usa_audi_tt asked:


as i said, i’ve been playing piano for 8 years. but one major problem is i can’t sight read that well. it takes me a while to learn a song because i have to go slow and look at each note and spend time on it. especially if it’s a chord or a very high or low note. does sight reading come from playing for a while or is there something i can do to get better?

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Nikki asked:


I am a college student whose sight-reading skills are far behind my other abilities on the flute. I have problems reading both the notes and the rhythms. How can I practice to improve these skills? I’ve always had a hard time reading music. I always feel like it takes me much longer to make sense of a measure than it does other people and I find myself having to stop and break the measure down in order to understand it (which I obviously don’t have time to do when I’m sight reading). I know I also have problems forcing my eyes to read ahead. I feel like when I do read ahead, I end up skipping notes because I start playing the notes that I am reading ahead.

Can you suggest any specific etude books that I can use to sight read from?

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Katherine B asked:


I’ve taken a survey for school and discovered that people who play music are smarter than and read more than people who don’t play music. However, I need to think of some reasons to possibly explain why this is so. So far I have that people who play music have to read music a lot so reading becomes like second nature and also the people who play music have very strong and alert minds because they have to count musical notes and listen carefully.
Can you please help me think of just a few more reasons why I might have gotten my results. Thank you!!!!!

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♥♥Blue Eyed Beauty♥♥ asked:


I always have problems figuring out what doe is at the beginning how can I tell?
You know like Do re me fa so la ti do? How can you tell what do is?
HOW DO YOU TELL WHAT LETTER DOE IS?? EX:F,G,A,B etc.

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Clarinet-Band Geek asked:


So I’ve been thinking about trying out for this district band, but I have to sight read music. I’m not very good at it though, so do you have any tips?

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