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- verb Present participle of
sightread .
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Examples
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I am a piano competition judge and every year, have countless students who play their work very well, nail their scales, and FALL DOWN on sightreading – and it is only 8 to 16 bars!
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The pieces is going to be what it is going to be – but scales and sightreading often get neglected – and cost precious points.
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Many of the previous suggestions have NOTHING to do with piano sightreading.
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He moved from the Midlands to a shared musicians 'house in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and on leaving the NYJO, he applied himself to learning all the skills of the complete professional (sightreading, arrangement, mastery of every type of contemporary groove).
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I am halfway considering trying to learn piano -- I used to play guitar, but never got too great at it, and I've always been lousy at music theory and sightreading.
*falls over* hradzka 2009
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So when she says, "Okay, then," I'll be ready for her, maybe even dazzle her with my seemingly sprouted-over-the-week sightreading skills.
Fine Art Friday M-mv 2007
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So when she says, "Okay, then," I'll be ready for her, maybe even dazzle her with my seemingly sprouted-over-the-week sightreading skills.
Archive 2007-02-01 M-mv 2007
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At least, there should be if one isn't sightreading...
WAM! Jessica 2005
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At least, there should be if one isn't sightreading...
Archive 2005-12-01 Jessica 2005
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Shoot, even in the moment, even if they were sightreading, its a tonal work in standard metres, could someone look up from the score and listen to the performer once in a while?
A few reviews Jessica 2005
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