Read Music in 7 Days 🎼🎵 (Beginner Piano Lesson with Downloads)

[00:00] hello and welcome to seven days to sight

[00:02] reading so reading notes is hard it's

[00:04] like learning a whole new language and

[00:06] if you have ever struggled to read notes

[00:08] with your right hand and read notes in

[00:09] your left hand and put it all together

[00:10] then number one you're not alone but

[00:12] number two this video is exactly for you

[00:14] you've broken it up into seven days now

[00:17] you can enjoy this one day at a time you

[00:19] can do it all at once or you can take

[00:20] multiple days with each of the segments

[00:21] that's completely up to you the point is

[00:23] is that you're going to learn by doing

[00:25] so instead of getting out a chalkboard

[00:27] and writing down note names and using

[00:29] flashcards and trying to memorize it all

[00:30] we're going to learn by playing you're

[00:32] gonna see music I'm gonna walk you

[00:34] through we're gonna do it together and

[00:35] by the end of the seven days you're

[00:37] going to begin to recognize patterns and

[00:39] music you'll have instincts for the

[00:41] rhythm you're going to be sight reading

[00:42] songs that sound familiar and maybe you

[00:44] even love so I'm very excited to get

[00:46] started let's dive in alright day one

[00:49] let's get started so in front of you

[00:52] you're going to see some blank music I'm

[00:54] just gonna give you some ground rules so

[00:55] that you understand where we're starting

[00:56] and then we're going to start playing

[00:57] and learning from there so first things

[00:59] first we we've got a bunch of measures

[01:01] there are four of them to be specific so

[01:03] they're just these sort of little

[01:04] sections that you're going to see

[01:06] divided off in this first line of Music

[01:08] at the beginning of the line you're

[01:10] going to see a treble clef which means

[01:11] we're going to play with our right hand

[01:13] and below that you're going to see a

[01:14] bass clef which means we're going to

[01:15] play with our left hand and the rest of

[01:19] it we're going to learn as we go the

[01:21] only other thing I want to point out is

[01:22] that each the treble clef and the bass

[01:24] clef you can think of them as like

[01:25] little houses or areas of their own and

[01:28] they each have five lines and four

[01:31] spaces so just kind of think about that

[01:33] five lines four spaces so now it's time

[01:36] to begin playing so now we've got actual

[01:39] notes in front of us now the first notes

[01:41] we see are existing in something called

[01:43] the treble clef which we've already

[01:44] talked about and so I just want you to

[01:45] take your right hand and place it on the

[01:47] seat in the most middle part of your

[01:49] piano this is called middle C and middle

[01:52] C is a note that you just gotta memorize

[01:54] you gotta make best friends with it

[01:55] because if we can learn where C is we

[01:57] can learn where d and e and f and g and

[01:59] all the rest of them are so we've got in

[02:02] our first measure four middle C's we're

[02:04] going to play them with our right hand

[02:05] because they're in the treble clef so

[02:07] let's just try it c c c

[02:10] now we have nothing in this treble clef

[02:14] in the next measure except this little

[02:15] square guy which is a rest it means do

[02:17] nothing

[02:18] we have notes in our bass clef now and

[02:20] so that means we're going to play with

[02:21] our left hand and here's the kicker this

[02:24] is also middle C they look different

[02:26] because of where they're written but

[02:27] they're the same note on your keyboard

[02:29] so take your left hand and play middle C

[02:32] this time with the left hand use your

[02:34] thumb and we're going to play one two

[02:36] three four of those so for this line of

[02:40] Music we're actually sharing middle C

[02:42] between the hands starts with the right

[02:43] hand c c c c then left hand c c c now

[02:50] back to right c c and this one looks

[02:53] different so you're gonna hold this one

[02:55] for two counts you're gonna think in

[02:57] your head one two because this guy is a

[02:59] half note so let's just play that

[03:01] measure together c c one two now our

[03:05] left hand gets to turn one two two okay

[03:09] we just got through our first line of

[03:11] music now let's look at the beginning of

[03:13] the line one more time and you're gonna

[03:14] notice we've got four four at the

[03:16] beginning that's our time signature

[03:18] future and it tells us and each of these

[03:20] measures we're going to have four

[03:22] beats just like this you can clap along

[03:26] one two three four one two three three

[03:30] four so the notes that are colored in

[03:33] our quarter notes and they get one so

[03:34] we've got four of those in our first

[03:36] measure we got four of those in our

[03:37] second measure and then our third

[03:39] measure we've got two quarter notes so

[03:41] one two and then the half note three

[03:43] four so if we were to count and play

[03:47] this again one two three four one two

[03:52] three four one two hold one two hold and

[03:59] you've just read your first line of

[04:00] music all right let's continue to the

[04:02] next line of music so here things are

[04:04] starting to move around a little bit so

[04:06] that first note you see is Middle C it's

[04:08] in the treble clef we know we're gonna

[04:09] play with our right hand but notice how

[04:11] the notes are now moving up we've got a

[04:13] note that has a line through it that's C

[04:15] then the note right next to it and the

[04:17] next possible spot this is D and then

[04:21] the next possible spot is a line note

[04:22] and that is an e

[04:24] so here is where we really get to put in

