there yet don't worry
[24:37] we're just we're learning to look for
[24:39] these shapes these distances between the
[24:40] notes you can do hands separately if you
[24:42] need to otherwise
[24:44] [Music]
[24:46] c e c that's kind of pretty now our
[24:51] right hand is going to play c and e our
[24:53] left hand c g c
[24:57] G and then C and F two three four and
[25:01] then
[25:01] [Music]
[25:03] sounds like a really lovely ending this
[25:05] one's a challenging line for um hand
[25:08] coordination so maybe take another pass
[25:11] at it let's do it together c e c e c two
[25:17] three four left hand is doing the moving
[25:21] and then f with C and F here and there
[25:27] we go
[25:28] all right whole thing together we're
[25:30] gonna count through it hands ready deep
[25:34] breath one two here we go c d c d c e c
[25:44] e c f c f c g c g left hands turn c d c
[25:54] d c up to e you think five and three
[25:58] fingers c f five and two
[26:02] and then C and G C G right hand c and d
[26:07] c and d c and e
[26:11] or you get
[26:13] or you get fourth
[26:14] fourth and fifth fifth left hand one two
[26:20] this is called the second
[26:22] this is a third
[26:24] here's our fourth two three four and
[26:28] fifth two three four get your hands
[26:31] ready c e c e c with the fourth and the
[26:36] left
[26:37] and now our hands switch rolls
[26:40] and here's our fourth with an F in the
[26:43] left and one two three four
[26:48] you did it okay so again there's new
[26:52] things here we're sight reading we're
[26:54] actually developing hand coordination
[26:55] and Independence as we go so take as
[26:58] much time as you need you can split this
[27:00] up especially that last line to hand
[27:01] separate if you need to spend some time
[27:03] here remember you don't have to do this
[27:05] all in one day if you need a couple days
[27:07] on this that is absolutely fine when
[27:10] you're ready I'll see you at day four
[27:12] all right we're at day four and this is
[27:14] really exciting because we're gonna play
[27:16] a song but I'm not gonna tell you what
[27:17] it is because we're sight reading so you
[27:19] gotta figure it out but I'm here to walk
[27:21] you through all the steps plus you
[27:23] already have all the skills for this so
[27:25] before we start playing here's a super
[27:27] valuable skill as a sight reader take a
[27:29] moment to just I call it a pre-trip and
[27:32] do a pre-trip on the first line of your
[27:34] music so if you look you go okay you got
[27:36] four four good where did my hands start
[27:39] well left hand looks like it's an
[27:42] interval so we've got those notes that
[27:43] are spaced out and their Landmark notes
[27:45] second space from the bottom that would
[27:46] be C and this is G okay where does our
[27:50] right hand start that's not C hmm but I
[27:54] do know that if I kind of look here
[27:56] we've got a C is the third note I could
[27:58] count up c d e
[28:00] line one is e I'm gonna tell you that
[28:02] but that would be like a thought process
[28:03] to help you arrive there if you haven't
[28:05] memorized what all the note names are
[28:07] yet which I'm assuming you haven't
[28:08] because like I said super hard brand new
[28:10] language so we've got e here
[28:13] pattern is stepping down
[28:15] then we come back up measure two has
[28:17] three repeated E's
[28:20] then measure three we move down a step
[28:23] from the A and we've got three repeated
[28:24] D's and then we've got another okay
[28:27] we've got e and then we're jumping up to
[28:29] G so we've got that interval of a third
[28:30] a line note to a line note so my brain's
[28:32] like okay all right I see what's going
[28:34] on and then I scan through with my left
[28:36] hand and I'm like oh that's a fifth here
[28:38] and it's another one and it's another
[28:39] one and then we just put the top note of
[28:41] it and then back to C and then back up
[28:43] so my brain's already kind of got an
[28:46] idea of what's coming so now it's just a
[28:49] matter of getting my hands to do what's
[28:51] on the page so let's just pretend our
[28:54] left hand is taking a little vacation
[28:55] we'll come back to it in a moment and
[28:57] we'll figure out our right hand first so
