Piano Grade 4 Materials | Sight-Reading

Grade 4 - Practise Sight-Reading

The ability to read music is one of the major corner stones of this discipline. Without this skill playing piano would be like trying to read books without proper reading skills. Although the analogy is realistic no one would ever suppose that it could be possible to go through school years etc without being able to read. It is the same with music.

📖 "It is not sufficient to play studies and pieces week after week, and then wonder why progress is slow. Sight-reading must be cultivated. This will help with solo playing enormously. Every week as much as possible of the pupil's time should be devoted to this important work. Greater fluency, and alert mind, and a quicker eye will result. But the good sight-reader looks ahead, and thinks in groups. So many read note by note instead of phrase by phrase. Don't look back (remember the fate of Lot's wife!). The good reader reads one or two bars in advance all the time. Remember then, to read in phrases and groups - not note by note, or chort by chord."
Alec Rowley Do's and Don'ts for Musicians. A Handbook for Teachers and Performers

Try the ABRSM Piano Sight Reading Trainer for grades 1 - 5. Learn playing games, add new materials, track your progress and improve your ability to make the most of your 30 seconds.

Piano Grade 4 Sight Reading Books

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