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Continue with it- my teacher gives me plenty of options such as an old music book or a hymn book. depending on what you play ( I play piano) you will expierience a big improvement if you sight read at least once once every day in your musical practice.
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Concentrate on recognizing what notes go where. For instance, the G sits on top on the treble clef, so stare at the sheet music playing a G. Continue learning the notes ONE BY ONE from middle C to the G (or whatever range you use most often). This enables you to play the note as soon as you see it instead of constantly saying, "hmmm, every good boy does... OK that's an F!" And don't rush it. Speed comes naturally. Always practice slowly. As for keys other than C major, play the scales over and over to get used to the sharps and/or flats, until you immediately identify which sharps are used for a given scale. For instance, if I say "A major" you should immediately think "C#, F#, G#."
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Practice as much as possible. One tip that a teacher of mine gave me was to think ahead. As soon as you start singing/playing the note you are on, you are already thinking about the notes that are coming next.
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Practice it a lot. Learn to group notes into phrases, so you can view more at once. You don't really read one word at at time, right? You read them in groups, and the larger the group, the faster you can read. My band director took a speed reading class to help him sight read better. He said it only helped, though, because of the grouping trick. Also, I learned in playing the piano, since you have to look at several notes at once, to just look at the relationships between notes. If your first not is a treble C, you know that the notes on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd line will be E, G and B...without having to think of what they are. It sort of just becomes a reflex. However, it is not always good to forget names of notes while you play, so be careful with that method.
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Other people have addressed some of the important steps to becoming a better sight reader. These are to practice sight reading often and learn to look ahead in the music. There are also other techniques that I have learned that have greatly improved my ability to sight read. One is to practice reading rhythms. It is the most tedious and frustrating work, but if you learn to read all of the common rhythm combinations you already have that hurdle jumped when you are staring down a sight reading piece. Another piece of advice I have is to learn a little bit of theory so you know what to expect from the music because you'll understand it better and just learn to read the music properly (this includes notes, musical terms, rhythms, crescendo markings, articulation markings, key signatures, time signatures, ect.).
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Look up for the 'Prima Vista Notes'. It is like regular piano notes but has a little change. There are no sharps and flats. Instead, the flats and sharps are built in inside the note and it looks as half white half black. You play the black side. Right for sharp and left for flat. This way it is easy to spot a black notes and it reduces mistakes by vast.
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Piano Sight Reading Tip #1- Eyes are always a step ahead of hands When your hands are playing the first beat of a measure, the eyes are already glancing at the second beat of the same measure. Piano Sight Reading Tip #2 - Keeping a steady tempo It is important to keep counting a steady tempo even if you miss a few notes here and there. It you are not used to counting rhythm out loud, you can start practicing by clapping. Watch for the smallest values of the piece. If the piece has eighth notes, then count 1& 2 & etc. Keep the tempo really slow in the beginning. Watch for keys - Always start a piece by knowing the key signatures. Check for the beginning and the last note/chord. They are usually the same chord. The chord of the last note will tell you what key it is. Once you know the key you can anticipate the black keys (sharps or flats of the key). http://www.yokewong.net/sightreading.html
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Piano Sight Reading Tip #1- Eyes are always a step ahead of hands When your hands are playing the first beat of a measure, the eyes are already glancing at the second beat of the same measure. Piano Sight Reading Tip #2 - Keeping a steady tempo It is important to keep counting a steady tempo even if you miss a few notes here and there. It you are not used to counting rhythm out loud, you can start practicing by clapping. Watch for the smallest values of the piece. If the piece has eighth notes, then count 1& 2 & etc. Keep the tempo really slow in the beginning. Watch for keys - Always start a piece by knowing the key signatures. Check for the beginning and the last note/chord. They are usually the same chord. The chord of the last note will tell you what key it is. Once you know the key you can anticipate the black keys (sharps or flats of the key). http://www.yokewong.net/sightreading.html
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practice practice practice :) get some books to practice with or maybe pick up some christmas carols and fiddle a round with them seeing as it's christmas ;) the more you look at new things, the better you'll become at sight reading:)
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From e.how.com: l. Sight read regularly 2. Aim for sight reading a piece once and only once, but never more than twice. A piece that is completely new or almost new tests your skills much more. 3. Make yourself finish sight reading the piece. Stopping in the middle won't help. 4. Sight read at a tempo that you can maintain throughout the reading of the piece. For more tips and ideas see the "how to Articles" section of Answerbag. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the link, then type "sight reading" in the search box.
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