Most people who wear glasses have a hard time at the piano. It is ideal to optimize your glasses specifically for the piano. Reading glasses are for 10-14 inches distance. Distance glasses are for driving or watching movies. For piano, we need what is called “intermediate” prescription. This is about 20-25 inches. Another thing that is important for piano glasses is that this intermediate prescription be in a single lens! (Not bifocals or progressive lenses.) This is because the distance between your eyes to the sheet music stand is usually the SAME distance as your eyes to the piano keyboard. Another thing that is important when creating piano glasses is that they are in large or “oversize” frames. This way, you can keep your head slightly tilted downward — and with your eyes you can look up at the sheet music and down at your hands, rather than with your whole head. With correct piano glasses, wherever you look, your view will be WITHIN the frames AND in focus. For more information on this topic please go here: https://www.piano-glasses.com
