Author: MisiMcG
Date: 2006-02-22 11:43
Very simply, here are the steps I teach my students to use when they sight read a new piece of music:
1. Scan - take a few minutes before playing to look at the time signature, key signature, any new or difficult rhythms or notes that jump out at you. (hopefully your community band conductor will give you some time, or if new music is on the stand when you arrive, take the time then)
2. Pinpoint areas you might have trouble with (fingering patterns, rhythms, etc)
3. Take a second to breakdown those trouble spots
4. Relax - nobody is perfect the first time through
When you get done, it might be helpful to mark those passages that gave you trouble so that you can go home and isolate them in practice.
As you improve your knowledge of scales and arpeggios, you will find that many of the trouble spots fall into one of those patterns (not all of them though)
Misi
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