Becoming a Great Sight-Reader -- or Not! Learn from my Quest for Piano Sight-Reading Nirvana
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (561 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00HRKABOG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 527 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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This time he concentrated on jazz, and didn't work much on sight-reading. At age nine he took up trombone, and studied it seriously until the final year of high school. Eventually his mom took pity on him and bought him the sheet music, and he would laboriously figure out a measure or two, and memorize the piece that way. As a young kid, Al Macy played piano by ear, but never took formal lessons. He even performed in a Simon and Garfunkel type duo, at "The Chicken Coop," once a week
He determined what works and what doesn't. Want to Improve Your Piano Sight-Reading? Don't play another note until you've read this book!"I would recommend this for anyone interested in improving their ability to sight-read." -- Bruce Lombardi, CustomerAuthor Al Macy practiced sight-reading every day for six years and carefully documented his journey. If you find yourself so fixated on the note names that you can't work with the intervals instead, this trick might solve your problem.And with Al's wacky, conversational writing style, you'll enjoy every minute of the book. You can curl up in a comfortable chair and read the whole thing or sit at the piano to try out the tips and tricks.If you want to take your sight-reading to a whole new level and want tip
Interesting book - great read A fascinating account of one person's quest for becoming a proficient sight-reader. This is an honest look at the difficulty somepeople have with playing through a piece of music at sight at an appropriate speed and with artistic expression.If you are one of those people, you will feel. Andito Toquito said Confessions of a Memorizer. I recently watched an accompanist perform some challenging pieces beautifully as she paged through the sheet music and thought, "As much time as I spend playing music, I really should put a little more effort into getting my reading together." Later that day, I got on Amazon and bought. "This book has some great information for those who are curious about the key" according to Steven Donohue. This book has some great information for those who are curious about the key skills to develop for sight-reading proficiency. I'm a pianist, and have been playing for many years, but sight-reading is a tough skill that I wish I had spent more time developing. Learning to read music is
"Big deal," you might say, "how hard is it to not play notes?" Well, it turns out that it is harder than you think, and it's a skill that requires practice. I was not learning how to leave out some of the notes when I got into trouble. Next, leave out the alto and bass. Get the idea? That exercise helps with a skill that I hadn't learned early on. . I got good at playing jazz and reading jazz charts, but I never got good at sight-reading. I've since figured out that there were a number of things