[28:59] we've got e and we've got that step Bing
[29:01] down pattern and then it just changes
[29:03] Direction and steps back up so we could
[29:05] go stepping down and we've got three E's
[29:09] here
[29:11] you probably figured out the song
[29:13] already I know
[29:14] um so let's do it again e d c d e e
[29:20] half no step down d d half no Step Up e
[29:26] and jump up to G
[29:29] next line great news friends it repeats
[29:31] starts on either three finger step Bing
[29:34] down there's our front middle C step up
[29:36] to d three E's down to D up a step down
[29:43] a step and middle C
[29:45] your sight reading so our left hand is
[29:48] pretty straightforward we just got some
[29:49] of these
[29:50] um so you could play through that half
[29:53] no great big hole half note on C half
[29:58] note on G together
[30:01] half note half note G two three four c g
[30:07] c
[30:09] what's your left hand see JC is standing
[30:11] so we're gonna go a little slower
[30:13] we're going to put this together you can
[30:16] say the note names out loud with me that
[30:17] is ideal because this can help to
[30:18] reinforce what you're doing third finger
[30:20] on E
[30:21] C and G has a fifth and the left e
[30:24] d
[30:25] c d e e
[30:29] [Applause]
[30:32] D D D D left hand was down E G and G
[30:39] together and again if this is too hard
[30:42] right now just pick one hand and join me
[30:44] with one hand
[30:45] [Music]
[30:54] did it and it sounded really pretty so
[30:57] it is difficult to coordinate the hands
[30:59] especially like let's look at measure
[31:00] two we have to play e e and then we play
[31:03] it together again so this is one two
[31:06] three four this is one two three four
[31:11] there you go so comment below name the
[31:14] song and have fun practicing this when
[31:16] you are ready I'll see you at day five
[31:20] welcome to day five we are playing
[31:22] something super beautiful today and
[31:24] there's something new on your music so
[31:25] look closely
[31:27] you may notice that instead of it saying
[31:30] four four and the time signature we've
[31:31] got three four what does this mean well
[31:35] instead of there being one two three
[31:36] four beats in a measure there's one two
[31:40] three one two three it's gonna make your
[31:42] music feel a little different so just
[31:44] keep in mind we're counting to threes
[31:47] now starting with our left hand
[31:50] first note is Landmark note second space
[31:53] from the bottom in the bass clef low C
[31:57] so don't be intimidated because I know
[31:58] this music looks like there's a lot
[31:59] going on it's just patterns so the first
[32:03] measure we're playing C skipping D
[32:05] jumping up to e there's a third and then
[32:08] we've got our Landmark note of G so this
[32:09] is literally going jump up high it's
[32:12] playing a third and a third then our
[32:14] right hand comes in middle C and look at
[32:16] line line we're playing jump up high in
[32:20] our right hand same pattern so and if
[32:23] you want to you can press your pedal
[32:24] down because it'll sound like this
[32:27] and then it repeats
[32:30] so pretty it's just a c chord Play
[32:33] Broken one note at a time in each hand
[32:35] lovely okay so that's the first line
[32:38] feels good we've already played a whole
[32:40] line of music
[32:41] Thin Line things change a little bit so
[32:43] we just need to be careful for the first
[32:45] few moments here but we've got C again
[32:48] this is good but our next note is not e
[32:52] um it's actually one step up from e
[32:55] and our next note is not g it's actually
[32:57] one step up from G which is a so
[33:01] this is where you're gonna really have
[33:03] to like stop and think about where your
[33:05] Landmark notes are so you can orientate
[33:07] yourself around where you need to play
[33:09] so we know that this is seat this is a
[33:11] landmark note we can count up C next is
[33:14] D next is e next is f and soon
[33:16] eventually you're gonna memorize that
[33:18] that distance is a fourth it's this one
[33:20] two three four and then you can look at
[33:22] this F and you can go it's a line note
[33:24] oh my gosh we're skipping the space
[33:26] which is Gene we're just going to a it's
