3 ms·

What is the shortcut for getter faster at sight reading other than just trying to sight read new music?

NonNefarious 4y ago
One thing I've been looking for is instructional software that shows the staff with notes on it and illuminates the notes you're ACTUALLY playing instead of just the ones you're supposed to be playing. I don't know why this seems to be rare; isn't it the obvious thing to do?
- jacquesm 4y ago
  Yes, this is what I do with pianojacq.com, there is a cursor for each of your fingers.
  - NonNefarious 4y ago
    Thanks. But it doesn't work with Safari, and I really don't want a Web-based thing anyway. I sympathize with your complaint about Firefox, though. But check this out: https://blog.karimratib.me/2022/04/23/firefox-webmidi.html https://blog.karimratib.me/2022/04/23/firefox-webmidi.html Ugh, now that I've skimmed that, it looks like it's still a major pain in the ass. With Firefox fading fast, you'd think they'd be a little smarter about enabling features that make it competitive. Aaand now that I've tried your page and another WebMIDI test page mentioned in a Firefox issue with Firefox 101, it still isn't working. So I don't know where that article is getting all that.
TT-392 4y ago
Idk if it is actually gonna work, I'll only know that after I try it. But right now, I notice that one of my biggest bottlenecks in reading music, is that, whenever there is a note that is quite a bit away from the clef, or other notes I played before, it takes me some time to recognize what note it is. Right now I am planning to make an app that shows me notes, I'll have to press that key as quickly as possible, and then the next note pops up. I then plan to have a bit of an anki type thing going on, where, if you get a note or chord right, and within a short amount of time, it takes longer for that same note or chord to show up again. I am not expecting this to be a silver bullet for sightreading. There is still gonna have to be a lot of actual music reading involved, but it is the goal for this to eliminate a bottleneck and give me a bit of a head start. I just want to do more playing and less searching for now.
- bambax 4y ago
  I'm making a webapp to learn sight reading (only sight reading, not playing the keyboard or any other instrument for that matter): https://babeloop.com https://babeloop.com It works well on mobile and so you can use it anywhere. I'm just getting started. Interested in any feedback!

One thing I've been looking for is instructional software that shows the staff with notes on it and illuminates the notes you're ACTUALLY playing instead of just the ones you're supposed to be playing. I don't know why this seems to be rare; isn't it the obvious thing to do?

jacquesm 4y ago
Yes, this is what I do with pianojacq.com, there is a cursor for each of your fingers.
- NonNefarious 4y ago
  Thanks. But it doesn't work with Safari, and I really don't want a Web-based thing anyway. I sympathize with your complaint about Firefox, though. But check this out: https://blog.karimratib.me/2022/04/23/firefox-webmidi.html https://blog.karimratib.me/2022/04/23/firefox-webmidi.html Ugh, now that I've skimmed that, it looks like it's still a major pain in the ass. With Firefox fading fast, you'd think they'd be a little smarter about enabling features that make it competitive. Aaand now that I've tried your page and another WebMIDI test page mentioned in a Firefox issue with Firefox 101, it still isn't working. So I don't know where that article is getting all that.

TT-392 4y ago

Idk if it is actually gonna work, I'll only know that after I try it. But right now, I notice that one of my biggest bottlenecks in reading music, is that, whenever there is a note that is quite a bit away from the clef, or other notes I played before, it takes me some time to recognize what note it is. Right now I am planning to make an app that shows me notes, I'll have to press that key as quickly as possible, and then the next note pops up. I then plan to have a bit of an anki type thing going on, where, if you get a note or chord right, and within a short amount of time, it takes longer for that same note or chord to show up again. I am not expecting this to be a silver bullet for sightreading. There is still gonna have to be a lot of actual music reading involved, but it is the goal for this to eliminate a bottleneck and give me a bit of a head start. I just want to do more playing and less searching for now.

bambax 4y ago
I'm making a webapp to learn sight reading (only sight reading, not playing the keyboard or any other instrument for that matter): https://babeloop.com https://babeloop.com It works well on mobile and so you can use it anywhere. I'm just getting started. Interested in any feedback!