I found this site recently:

http://www.musictheory.net/index.html

I went into the "note trainer", set it to use both the treble and bass clefs, and timed myself to see how fast I could reach 100 correct responses. My first attempt was 4:21 with 8 wrong (usually from mixing up the clefs). I'm sure I can cut that down quite a bit though with practice and hopefully it will transfer to my reading while playing.

Note - I've only been reading music for 3 months now.

Great site!

That's great Leon.
That's the site my teacher uses in conjuction with our class.
I really like the site and I found the trainers really helpful.

Leon
That is a fun one and will help you to identify notes quicker.
This is my favorite - because you have to find the exact note on the keyboard.

http://astro.sci.uop.edu/~harlow/piano/index.html

I have been using these note games almost daily for about a month and it has helped me more than anything.

Some good practice sites listed, but the following is the one that I have tried and like the best:

http://www.emusictheory.com/practice/pianoKeys.html

I am only about a week into trying to learn to read music, so I have it setup just for the treble cleff, no ledgers or sharps/flats, so just the 11 notes from D to G. I like that you respond with a keyboard that has all the keys on it rather than the letter name of the note, since the whole idea is to hit a piano key rather than name a letter. But that's just my preference. My goal someday when reading a sheet is to see a note and automatically hit a key, often without even thinking what letter the note actually is. Just like im doing now using a computer keyboard, I don't really spell out each word, but just think the word and my fingers know how to type it. Someday.... someday.... I would like to be able to read, at least lead music, that way.

As this early point, I can do 100 notes in about 200 seconds with perhaps 4-7 mistakes, so not bad so far. Some notes I can identify almost immediately while others can sometimes stump me for a couple of seconds, but I am getting better at it. Sometimes I find myself "reading" the interval rather than the note when I see that the next note is a right next to the note I just played, or two notes away.... that kind of thing where I don't really think about the note but the distance.

There are several other drills on this site including one that usings letter names rather than a keyboard, but it has the advantage of being more configurable. For example, you could only drill on the ledger notes above the treble staff to really focus on learning just those notes until you have it down, and then expand the number of notes. Unfortunately, the drill above does not allow you to narrow your practice that way.

Good luck Leon and other fellow piano newbies like me!



/Scruffies

Just tried it again but first spent a little time to picture the notes in my head, especially the ledger lines. Did 100 notes (both clefs) in 3:20 this time with only 1 mistake I'd say that's a quick improvement. Now I'll go play and it'll probably take me a minute just to figure out one note.

I'll check out the other suggested sites too.

Nice site.

LOL.
That's great though. My teacher tell us need to learn this stuff so it's second nature. So we can name intervals, key signatures etc immediately. My problem is my nerves. I panic. So when we get a quiz I freak out and can't think straight-LOL.

Well I guess the more I study the less effect my nerves will have on me....right?