[33:28] it's a third
[33:30] c f a right hand and he guesses the same
[33:34] note c f a
[33:37] repeat f a c f a
[33:43] next line things are going to change
[33:46] again so
[33:48] left hand we normally start on C but
[33:51] look at this note is one below C it's
[33:54] going to sound crunchy at first I
[33:55] promise it's going to sound beautiful in
[33:57] a moment this is familiar we've played F
[33:59] before and then Landmark nope
[34:02] left hand same deal it's not my left
[34:04] hand I meant to say right hand I'm just
[34:05] taking a check if you're paying
[34:06] attention C is not the note but it's one
[34:09] step undersea B
[34:11] f
[34:13] G so let's just beginning of that line b
[34:17] f g b f
[34:21] G I'm holding my pedal b f g b f g and
[34:28] then we can reset our hands look at back
[34:30] to our jump up high pattern on C jump up
[34:35] high now don't freak out I'm gonna tell
[34:37] you exactly what to do here you're like
[34:38] what there's a new note it looks
[34:40] different it's way up high that's high C
[34:42] it's the C above middle C and for the
[34:45] fun of it because we want to be fancy
[34:46] today I want you to take your left hand
[34:47] cross it up and over
[34:49] and play it here
[34:51] so if we back up c e g c e g up and over
[34:57] C you can play with anything you like
[34:59] I'm playing it with my two finger and
[35:01] then back to home base we're playing C
[35:02] here and in our left hand we're playing
[35:04] a nice I haven't seen this one before
[35:06] this is gonna be a full c chord so we've
[35:09] got a C with an e in the middle and a g
[35:12] on the top but all play together so it
[35:13] sounds like this
[35:15] full and rich now this is a note value
[35:19] called a dotted half note so a half note
[35:21] equals two when you put a dot beside it
[35:23] it adds half of the value of the note
[35:25] it's beside to it which sounds very
[35:27] complicated when you say out loud I'm
[35:29] gonna just tell you right now dotted
[35:31] half note here means three Beats
[35:33] um so you could think half note equals
[35:35] two
[35:36] half of two is one that's what the dot
[35:38] gets add it to two two plus one is three
[35:40] ta-da we have our dotted half note and
[35:43] in my head I always think half no dot
[35:45] because that is three syllables and it
[35:48] makes it nice and easy for me to count
[35:49] in my head
[35:50] so before we play this all together
[35:52] let's just review the shapes the first
[35:54] line we're playing with c e and G let's
[35:56] jump up high
[35:57] the second line we're playing with c f
[36:00] and a so there's a fourth here and then
[36:03] we're moving up a third to the a fourth
[36:06] third CFA then we're moving everybody's
[36:09] kind of Shifting around here this is the
[36:10] tricky one b f
[36:13] and G so you've got G as a landmark note
[36:16] and you played F in the measure before
[36:19] and then we go back to our jump up high
[36:22] or C chord c e g to finish the song
[36:26] you're welcome to use the pedal lift it
[36:28] after each line so it doesn't start to
[36:29] sound muddy but all together
[36:33] what
[36:34] two here we go c e g c e g c e g c e g c
[36:47] f a c f another
[36:52] CFA c f a now this is a big move so this
[36:56] will take practice to get
[36:58] accurate take him take a moment here b f
[37:01] g b f g b f g b f g and c e g c e g up
[37:13] and over C two three two three I feel
[37:18] like a real
[37:20] piano player after like this one I know
[37:22] there's something really exciting about
[37:23] taking your hand up and over and playing
[37:25] a crossover it's pretty fun and the cool
[37:28] thing is once you really get this one
[37:31] speed it up
[37:32] [Music]
[37:41] so
[37:43] take advantage of that practice feature
[37:45] it's really going to help you to
[37:46] practice this song
[37:48] um so take your time practice speed it
[37:51] up slow it down find a temple that feels
[37:53] good for you and I'll see you at day six
[37:57] all right welcome back day six we've
[37:59] come so far so day six is pretty cool
[38:01] we're gonna be playing something that
[38:03] sounds familiar you'll probably know the
[38:05] song but before we do that we have to