[04:26] practice letting go of trying to

[04:28] memorize that this one is e and this one

[04:30] is f and this one is C that'll come in

[04:32] time right now we are simply memorizing

[04:34] that this is C and looking for the

[04:36] pattern the notes are moving up in steps

[04:39] incrementally right next to each other

[04:41] so we can memorize that pattern and we

[04:43] can think c d e and notice I held that e

[04:48] the one that's not colored in for two

[04:49] beats let's do it again c d e

[04:54] now follow along the next measure we

[04:56] play the exact same note we're going to

[04:58] play that e again and this time the

[05:00] pattern is moving down in increments in

[05:02] steps we're moving from a line to a

[05:05] space to a line so we've got step bing

[05:09] up

[05:11] stepping down that feels great now our

[05:15] left hand we're gonna move it so that

[05:18] our five finger that's your baby finger

[05:20] is on the C below middle C and this is

[05:23] the second note I would like you to try

[05:25] to memorize there's only going to be a

[05:27] few of these notes you have to really

[05:28] memorize in this series and this is one

[05:30] of them this is called Losi so it's the

[05:33] C below middle C and you can memorize it

[05:36] because it's in the second space from

[05:38] the bottom of that bass clef and so if

[05:40] we've got our five finger on C here and

[05:42] we've got our right hand one finger on C

[05:44] we're in C position ready to play a C

[05:46] scale but we're reading notes we're not

[05:47] going to do that right now but what I do

[05:49] want you to notice is the pattern we've

[05:51] got a C we're going up to the next

[05:52] possible spot which we can only Zoom as

[05:55] a d and then to the next possible spot

[05:56] which we can only assume is an e for

[05:58] half note and then that e repeats step

[06:01] bang down

[06:04] you got it now in the next line I know

[06:07] this is crazy but I promised you we

[06:08] learned how to play hands together the

[06:10] notes are doing the exact same thing so

[06:11] we've got middle C and we've got low C

[06:14] and if you look you scan with your eyes

[06:16] you can see the notes are stepping up

[06:17] repeat the note and step down so if we

[06:20] can do that together

[06:21] stepping up repeat

[06:25] stepping down take a breath

[06:29] now our left hand is going to play and

[06:31] hold this C and our right hand is going

[06:33] to play middle C step up back to C

[06:38] and then the final measure we're on that

[06:40] first line I'm going to tell you right

[06:41] now it's an e and we're going to play

[06:42] the C again we're going to go step Bing

[06:45] down

[06:47] now if you're thinking oh my gosh this

[06:49] is a lot I didn't get it don't worry

[06:51] we're gonna play this together right now

[06:53] a couple of times I'm going to say the

[06:55] notes out loud with you we're going to

[06:57] go very slowly and by the end of this

[06:59] you will be recognizing these patterns

[07:01] you'll be feeling comfortable with the

[07:03] location of c and this will all like

[07:06] you'll have light bulb moments you'll be

[07:07] like oh my gosh I actually reading these

[07:08] notes so let's go from the beginning

[07:10] right hand is going to be ready left

[07:13] hand is going to be ready to share

[07:14] middle C for the first line take a

[07:17] breath

[07:19] one two here we go c c c c left hand c c

[07:29] c c right hand c c half no let's see C

[07:36] half no right hand step bing up

[07:43] stepping down your left hand five finger

[07:45] ready on Losi

[07:47] stepping up same thing step bang down

[07:52] now we're gonna go together step being

[07:55] up

[07:57] stepping down

[08:00] step up back to C and then e d c you did

[08:07] it one more time together this time

[08:09] we're saying the note names out loud

[08:10] here we go one two here we go c c c c c

[08:16] c c c c so many c c c c c c c now it's

[08:25] gonna move c d e

[08:29] e d c left hand c d e e d c together c d

[08:38] e e

[08:40] d c and then c d c e d c and if it's

[08:48] really tricky to play that left hand C

[08:50] and hold it just worry about your right

[08:51] hand for the end of the song for now

[08:53] until you feel a little bit more

[08:54] practiced and confident all right so

[08:56] there you go now if you're thinking I

[08:58] need a little bit more practice don't

[09:00] worry we've got you covered because we

[09:01] actually have a practice feature that

[09:04] you can play along with you can speed up

[09:06] slow down you can even download the

[09:07] sheet music and it's available for you

[09:09] in a link just below this video

[09:11] completely free so if you want to take

[09:13] advantage of that make sure you check

[09:14] out the link below this video and I'll

[09:16] see you in day two welcome to day two so

[09:20] in day two we're having some more fun

[09:22] with musical patterns so we've got let's

[09:24] just dive in so let's take our right

[09:26] hand you all know by now that the first

[09:27] note we see is Middle C so it lives

[09:30] below the treble clef staff it's got a

[09:31] line through it you're gonna play it

[09:32] here with your right hand one finger now

[09:35] just take a look forward so we we're

[09:37] seeing that we've got a C and then we've

[09:39] got one note exactly just after that

[09:40] it's got to be D and then it steps up

[09:43] again that's e this is familiar from

[09:44] yesterday but then we keep going we've

[09:47] got a note on the space just after that

[09:50] line of e so f and then we're gonna go

[09:53] up one more into the next measure and

[09:54] we've got a g

[09:56] and now this G does not have a stem it

[09:59] 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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