I hate sight-reading too! I like it more when reading chamber music, maybe a violin sonata with a friend..... safety in numbers and all that. Thanks for another great article!
I’m going to echo what you just said - I hate sight-reading and it’s because I’m terrible at it. I have been meaning to sight-read for the last several years and never did. So I made a resolution about 6 months ago. I promised myself to sight-read Tuesdays and Thursdays for at least 30 minutes. As today is Tuesday, I just sight-read through some Clementi Sonatinas dowloaded from IMSLP and was able to play them almost to tempo with few errors. So yes, it works. My sight-reading has noticeably improved and I’m close to being able to say I’m “not good” at it, up from “terrible”. Progress is being made!
I hate sight-reading too! I like it more when reading chamber music, maybe a violin sonata with a friend..... safety in numbers and all that. Thanks for another great article!
I’m going to echo what you just said - I hate sight-reading and it’s because I’m terrible at it. I have been meaning to sight-read for the last several years and never did. So I made a resolution about 6 months ago. I promised myself to sight-read Tuesdays and Thursdays for at least 30 minutes. As today is Tuesday, I just sight-read through some Clementi Sonatinas dowloaded from IMSLP and was able to play them almost to tempo with few errors. So yes, it works. My sight-reading has noticeably improved and I’m close to being able to say I’m “not good” at it, up from “terrible”. Progress is being made!
Woohooo! Go Ellen! Thank you for sharing this!