Invest in these sight-reading skills in your studio
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03/14/22
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Invest in these sight-reading skills in your studio
Imagine cliff
diving blindfolded into unfamiliar waters without knowing what is
below. Are your students feeling cliff diving like fears when asked to
sight read?
Sight reading can feel scary, but adding fun to the
process and equipping students with skills by engaging them in sight
reading games can help tackle their fears of on-the-spot playing.
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The Stubborn Duet Secret to Teaching Sight Reading Skills
March 7, 2022
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Teaching sight-reading skills to piano students is not always as simple as teaching them great reading skills.
To be a great sight-reader you need more than just note names and intervals. You need to be able to translate those to movements that make sounds...quickly.
The difference between reading and sight-reading is time. Or, rather, the lack thereof.
When we read music that we’ve never seen or heard before, in the moment, we have to move fast. We have to be quick on our fingers and make guesses when our brain doesn’t have time to figure it out.
Solid sight-reading skills are a wonderful asset to have as a collaborative musician or accompanist. They’re also super useful to have in your backpocket for any performance situation to get you out of a jam.
But after we teach our students to read, how do we take them beyond slow deciphering of notes and towards cat-like sight-reading reflexes?
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Hit the Rote Piece Accelerator
March 21, 2022
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Teaching by rote, when done right, is a great way to teach the piano.
You can bring rote learning into many aspects of teaching piano, and
these days, sight reading is one small part of my teaching the piano
rather than the only thing.
Students develop many important
skills learning through rote such as: recognising patterns, developing
their internal ear, and refining outstanding technique. This translates
well when they go on to sight read a piece.
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