[38:07] learn a new rhythmic value because
[38:09] reading notes or sight reading isn't
[38:10] just about knowing what note names to
[38:12] play it's about understanding the timing
[38:14] of them how to play them in time so
[38:17] we've got a whole bunch of C's my
[38:19] friends so we're just just be practicing
[38:21] this New Concept with our right hand and
[38:23] we've got see see we've got quarter
[38:26] notes c c they all equal one now in the
[38:29] next measure there's a lot going on
[38:31] we've got a whole bunch of C's there's
[38:33] more of them this time and they're
[38:34] connected by these little stems these
[38:37] are called eighth notes so you can play
[38:41] two eighth notes in the time that it
[38:43] takes to play one quarter note and this
[38:46] is why we count them as one and two and
[38:48] three and four and instead of one two
[38:51] three four
[38:53] so bear with me if you can clap that
[38:54] would be really really good so try
[38:55] clapping along we're gonna go one and
[38:58] two and three and
[39:00] one and one and two and three three and
[39:04] four and one
[39:06] two and three and four and one and two
[39:10] and three and four and
[39:12] and that's how eighth notes work so
[39:14] they're fun to play because they're
[39:15] faster and they equal half of the value
[39:18] of their quarter note counterpart so two
[39:20] eighth notes together equals one B so if
[39:23] we were to play that line make it
[39:24] musical we're back in four or four time
[39:26] just wanted to point that out we're
[39:28] gonna go one two three and four and one
[39:33] and two and three and four and one and
[39:38] two and three and four and one and two
[39:42] and three and four and all right so in
[39:46] the next line we've got more eighth
[39:47] notes but they look a little bit
[39:48] different the stem or the line that's
[39:51] connecting them together is longer so
[39:54] we've got one two three four eighths
[39:56] notes and this is how they're typically
[39:59] shown so when you have a succession of
[40:00] eighth notes all side by side there will
[40:03] usually be a stem connecting them
[40:05] um we showed them in little groupings
[40:07] earlier to help make sense of there's
[40:10] one beat there's two beats there's three
[40:11] beads there's four beats so here you
[40:13] have to kind of think oh I got a base I
[40:15] gotta really count this one and two and
[40:17] three and four and
[40:19] same thing it just looks a little
[40:21] different I want you to get used to
[40:22] seeing them both ways one and two and
[40:25] three and four and one and now the notes
[40:28] are moving up three and four and one and
[40:32] two and three and four and those half
[40:35] notes at the end
[40:36] so let's play this we'll count out loud
[40:38] together
[40:39] one two here we go one and two and three
[40:46] and four and one and two and three and
[40:49] four and one and two and three and four
[40:53] and one and two and three and four and I
[40:57] need to give you a heads up those notes
[40:59] are stepping out so I and then stepping
[41:01] down so low but hopefully you saw that
[41:04] pattern and you were like oh my gosh I
[41:05] knew it do we've talked about this
[41:07] before those notes are moving up I got
[41:08] this so that's a little crash course on
[41:11] eighth notes now on to the fun stuff
[41:13] because we're gonna play something
[41:14] familiar one of my favorite songs
[41:16] actually so let's just start with the
[41:20] left hand because we gotta get this
[41:22] ready we gotta know what we're doing
[41:23] we're gonna scan through bass clef we've
[41:25] got on mark C maybe you recognize this
[41:27] shape instantly right now and you're
[41:29] like oh I know that that's Fifth and
[41:30] next measure we're just hanging on to G
[41:32] next measure we're stepping down one
[41:34] from G that's f
[41:36] knowing how to say your alphabet
[41:38] backwards is like really really
[41:39] important to being a good sight reader
[41:41] so if you don't know how to say your
[41:43] alphabet backwards that's something that
[41:44] you should practice f e d c b a g
[41:47] anyways whole note
[41:50] g
[41:52] f and back to that beautiful fifth on
[41:55] CNG all right now let's look at our
