What is sight reading?
Simply put; sight reading is reading a piece of music for the first time.
Why should students practice sight reading?
Reading music is like reading any other language. The more you do it, the better you will be at it. If you were learning a new language and only practiced reading a few pages of text out of a book; you would get really good at reading that passage, but it would ultimately limit your ability to learn new material and understand the language itself. The more diverse the material you read, the more you will understand the nuances of music and the easier it will be to pick up new material. Once you have experience reading from sight, you should be able to pick up new music much faster than before and with more accuracy.
The methodology behind it
.
- Remember that reading from sight is all about reading new material.
- The level of the material should be slightly easier than the material you practice on a regular basis.
- If you can, find a book with many short examples that are written in many types of key signatures. A church hymnal is a book for examples, but there are books out there created just for reading by sight.
- When you sight read, play slowly. The goal is accuracy and not necessarily speed. If you find the material easy to read, than try playing it a little faster.
- Only play through an example once or twice. If you play through it multiple times, it is no longer sight reading. However, you may want to play a few times just to spot some of the mistakes that you made on the first play through.
- Sight read consistently over long periods of time.
- Add in dynamics and articulations if you feel confident playing the notes in the example.
- Sight read music from different time periods. Try some Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and other famous composers. You should probably do this once you have some experience sight reading already since these pieces can be a little difficult for someone just starting to practice reading from sight.
- Try to be as accurate as you can with the tempo. If a passage has a difficult rhythm, try playing straight through the best you can. After you have played through the entire example, then go back and figure out/correct the rhythm.
To sum it all up. While this type of practice may not seem instantly gratifying, it is essential in refining the practice and learning process. The more the process is refined, the faster you will be able to learn songs and the more accurate your playing will be.
Simply put; sight reading is reading a piece of music for the first time.
Why should students practice sight reading?
Reading music is like reading any other language. The more you do it, the better you will be at it. If you were learning a new language and only practiced reading a few pages of text out of a book; you would get really good at reading that passage, but it would ultimately limit your ability to learn new material and understand the language itself. The more diverse the material you read, the more you will understand the nuances of music and the easier it will be to pick up new material. Once you have experience reading from sight, you should be able to pick up new music much faster than before and with more accuracy.
The methodology behind it
.
- Remember that reading from sight is all about reading new material.
- The level of the material should be slightly easier than the material you practice on a regular basis.
- If you can, find a book with many short examples that are written in many types of key signatures. A church hymnal is a book for examples, but there are books out there created just for reading by sight.
- When you sight read, play slowly. The goal is accuracy and not necessarily speed. If you find the material easy to read, than try playing it a little faster.
- Only play through an example once or twice. If you play through it multiple times, it is no longer sight reading. However, you may want to play a few times just to spot some of the mistakes that you made on the first play through.
- Sight read consistently over long periods of time.
- Add in dynamics and articulations if you feel confident playing the notes in the example.
- Sight read music from different time periods. Try some Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and other famous composers. You should probably do this once you have some experience sight reading already since these pieces can be a little difficult for someone just starting to practice reading from sight.
- Try to be as accurate as you can with the tempo. If a passage has a difficult rhythm, try playing straight through the best you can. After you have played through the entire example, then go back and figure out/correct the rhythm.
To sum it all up. While this type of practice may not seem instantly gratifying, it is essential in refining the practice and learning process. The more the process is refined, the faster you will be able to learn songs and the more accurate your playing will be.
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