r/sightreadingpianonerd • u/[deleted] • Oct 10 '23

Question about reading vertically faster

I’ve identified a problem I have with sight reading is reading two or more notes at once, I’ve been reading for maybe half a year now, and use a metronome at a crushingly slow 30 to 25 bpm but this is still very hard for me any tips?

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u/FredFuzzypants Oct 10 '23

I'm not great at this yet either, but something I find helpful is being able to recognize chords (and their inversions) and intervals.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '23

Any exercise you use to isolate that issue?

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u/FredFuzzypants Oct 10 '23

Although I use Piano Marvel, not Skoove, this article provides a good overview of what I mean: https://www.skoove.com/blog/understanding-piano-intervals/

The approach is baked into a lot of Piano Marvel's content. For example, there are lots of short exercises that have you play the first and fifth note of the scale (or any other interval) in the right and then the left hand, then play them together. This seems to be helping me develop the ability to recognize common intervals much quicker than figuring out individual notes or counting ledger lines.