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Sight-reading

In music, sight-reading, also called a prima vista (Italian meaning, "at first sight"), is the practice of reading and performing of a piece in a music notation that the performer has not seen or learned before. Sight-singing is used to describe a singer who is sight-reading. Both activities require the musician to play or sing the notated rhythms and…

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Sight-reading

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related to Further reading · 33
Sight-reading → Adventure, Animals, Archived, Autos, Bower, Bruce, Careers, David, December, Discovery News, Earth, Elizabeth, For Sight-Reading Music, Hambrick, History, Human, Meinz, MENC, Music, Music Education
related to Professional use · 8
Sight-reading → Bands, Kevin McNerney, North Texas Jazz Lab, Often, Studio, This, University, You
related to Sight-read · 8
Sight-reading → Augustine, Highly, Hippo, However, In, Less, This, Udtaisuk
related to Pedagogy · 4
Sight-reading → Although, Hardy, Reasons, Teachers
related to Psychology · 4
Sight-reading → An, Some, Storage, The
related to Sight-playing · 3
Sight-reading → According, However, Udtaisuk
related to Sight-singing · 3
Sight-reading → As, Some, Udtaisuk
related to External links · 2
Sight-reading → Interactive, See MusicSight

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the late Robert Shawinstance ofConductors0.80text
Yoel Levi have incredibly strong piano skillsinstance ofConductors0.80text
can read at sight full orchestral scores at the pianoinstance ofConductors0.80text
Sight-readingrelated to External linksInteractive0.60section

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