- The only way to get better at sight reading is to do it regularly!
- Sing everything: find any music you can – and read it!
- Develop good sight reading habits! Don’t start right away – take a moment to scan the music for the following:
- Key signature – can you tell from the phrase if the piece is in a major or minor key?
- Time signature
- Tempo indication – can you tell which note length gets the beat (half, quarter, dotted quarter, eighth?)
- Smallest rhythmic value (if there are 16th notes, don’t play too fast!)
- Accidentals
- Syncopated/complicated rhythms
- Anything else unusual? You want to avoid being surprised to the point that you have to stop.
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