Growth
Read a short unfamiliar passage
Whenyou open your music book
Choose easy music you have not played. Check its beat, starting note and any unfamiliar signs. Count in and play through slowly without correction stops. Then check one uncertain spot.
- Choose what fits
New to notation · Use a beginner method’s first exercise with its note guide and audio example.
Start tiny
Read and sound the first bar.
Evidence grade CPractitioner method or editorial idea
Ken Johansen, How to practice and teach sight-reading, Independent Society of Musicians (2020). Read the source ↗ Practitioner advice on previewing and playing unfamiliar music without correction stops; adapted scope and cue.
Growth: Supporting habits that improve the conditions for useful repetitions: preparation, consistency or necessary recovery.
