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Thanks, everyone, for trying to help me with this. I realize that there is no one easy answer for how the eyes should move while reading. I like the idea, though, of being able to take a “snapshot” of both staves simultaneously of a chunk of a measure at a time, then play it and move to the next chunk. I noticed recently that these chunks seem to correspond well to the time signature of the piece. A snapshot skill could come in handy, especially for structures that aren’t chordal. But it will take time to learn how to take more in, as Kreig mentioned, because I’m so used to going up/down over and over again.
Elizabeth,
Sorry–I meant just playing, not sightreading. Actually, one of the earlier posts switched the topic to sightreading. My original topic just wanted to focus on how people move their eyes when they’re reading music. I realize that different methods are employed, depending on whether someone is sightreading or just reading a piece he/she has already learned.
Tacye,
For my clarification–if you’re sightreading a more complicated piece, then are your eyes moving quickly up/down from treble to base or the reverse (but slightly ahead of what you’re playing) or are they taking in a chunk (or whole) of the measure all at once, like a snapshot?
I feel like you do, Sherj, that I am not very successful at reading music well.
Elizabeth, when you say that you read the harmonies, does this mean that you’ve memorized the melody line and therefore don’t need to look at it while you’re playing the harmony?
Also, if anyone else can answer the other question that I had about where to place one’s eyes while reading music (for example, between the staves of each half measure?), that would be helpful to me. Thanks!
Thanks, Alison and Saul!
Saul, it’s really great what you can do. Where do you aim your eyes while reading each measure—between the staves and in the middle of each measure, or somewhere else?
Just wanted to add that I’m used to sitting at a full-sized Troubadour harp. Surely there must be some Dusty Strings 36 owners in our community who can advise me about the correct body height as it relates to sitting at this type of harp?
Hi Donna,
Could you send me an email with the attachments? mariaharp2@gmail.com
MariaThat would be great. My email is mariaharp2@gmail.com. Thanks!
Hi Philippa,
I looked for the Sony ICD model that you recommended, but they all have lots of numbers after the “ICD”. What is the full model number of the one that you have?I watched one of the videos as well before I posted. I considered what I was saying to be a teaching moment, given that I believe that Sherry understands the difference between right and wrong.
You also need to admit that the comment that you made above on this thread, “No I did not curse anyone of you when you refused to support me” is untrue. You said about the harpists on this forum the following remark in the post that I linked to : “Yet, all these nasty harpists has some nerve to go in and say that my article is bad, tasteless, and it’s a joke. If they think my article is bad and asking you for money to buy a pedal harp is tasteless, screw them!” “Screw them” is a phrase of profanity/cursing, and you should have never used it in the first place and shouldn’t have denied in this thread that you did it.
Here is the link to Sherry’s thread that supports what I said above: http://www.harpcolumn.com/forums/coffee-break/posts/21517
Sherry edited the original blog post that I took the quotation from.
