Category Archives: Sight-reading

Review of SightReadingMastery.com, An Online Program for Practicing Sight Reading

Photo of a print out from SightReadingMastery.com

Hi One Minute Music Lesson fans, Having a great sight reading program is a wonderful tool for the student musician. There are a lot of poorly designed programs available and finding the right one for you can be tough. In my last … Continue reading

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The 4 Best Programs For Interactive Sight Reading Practice Sheet Music

The 4 Best Programs For Interactive Sight Reading Practice Sheet Music

Hi One Minute Music Lesson fans, Using interactive sight reading software is a great way to practice sight reading daily. By using a program that generates a steady stream of new sight reading material you can easily and efficiently practice this skill. Also … Continue reading

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3 Mistakes You Are Making When You Sight Read Sheet Music

Reading Intervals 2

Hi One Minute Music Lesson fans, Continuing with my series of posts on improving your sight reading ability, today I wanted to tell you about 3 of the most common mistakes students make when learning how to sight read and … Continue reading

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How to Practice Sight Reading in 15 Minutes A Day in Just 4 Steps

Bass Clef Example

How to Practice Sight Reading When you are first learning the music notes for piano or any other musical instrument you will want to practice reading lots of easy music to get your note reading reflexes sharp. In the early … Continue reading

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5 Steps to Sight Reading Sheet Music – Sight Reading Exercise 1 – Sheet Music Markings

Sight Reading Steps

Hi One Minute Music Lesson Fans, I am creating a series of sight reading exercises for you to help you with your sight reading skills and to provide harmonically interesting sight reading materials. In this first exercise, which you can … Continue reading

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Top 10 Facts About Learning How to Sight Read Music Notes and Rhythms

Sight Reading Secrets

Hi One Minute Music Lesson fans, Learning how to sight read music can be a very mystifying process for the beginning or amateur musician. But there are 10 facts about about learning how to sight read music notes and rhythms that you must know in … Continue reading

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Bass Clef Sight-Reading Exercise Worksheet

Bass Clef Sight Reading Exercise Worksheet

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE EXERCISE Hi One Minute Music Lesson Fans, Continuing my series of exercises and worksheets on sight-reading based on my book How to Read Music Easily in 30 Days, this week we have a bass clef … Continue reading

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Treble Clef Sight-Reading Exercise Worksheet

Treble Clef Sight-reading Worksheet

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE EXERCISE Hi One Minute Music Lesson Fans, Sight-reading and learning to read music can be a challenge to master. To help you get to your goal of learning to read and play music better, … Continue reading

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Short Sight Reading Exercises

Sight Reading Genie

Sightreading Genie by PracticeSpot.com is a great tool for beginning sight readers. This tool allows you to choose from 4 difficulty levels and proves you will a large amount of short musical examples to play. It is designed for piano … Continue reading

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Sight reading agility

eMusic Theory Piano Keys

Do you test your sight reading agility? Today I wanted to post a tool that is useful for practicing your sight reading agility. This Piano Keys trainer from eMusicTheory.com allows you to adjust the difficulty level from beginners to advanced. This tool … Continue reading

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Great tool for practicing sight-reading

When learning to read music you will need materials for practicing. One of the hardest things about learning to sight read is having enough materials so that every example is fresh and truely being read at sight. This new tool … Continue reading

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