[41:57] right hand so we know the first note is
[41:59] Middle C that one's familiar but this
[42:02] next note we did see it make a guest
[42:04] appearance in our last song from
[42:06] yesterday
[42:08] um but this is heisty It's the C above
[42:11] middle C it's on the third space from
[42:15] the bottom when you're looking at the
[42:17] treble clef and if you're a fan of
[42:18] acronyms you can spell the word face
[42:20] from bottom to top to help you identify
[42:22] these note names but this is just C no C
[42:25] middle C I lied middle C all the way up
[42:29] to high C they call that an octave same
[42:31] note different places if you've got
[42:33] teeny hands don't worry hold this for
[42:35] two beats Let It Go and tip onto your
[42:37] five finger to get to the high C and
[42:40] we'll count the Rhythm one two three
[42:44] four okay so here
[42:47] we've got a note that's one step down
[42:49] from high C from where we are because
[42:51] we're going from space down a step to
[42:54] the line
[42:55] okay and now
[42:57] just sort of take a moment to look at
[42:58] the patterns here we've got a line note
[43:00] we're skipping
[43:02] a we're jumping we've got a third also
[43:05] this is your Landmark note friends we're
[43:07] on G now it steps up steps up back to
[43:12] high c
[43:14] down to middle C
[43:16] I'm going to tell you the name of this
[43:18] note and we'll work on it a little bit
[43:20] later this is a
[43:21] and then Landmark note of G
[43:24] okay
[43:26] whoo
[43:27] so let's do this again C two up to high
[43:32] c three
[43:33] four and now we're gonna go down to B
[43:35] just down a step
[43:36] Landmark note to G A there's our eighth
[43:40] notes up to B and then
[43:44] high C so this this whole measure two
[43:46] starts on B
[43:48] tips or jumps down to G steps all the
[43:50] way up to C again and then back to
[43:53] middle C we're familiar with this we've
[43:56] got a and then Landmark node of G
[44:00] I'm familiar yet
[44:01] so our left hand is very simple one two
[44:05] three four B with G one and two and
[44:10] three and
[44:12] four and C is going to play with f one
[44:15] two
[44:16] three and four and G with a fifth in the
[44:21] left hand
[44:22] so pretty
[44:24] so this is where you know we're not kind
[44:27] of in this comfortable five note scale
[44:29] Zone anymore we've moved outside of it
[44:31] and it could be pushing your comfort
[44:33] zone a little bit and that's a good
[44:35] thing
[44:36] um and this is where it's okay to have
[44:38] that mixture of
[44:40] guesstimating through the notes using
[44:43] your acronyms if you ever took music in
[44:46] um like band class or you had piano
[44:48] lessons as a child you may have heard
[44:51] the acronyms and if you haven't I'm just
[44:52] going to tell them to you right now so
[44:54] you can use them as a backup plan if you
[44:55] need to treble clef if you spell the
[44:57] word face from the bottom to the top
[45:00] it's going to tell you the note names
[45:01] f-a-c-e
[45:03] or if you want to use the lines from
[45:05] bottom to top you could use Every Good
[45:08] Boy Deserves french fries or you could
[45:10] make up any acronym you like and that's
[45:12] going to help you to identify those
[45:13] names and in the bass clef the spaces
[45:16] the common one I grew up with was all
[45:18] cows eat grass and then for the lines
[45:20] was good boys to serve french fries
[45:23] always again you can make up any acronym
[45:26] you like those are the ones I was used
[45:28] to so for me over the years I initially
[45:31] started trying to use that acronym every
[45:32] time I had to play a note and that was
[45:34] not efficient then I tried to memorize
[45:36] them but I couldn't so it doesn't matter
[45:38] how many flash cards I saw I was just
[45:40] like ah you put music in front of me and
[45:42] I was lost
[45:43] so it became a combination of learning
[45:47] certain notes and making them Landmark
[45:48] notes just committing to I'm gonna know
[45:50] when I see this note It's gotta be this
[45:52] c
[45:53] um and that's what we've done we've
[45:54] Landmark C we've Landmark G in both the
[45:57] treble and the bass clef
[45:58] and so that's super helpful learning to
