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Improve your sight-reading! Piano Grade 3

A structured approach to mastering sight-reading skills

Paul Harris author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber Music Ltd

Published:10th Sep '08

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This workbook aids players in overcoming sight-reading challenges through structured exercises and graded pieces. Improve your sight-reading! Piano Grade 3 is an essential resource for developing skills.

The workbook Improve your sight-reading! Piano Grade 3 is designed to assist players in enhancing their sight-reading skills through a structured approach. It focuses on overcoming challenges by creating a comprehensive understanding of each musical piece. Players engage in rhythmic and melodic exercises tailored to address specific technical issues, allowing them to build a solid foundation before tackling more complex material. By incorporating these exercises, students can develop their musicality and technical proficiency simultaneously.

As part of the learning process, the workbook encourages students to study prepared pieces accompanied by relevant questions. This helps to deepen their understanding of the music, fostering critical thinking and analytical skills. The final step in this method involves 'going solo' with a carefully curated selection of sight-reading pieces that are meticulously graded. This progression ensures that players are well-prepared and confident as they advance in their sight-reading journey.

The Improve your sight-reading! Piano Grade 3 edition also includes online access to supporting audio, enabling students to compare their performances against professional recordings. This interactive element enhances the learning experience and provides valuable feedback. With numerous practice tests included, this workbook is an essential resource for anyone looking to achieve sight-reading success in graded exams.

This series of very practical and productive workbooks, one per grade, was published several years ago and has been updated, according to the cover blurb, 'to support the revised ABRSM sight-reading criteria' in the 2009 syllabus. With hundreds of fascinating, short character pieces it is an inexhaustible resource for lessons - and delightful music in its own right. Helpful tips and tricks will improve pupils' chances of gaining more marks in this bit of the exam, and this is an honest, well-designed, reasonably priced package. I would recommend its use outside the exam preparation period rather than at the last minute, because the skills picked up will help in every aspect of piano playing, aural perception and general musical awareness.

Piano Magazine, January 2009

ISBN: 9780571533039

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 159g

40 pages

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