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The best sight-reading studies

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  1. Fadel_TheNewbie

    Fadel_TheNewbie New Member

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    Hi all!

    I'm often confused while sight-reading. I need recommended and proper beginner sight-reading studies, which are often used by piano teachers.

    I haven't tried Czerny and Burgmuller studies. I don't know whether they're nice.

    Thank you all! :D
     
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    Sean T. Preston pianoman16

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    Hello,

    For sightreading help, use a collection of progressive pieces starting from relatively simple gradually becoming more advanced. *REMEBER* it is important to start simple! This will get your eyes used to always reading ahead of where you are playing. Hope this helps:)
     
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    Sean T. Preston pianoman16

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    Hi,
    I do hope this thread hasn't closed:(
     
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    this forum is kinda not very active, isn't it? :)
    If the OP is still reading, Czerny and Burgmuller are good for technique but, even for the simplest pieces, they can be quite hard from a mere sight reading point of view for a beginner.
    Luckily there are plenty of good methods for sight reading downloadable legally from IMSLP.
    Each one of the following goes from very very basic to very very advanced.

    Manookian - Gradus
    Bartok - Microcosmos
    Schafer - Sight Reading Exercises
    Mathews - Standard Graded Course Of Studies For The Pianoforte

    also the following (which I haven't tried yet):
    Schmoll - Album de Lecture

    Cheers!
     
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    Hi Kalos,
    Those are definitly decent sightreading exercises--
    If those don't work for you, just find a set of extremely simple pieces and work on reading ahead of where you are playing:)That's how I learned!
     
    Sean T. Preston, Apr 17, 2016
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