Intervals & Sight-Reading Piano Sheet Music

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Learn how intervals help you to read piano sheet music, in this free video on music instruction and piano techniques.

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Intervals & Sight-Reading Piano Sheet Music
Hello! I am Annie Brunson on behalf of Expert Village. Today we’re going to learn about intervals and how intervals will help you site read. When you learn how to site read, it is very useful to be able to recognize certain intervals. The first interval that we’re going to learn is the second. Basically, that is just a tone. They’re two notes next to each other. Make sure it’s a whole tone. That’s a second. The next interval is the third, a major third. To figure out what a major third is, you take the starting note and go 1, 2, 3 and it’s the fourth note. It is a major third. So if we start on an E: 1, 2, 3, 4, that would be a major third. If you start on an A, for example, a major third will be 1, 2, 3, 4. The next interval is a perfect fourth: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. So it is five notes. It is a perfect fourth. So if you start on an F: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, that’s a perfect fourth. If you notice, it has an empty type sound. The next interval is a perfect fifth. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. It’s the seventh note from where you start. Starting on an F: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Notice how it is written. Next, we have a major 6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and then a 7.

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Expert: Annie Brunson has a degree in Music and Theater from Bretton Hall and has taught piano, oboe, and middle school band. Read More