Definitions
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- verb sing from a score without having seen it before
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Examples
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I went a couple of times a couple of years ago, but perfectly is not how I sight-sing ...
Music on the horizons Celeste Winant 2007
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He was surrounded by music from birth and learned to sight-sing (that is, to use sol-fa syllables for practicing melodies).
Frank Loesser 2008
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She flattened out the music and attempted to sight-sing the opening bars, but could not catch the melody even though it was very plain.
Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007
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He's only been in this city three months and with the new job and all hasn't done any sight-sing yet.
Father Unknown Quinn, Tara Taylor 1998
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For God's sake, even amateur musicians singing in churches or glee clubs are expected to look at a piece of music and know what's on it, and maybe even sight-sing their parts on the spot.
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