[46:00] find patterns in music and recognize the
[46:02] distances between notes so that you can
[46:04] go off Landmark nope that's a c and I
[46:06] know that this note's just a jump above
[46:08] it I didn't have to think ah I ever get
[46:10] no I just don't know to jump above
[46:11] there's the note this is what we're
[46:13] trying to do here is give you a bunch of
[46:15] tools that you can use and then when you
[46:17] see a piece of music that might be
[46:18] challenging you can grab from your
[46:21] little tool bucket do you put tools in a
[46:23] bucket tool to a kid and then be able to
[46:27] figure this out and this is the other
[46:29] big secret about sight reading is you
[46:31] know some people just can sit down and
[46:32] sight read and others have to like
[46:34] slowly figure out the notes played a few
[46:36] times memorize it nothing wrong with
[46:39] that as long as you're doing it
[46:40] correctly and then put it all together
[46:41] so
[46:43] all that to say we're going to play this
[46:45] little little bit one more time and then
[46:47] we've got our final day it's a bit of a
[46:48] bigger song
[46:49] um and we'll also be familiar and it'll
[46:51] be a ton of fun so here we go hands
[46:53] ready I'm gonna prepare for the stretch
[46:55] because I know this is where I'm going
[46:56] one two here we go see
[47:02] Hi-C
[47:06] this is going to be f with C A and then
[47:10] G with a fifth in the left hand
[47:13] awesome you did it so happy practicing I
[47:16] will see you in day seven
[47:18] congratulations you made it to day seven
[47:21] we are playing a full song what what uh
[47:24] and there are a lot of notes on the page
[47:25] but you have all of the skills that you
[47:28] need to be able to do this so we are
[47:30] going to be working on this one hand at
[47:32] a time we're going to start with our
[47:34] right hands I want you to ignore all of
[47:35] the left hand notes for now we're gonna
[47:38] figure out where we start and we're
[47:39] going to just sort of scan the music
[47:41] right now to look for patterns and then
[47:42] we're gonna just play it see what
[47:43] happens
[47:44] so our first note see if you can beat me
[47:46] to it is
[47:48] e so it's the very first line on the
[47:52] treble clef it's one two three up a
[47:55] third from middle C and so if you just
[47:57] look you're like oh look at you got two
[47:58] e's Step Up Step Up repeat down down
[48:01] down oh there's C our friend C and then
[48:03] step up and so you can kind of just see
[48:05] like the music is just like moving very
[48:07] fluidly up and down so let's just see if
[48:10] we can play that line together no stress
[48:12] just nice and slow we're gonna start on
[48:14] E one two here we go e e f g g f e d c c
[48:28] d e e d
[48:32] sound familiar
[48:34] next line is basically the same so we're
[48:37] going to start with E again e e Step Up
[48:40] f g g f e d down to c c d e d c c so
[48:52] they were the same that's awesome so
[48:54] once you play the first one you've got
[48:55] the first two lines of the song all
[48:57] right line three is a little bit
[48:58] different so let's just take a moment
[49:00] we've got some crazy rhythms we see our
[49:02] eighth notes in here we are starting on
[49:04] a new note this is one step up from C
[49:07] this is d so again if you're looking at
[49:10] that you're like I don't know what note
[49:11] it is don't stress this isn't about
[49:13] perfection right now this is about
[49:14] practice and improving our skills so if
[49:17] you have to be told that that's D and
[49:19] then you can take it from there it's no
[49:21] problem so we start on d d we're just
[49:24] going to clap this e c one and two and
[49:28] three and four and one and two and three
[49:32] and four and one and two and rest
[49:37] so let's play it starting on D with our
[49:39] two finger d d
[49:42] e there's our c d now we're gonna go e f
[49:46] e c let's play that measure again
[49:49] because it's a little bit tricky d e f e
[49:53] c kind of thing next measure d e f e d c
[50:00] d we've got a break because we're gonna
[50:02] play the G with our left hand later and
[50:04] then familiar territory friends e e f g
[50:09] repeat the G we're stepping down we're
