sight reading

A new adult student with a small amount of previous experience told me that it’s hard for her to watch her hands because she took a beginning piano class in college with a teacher who insisted that students never look at their hands and would…

• Last updated 8 months ago
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I have a very motivated adult student who has nearly finished Time for More Music. She is able to figure out what most any piece of music says given enough time. She has a good grasp of intervals and knows what many of the notes…

• Last updated 3 years ago
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I have a student who is interested in improving his sight reading skills. Any advice other than lots of reading? It is recommended that sight reading be two levels down from the reading. We don’t level reading in Simply Music, but just make sure it’s…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• improving sight reading, sight reading

I’d appreciate your advice as I move two of my students into the conclusion of the Reading Notes program. At the end of the book, it mentions the importance of identifying note names. Does anyone revert to the easy way to remember notes on the…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• EGBDF, FACE, identifying notes on staff, intervallic reading, intervals, Laurie Richards, location points, reading notes, sight reading

My 15-year-old student started school band last September playing vibraphone and has been very consumed with rehearsals, competitions, and a critical band teacher who wonders “what kind of piano teacher did not teach her to sight-read”. Her practice time if infrequent (mainly due to band)…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• busy teenagers, school band, sight reading, teens

I received this email from a parent. Does anyone have any advice I can share with her? This student has completed Time for More Music and plays beautifully. She is just finishing Level 8. This mother is of the opinion that traditionally trained students can…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• parental expectations, sight reading, sight singing

I have a piano student who has already been introduced to sight reading from a former teacher. Is there any reason they can’t learn the song via pattern playing first, then switch over to the sheet music instead of waiting until level 4 or 5?…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• Laurie Richards, patterns, playing-based tools, previous experience, prior experience, reading notes, reading rhythm, Robin Keehn, sight reading, using sheet music, when to introduce reading

I just finished watching the training materials for reading pitch. Three questions came up for me… At the beginning of the training, Neil mentions how developing sight-reading skills is a completely different ballgame to learning to read intervalically and deepen the generative skills. My question:…

• Last updated 8 years ago
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Today I re-listened to the audio file about the reading process. I am a new teacher – my students are all on level 1, and I am yet to see how the entire reading process unfolds. I do have an opinion however, about the comment…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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I’ve been working on the reading program for a while now and I can definitely see how this is a wonderful way for students to learn to read music for the piano/keyboard. However, I’m wondering how I will explain to someone (when I get the…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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