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One of the most valued skills in music is having the ability to sightread with ease. That is because it aids in so many things: learning music quickly, being able to play with friends/colleagues on minimal practice time, and most importantly, being able to evaluate a new piece and its possibilities!
Join Leann as she leads a new Two Week Intensive designed to improve your sightreading through focused advice, tips, exercises, and more! Let’s start playing NEW music!
- Course Period: October 17th - 28th
- Class Size: max. 4 Groups á 10 Participants
- Optional check-In via Zoom: October 24th at 3pm Pacific time!
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89265945226?pwd=NS9iTEd0aFJ2ME03TUs1Y2tTaExYZz09
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
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Hello everyone, I'm Hac and I look forward to improve my sight reading skill as I have a problem with rhymth and sometimes I got confused with the note names. So excited! I just watched the first video and loved it. Never thought to break the piece down that way. Thank you so much Leann!
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Hac we are happy to have you here and I’m excited that the video is already making a difference for you!
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Hi, my sight reading is embarrassingly bad! I didn't realize how much I was slowly barreling through pieces that might be a bit hard for my level. Just started playing again this year after a 25 year hiatus and went straight for Chopin pieces I love. Would like to select something that would be relatively "easier" to be able to pick up quickly while applying the techniques taught here. Thank you Leann!
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Diane Shim maybe explore some of the simpler Chopin preludes/waltzes? They all have their challenges, but some offer brevity and a more repetitive structure, that might help in speed of learning? :)
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Hi! Thank you for your very inspiring video about sight reading. I thought that when I sight-read something, I have to play perfectly as written, so I always felt so much pressure to continue to play it without stopping. Now, I understand that preparation is also an important part of sight reading. I'm going to start this way of learning in my daily practice.
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Yukiko Egawa yes, I struggled with the same thing. Once I realized sight-reading was not about playing everything perfect, it became so much easier. I hope this new concept will help in your studies :)
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Hello everyone. I am so sorry that I joined in the group here so late and it's almost finished. Nevertheless, hope it's not too late for me to submit the 1st assignment here.
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CK sounds good!
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Natalie Peh thanks for spending time to watch and feedback
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CK nice job! I would recommend taking smaller sections. In this recording, there are a lot of tiny pauses/hesitations. These little hesitations cause your hand to have a tiny bit of tension and “freeze” before finding the next note. Although not too much of a problem at this stage, this develops into bad technical habits that one would have to spend hours fighting against later. By taking smaller sections (even two measures at a time), you can avoid hesitation and save yourself practice time/frustration later on :) good work!
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