PUTTING THE CLEFS TOGETHER!

One of the challenging aspects about playing piano, is that you need to be able to play BOTH treble clef and bass clef at the same time! (most instruments usually only use one clef at a time). This video recaps some of the things we've looked at so far, and shows you a system for relating the two clefs to each other.

PRACTICE TIME!

Now it's time to put everything that we've learnt so far all together, and practice playing some tunes. With each of these pieces, it's a good idea to take each element one at a time until you've mastered it, and then work on another. In other words, start by just looking at the treble clef. Work out the rhythm first, and then slowly play through the notes (without worrying at all about the rhythm. Once you've got the notes down, put on a metronome (slowly!) and try playing the notes WITH the rhythm. Then repeat the same process with the left hand. Once you've done that, try both hands together, one bar at a time. 

EXTENSION EXERCISE!

If you've really mastered this sight reading thing already, have a go at some of these. They use a few things we haven't looked at yet - like key signatures and ledger lines, and they're really written for quite experienced pianists,  but it's worth just watching listening and following along (even if they're too challenging to play yet) - it will give you a really good idea of how 'real' piano pieces are put together and help lift your sight reading to a new level!