When I reviewed the answers I received from many of my subscribers about what is holding them back from achieving their goals in organ playing, I realized that my list of subscribers is not made up from the advanced concert organists (although there are a few of them on my list). Instead the majority the people who read my articles are organists who struggle with the most basic tasks, like reading 3 lines of organ music, playing the organ without mistakes, playing hymns, sight-reading etc.
In fact, lack of formal training in sight-reading is one of the main reasons why organists have so much trouble learning new organ music. You see, many people think that a skill at sight-reading is developed by playing a bunch of unfamiliar music regularly and they are right about that.
Let's pretend that you are interested in learning to sight-read Bach's organ works. So you open the thick volume of his music, like vol. 1 of NBA edition with Orgelbuchlein and start playing from the beginning. What do you think will happen?
Obviously, if you are just starting the training in sight-reading, you will get stuck in the second measure of the chorale prelude "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 599 - a very beautiful piece, by the way. Then you might think, OK, I need to persevere because I'm just starting out. Then you will resist the tempatation to give up and while struggling, finish the piece.
Then the next day you might take another chorale prelude and the same thing might happen - you will make a lot of mistakes and get stuck in some difficult spot.
Do you think that by practicing this way you will develop your skill at sight-reading? My answer is not likely.
You see the same laws are valid both in organ playing and in sight-reading.
If you make a mistake and continue to play without correcting it, then you will be developing the skill to play with mistakes which obviously is not what you want. Likewise in sight-reading, if you are playing with a lot of mistakes, this will not get you very far.
Instead, you should play the piece that you are sight-reading without mistakes right from the beginning.
How is this possible? Well, practicing tempo should be very slow, the pieces should be easy enough at first and gradually have to become more and more advanced one step at a time.
In order to help you reach your goals in organ playing, I am releasing my brand new Organ Sight-Reading Master Course - a 9-month highly systematic step-by-step coaching program which you can take advantage of today.
Sign up for Organ Sight-Reading Master Course
Look for the special offer at the bottom of that page which will expire next Monday.
You will discover that with my system you will NOT get stuck in any measure, because I will be guiding you along the way. You can imagine that I will take you by the hand and lead to your goal one step at a time.
And so little by little over the course of the next 9 months, you will begin to notice tremendous changes in your organ playing abilities in general and sight-reading in particular. The good thing about my course is that you will not need to spend more than 15 minutes a day sight-reading the practice material I will send you.
How would that make you feel? Would you start feeling more confident in your skills? Would you like that kind of progress? Would the perfected skill in sight-reading help you reach your dream in organ playing?
If so, click on the link below and read more detailed information about this course. On that page you will also find the practice material for Week 1-Day 1 which you can print and try out to see if you like it.
Sign up for Organ Sight-Reading Master Course
Perhaps you are thinking if this course is right for you? Go ahead and get it now, don't worry, if you are not completely satisfied, I will give you 30 days money back guarantee!
Sign up for Organ Sight-Reading Master Course
To your success in organ playing,
Vidas Pinkevicius
In fact, lack of formal training in sight-reading is one of the main reasons why organists have so much trouble learning new organ music. You see, many people think that a skill at sight-reading is developed by playing a bunch of unfamiliar music regularly and they are right about that.
Let's pretend that you are interested in learning to sight-read Bach's organ works. So you open the thick volume of his music, like vol. 1 of NBA edition with Orgelbuchlein and start playing from the beginning. What do you think will happen?
Obviously, if you are just starting the training in sight-reading, you will get stuck in the second measure of the chorale prelude "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 599 - a very beautiful piece, by the way. Then you might think, OK, I need to persevere because I'm just starting out. Then you will resist the tempatation to give up and while struggling, finish the piece.
Then the next day you might take another chorale prelude and the same thing might happen - you will make a lot of mistakes and get stuck in some difficult spot.
Do you think that by practicing this way you will develop your skill at sight-reading? My answer is not likely.
You see the same laws are valid both in organ playing and in sight-reading.
If you make a mistake and continue to play without correcting it, then you will be developing the skill to play with mistakes which obviously is not what you want. Likewise in sight-reading, if you are playing with a lot of mistakes, this will not get you very far.
Instead, you should play the piece that you are sight-reading without mistakes right from the beginning.
How is this possible? Well, practicing tempo should be very slow, the pieces should be easy enough at first and gradually have to become more and more advanced one step at a time.
In order to help you reach your goals in organ playing, I am releasing my brand new Organ Sight-Reading Master Course - a 9-month highly systematic step-by-step coaching program which you can take advantage of today.
Sign up for Organ Sight-Reading Master Course
Look for the special offer at the bottom of that page which will expire next Monday.
You will discover that with my system you will NOT get stuck in any measure, because I will be guiding you along the way. You can imagine that I will take you by the hand and lead to your goal one step at a time.
And so little by little over the course of the next 9 months, you will begin to notice tremendous changes in your organ playing abilities in general and sight-reading in particular. The good thing about my course is that you will not need to spend more than 15 minutes a day sight-reading the practice material I will send you.
How would that make you feel? Would you start feeling more confident in your skills? Would you like that kind of progress? Would the perfected skill in sight-reading help you reach your dream in organ playing?
If so, click on the link below and read more detailed information about this course. On that page you will also find the practice material for Week 1-Day 1 which you can print and try out to see if you like it.
Sign up for Organ Sight-Reading Master Course
Perhaps you are thinking if this course is right for you? Go ahead and get it now, don't worry, if you are not completely satisfied, I will give you 30 days money back guarantee!
Sign up for Organ Sight-Reading Master Course
To your success in organ playing,
Vidas Pinkevicius
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