Advanced Sight-Reading Curriculum - Part 3
Playing by Ear
Although playing by ear might seem to be the opposite of sight-reading, we read with our ears as much as with our eyes. The inner ear helps us to navigate a new score, predict what is coming and improvise when the eyes haven’t had enough time to absorb everything. The third part of our Advanced Sight-Reading curriculum serves to strengthen the role of the ear by developing skills ranging from playing by ear, filling in harmony intuitively, reading open scores and improvising.
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Ken Johansen
Ken Johansen is a pianist, teacher, and writer based in Baltimore, where he teaches at the Peabody Conservatory. His projects include the iPad sight-reading app Read Ahead, a keyboard harmony textbook Harmony at the Piano, the From the Ground Up series and an advanced sight-reading curriculum.
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