[50:12] still stepping down we've got our friend
[50:14] C here Step Up Step Up step down and see
[50:20] you got the right hand so let's take a
[50:22] look at the left hand left hand's a
[50:24] little bit more complicated than this
[50:25] one
[50:27] so take a breath you know play this
[50:29] fifth by now that's feeling really
[50:30] familiar and then our first note outside
[50:33] of that is this e here so you could
[50:37] think like a jump down from G or jump up
[50:39] from C or you could just know that this
[50:42] is e then we're going to step down
[50:46] down to C and here's this little bit of
[50:49] a of a leap here so it's all the way up
[50:52] to F so this is going to be the most
[50:54] challenging Parts we've got our fifth
[50:55] we've got e d see up to F down to e up
[51:03] to f
[51:04] up to G and we've got another G
[51:08] then we're going to play that fifth
[51:09] again
[51:10] back to e down to C up to F with their
[51:14] two finger e e f g and then we're gonna
[51:19] step down to e
[51:22] then things get real simple whole
[51:24] measure of G
[51:27] I'll measure of G
[51:29] another whole measure of G
[51:31] and then we wait for two beats one two
[51:34] that little rest it's like it looks like
[51:36] a little Top Hat it's called a half rest
[51:37] and it equals the same amount as a half
[51:39] note so you just do nothing for two
[51:40] beats nothing nothing half no back to
[51:44] your full whole notes Here of CNG and
[51:47] then e d c familiar up to f
[51:52] down to e up
[51:54] up down e e you might be thinking that
[52:00] doesn't sound like anything Lisa well
[52:01] you're right doesn't really sound like a
[52:03] song but when you put it together it's
[52:05] going to harmonize it means it's going
[52:07] to create a really beautiful
[52:07] complementary sound so if you need to
[52:11] take time to learn these parts
[52:12] individually please take your time to do
[52:14] that but when you're ready we can put it
[52:16] together and it will sound like this
[52:20] one two here we go e e f g Get this e
[52:28] ready in the left we're stepping down
[52:30] together and then two fingers play at
[52:32] the same time is that amazing that's the
[52:34] hardest part I promise it's the hardest
[52:36] part of the whole thing so I just want
[52:37] to talk you through it one more time
[52:39] just to get the feel for it we're moving
[52:40] together eat
[52:41] up to G the second time we play G we're
[52:45] also playing e in our left hand now
[52:47] notice the notes are both moving in the
[52:50] same direction until we get to the end
[52:52] of the measure and all you have to think
[52:53] about friends is just play your two
[52:54] finger with each hand two finger two
[52:57] finger F and D now we can move together
[52:59] again so down both hands are going down
[53:02] this one's C and this one's e now both
[53:04] hands are moving up
[53:09] and then it repeats so get your third
[53:12] finger ready in the left we're working
[53:14] together stepping down two fingers
[53:17] together down
[53:19] up up
[53:20] down down
[53:25] it's amazing so depending on your level
[53:28] this might be something that you could
[53:30] play instantly or if you're still fairly
[53:32] new to the piano this could feel really
[53:34] hard because it's not just about notes
[53:36] here's where we're reading completely
[53:37] different things between the hands
[53:38] they're harmonizing each other and it's
[53:40] challenging so this could take a little
[53:42] bit to master and that's okay
[53:44] when you're ready the next portion of
[53:47] the song is going to sound like this so
[53:49] we have G in the left D in the right
[53:51] [Music]
[53:54] d e f e c d e f e d c d g
[54:05] guess what Home Free we've done this
[54:07] before
[54:08] get your third finger Ready Step Bing
[54:12] down and two fingers work together down
[54:15] up up down
[54:20] you just did it it's amazing that's
[54:23] sight reading so we've gone on quite the
[54:26] journey but you're here you're reading
[54:29] the notes and I hope that you are more
[54:31] confident with the notes that you see on
[54:33] the page now than you were when you
[54:34] started at day one all right so where do
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