{"id":2043,"date":"2010-05-07T06:48:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T06:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2012-11-17T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T15:12:27","slug":"joining-the-dots-new-sight-reading-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/joining-the-dots-new-sight-reading-material-2043\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining the Dots &#8211; New Sight Reading Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/joining-the-dots2.jpg\" title=\"Joining the Dots - Sight reading for piano\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"110\" height=\"147\" \/>ABRSM Presents a New Book Series for Students:<\/p>\n<p>Joining the Dots offers pianists lots of material to help build confidence and skill in sight-reading. The series brings together a range of activities to help students improve their sense of keyboard geography, helping them to read new music more quickly and easily. The five books cover the requirements for ABRSM&#8217;s sight-reading tests at each of Grades 1 to 5, and include:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; many short, characterful pieces to sight-read, in a range of approachable musical styles<br \/>\n&#8211; warm-up and technical exercises, to establish basic hand shapes and finger patterns within each key<br \/>\n&#8211; simple improvisation exercises in which students can explore musical ideas and familiarise themselves further with the &#8216;feel&#8217; of each key<br \/>\n&#8211; longer solo pieces and a duet, for additional sight-reading practice or to learn quickly and play through for fun<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WyMIX2k-iJk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>ABRSM (the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) is an educational body and charity that provides examinations in music. 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