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> Sight Reading, Methods for sight reading
maggiemay
post Oct 18 2010, 01:54 PM
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Yes, I agree that the specimen books are more suitable for testing (ie once you are at the required level for the grade).

There are several series of self-help books which are designed to help you gradually work forward. Some focus on different elements of sight reading, eg one key at a time, particular kinds of rhythm, etc. If you are specifically working between grades these are useful practice.
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post Oct 18 2010, 01:55 PM
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Yes, I agree that the specimen books are more suitable for testing (ie once you are at the required level for the grade).

There are several series of self-help books which are designed to help you gradually work forward. Some focus on different elements of sight reading, eg one key at a time, particular kinds of rhythm, etc. If you are specifically working between grades these are useful practice.


I can't remember the name of the one I wanted, but it cost over ?30!!! Will probs ask for it for xmas if I can remember what it was called lol
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post Oct 18 2010, 02:20 PM
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QUOTE(maggiemay @ Oct 18 2010, 02:54 PM) *

Yes, I agree that the specimen books are more suitable for testing (ie once you are at the required level for the grade).

There are several series of self-help books which are designed to help you gradually work forward. Some focus on different elements of sight reading, eg one key at a time, particular kinds of rhythm, etc. If you are specifically working between grades these are useful practice.


I can't remember the name of the one I wanted, but it cost over ?30!!! Will probs ask for it for xmas if I can remember what it was called lol

Good gracious! I can't remember one that costs as much as that - unless of course you are planning to get about 5 grades all in one go!
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post Oct 19 2010, 07:55 AM
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Its bugging me the name of it now. Something like 'You CAN Sightread' or 'Sightreading IS possible' I'm sure it had a gimmicky name lol...
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post Oct 19 2010, 08:15 AM
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Its bugging me the name of it now. Something like 'You CAN Sightread' or 'Sightreading IS possible' I'm sure it had a gimmicky name lol...


Not "SUPER Sight Reading SECRETS!!!111!!!11eleven1!!!" ?
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post Oct 19 2010, 01:07 PM
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QUOTE(aesir22 @ Oct 19 2010, 08:55 AM) *

Its bugging me the name of it now. Something like 'You CAN Sightread' or 'Sightreading IS possible' I'm sure it had a gimmicky name lol...


Not "SUPER Sight Reading SECRETS!!!111!!!11eleven1!!!" ?


Lol sounds close enough! Who knew it was all a secret (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) Its apparently a dead good book mind.
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post Nov 1 2010, 07:05 PM
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I've got that book. It's quite a skinny yellow book by Howard Richman for ?8.99.
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post Nov 2 2010, 12:11 AM
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well I did put this up on another forum
http://apps.facebook.com/readpianonotes/?ref=ts
Hope you got facebook, its a great app, and helped me alot. Taught me where the notes were. At various levels through a game time challenge.

As Ive learnt 100s of hymns & songs for church, which have different rhythms helped me alot to.
Whether christian or not it could be a great help toward your sight reading ~ lots of intervals, normally found in almost every major key and some minor, the more modern ones have fast flowing melodies, and theres normally 500 hymns in each, you could pick one up for 50p in a 2nd hand book shop is lucky (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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