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Re: Sight reading - How fast is good?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-01-10 08:04

Gunnar123 wrote:

> I mean I test my sight reading
> abilities with a random note generator program/app. So I have
> to name the random note with either the letter or a piano key.
> ...This is just for practice and testing my reading, and
> very easy to measure how much I improve.

Keep in mind that real music involves rhythmic notation as well as pitch (not to mention "expression" marks and other notation). So what you seem to be testing (if I understand your note generator correctly) is how quickly you can identify (and play?) randomly generated notes. Just understand that this isn't what most of us call "sight reading," which generally implies reading authentic musical material for the first time (before practicing it).

I for one would have no idea what "good" would be in your test procedure.

Karl

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