Been playing piano for nearly 3 years but I can't read sheet music. Where do I start?
I've been playing piano for nearly 3 years now, but I've learned almost everything through Synthesia/MIDI videos on YouTube where you can see the notes falling onto the keyboard. I can pick up songs pretty well that way, but I barely know how to read sheet music.
I've played in a band before, was in my school's production where I played well known songs, and I'll probably be the keyboardist for our next school production. The problem is that for the upcoming production, I can't just search up a Synthesia video because the keyboard parts are a specific arrangement from the score.
At the moment I only really know one note on the staff, and I know that the treble clef is generally for the right hand and the bass clef is for the left hand. That's about it.
So, what's the best way to actually learn to read sheet music from where I am now? Are there any books, apps, websites, or practice methods you'd recommend? Also, how long did it take you before reading music started to feel natural?
I'd really appreciate any advice, especially from people who learned to play first and only started reading music later.