Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2018-08-04 22:42
The following applies more to the stated topic line than the elaborated question.
You don't need to look very far ahead while playing, even sight reading - just a couple beats or maybe a bar. You have to see that much with accuracy. Pattern recognition, aural imagination, rhythmic sense, and neuro-muscular memory do the rest. Those improve with intelligent practice.
Before playing it's well to scan even a familiar piece to perceive it's general outlines and note any key changes, repeats, etc.
There is also a bit of a knack for jumping the eyes back to the beginning of the next line or up to the top of then next page. Errors seem more common at those points, especially the latter. The skill involves awareness, timing, and coordination, which again come with focused practice.
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