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Offline b0mbtrack

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looking for good book
on: June 19, 2007, 10:32:13 PM
i'm learning to sight read and am making some progress so far using the Super Sight Reading Secrets book.  But what i'm looking for besides that is a book of sight reading for level one.  I have some books for that and i know there are a lot out there but the books i have and i'm sure all the ones out there have a bunch of stuff in it i don't need. 

I'm looking for a book that has pages and pages just filled with music to sight read.  The books i have all give you a long paragraph about the little song you are about to play and just a bunch of other useless stuff.  Not only that but the songs are short and can be memorized after just a couple of times sight reading and then when you go back to them your not really sight reading. 
I guess the book i would be looking for would just be like 100 pages filled with simple to sight read music and nothing else.    any one know of any books like that?
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Offline rc

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Re: looking for good book
Reply #1 on: June 20, 2007, 03:15:55 AM
If you've got paper and ink to spare, you could go here: https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page

Clementi's sonatinas, Schubert wrote loads of short landler/dances/ecossaises, Scarlatti sonatas...  They make good sightreading practice.

I also hit up the music store and found a thick book - The Library of easy piano classics.  Over 200 pages of easy pieces and arrangements of good music, all great sightreading practice.

There's a good description of sightreading in 'With Your Own Two Hands' by Seymour Bernstein that I found helpful.

Offline Bob

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Re: looking for good book
Reply #2 on: June 20, 2007, 04:01:30 AM
Hymnals are good for sight-reading.  Chords. 

Except there always in "easy" keys.  I want some hymns in Cb Major or something like that.
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Re: looking for good book
Reply #3 on: June 20, 2007, 10:55:22 AM
thanks i'll look into them.  those easy keys will be good for me right now since i'm horrible at sight reading.  also that website is really cool i've never heard of it before.
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