One of the main difficulties in sight-reading at the piano is the simple fact that we have two lines to read rather than just one, as most other instrumentalists have. With our eyes constantly shuttling back and forth between the staves, and trying to read ahead at the same time, it is no wonder that we don’t always have sufficient time to see everything on the page.
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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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