Hiya

does any1 ere find sight reading as hard as i do!?!
I fink its really difficult

HEYA ! YER I GUESS IT CAN BE ! I FIND SIGHT READING REALLY EASY BUT STRUGGLE ON MY AURALS !! I GUESS WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT ! A TIP I WOULD GIVE IS TO GET A PRACTISE SIGHT READING BOOK AND GO GO GO !!! AS THEY SAY PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT ! LOL ! GOOD LUCK ! KEEP TRYING ! WHAT INSTRUMENT/S DO YOU PLAY ? LUCY XX

Cool fanx!?!

Dis is Only my 4th post!?!
I didnt lke my aurals at all but in grade 1 piano i passed dem!?! i play piano! (obvisiously!) lol!
wat do u play?[size=3]

Welcome to forums Sunshine. You probably don't know yet, but text language such as 'any1', 'u' and 'wat' are not allowed here, as it is unfair for many forum users who do not speak English as a first language.

I used to find sightreading really heard too! One way to improve, is just to play lots of new pieces. Start off with easier stuff to sightread and get progressively more difficult as you improve.

I find sight-reading difficult too, but if you keep practicing it should be much easier.

By the way, I found the posts in this thread (apart from CPPF) hard to sight-read as well, so can you try to not write in all capital letters or text-talk please. Sorry to be a bit moany. And welcome to the forums!

Cheers,
Car Expert

I found sight-reading pretty easy when I am in grade 5...maybe because I learn all the keys with its key-signature in that grade.

First thing I do in sight reading--look and find out how many sharps or flats it has...
Sight-reading may seems difficult when the speed is "presto" or "vivace".

sight-reading is my weakest point too. i'm much better at playing by ear...

does anyone have any tips (except for relentless practice) to improve sight-reading?

Sorry about the text talk everyone!

I promise not to do that again! ' car expert' do you really own two penguins?
that is so cool!
I love those little pictures at the bottom of your message.

CE owns two 'virtual' penguins....in the Cafe (Pop along to Forums Cafe sometime and we'll explain..)

oh i see!

i was just out of the cafe. how do you get the pictures on the bottom of your message?

Yes I do! And they're married as well! Do you mean signatures? If so:

Car Expert

once we've hauled ourselves back on topic...

hey, i think it depends who you are, and what instrument it is, because i'm hopeless at sight reading for the piano, but great on the flute. if your lucky to be good at sight reading, use it, if your not, then you might just ave to work a little bit harder.

It's boring and old fashined advice but it truely does help.

Learn your scales. Be able to play them reaaly fast and memorized. When you have this skill, then sight-reading is much easier.

Tuba Dave.

Hasn't helped me

I used to be okay until I got to the higher grades... now I have a slight phobia of piano sightreading. It's really hard for me, and has always drastically pulled my marks down in exams...

I have the same phobia too~~~~>__<

Nor me Though thats probably because I havent learnt my scales I JUST CANT LEARN THEM! grr...though I find sight reading much easier than scales

I'm pretty good at scales but not noticed it making a difference to my sight reading.