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Offline rachmaninoff_forever

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How to practice sight reading without a piano?
on: March 23, 2012, 03:11:39 AM
Apparently I'm gonna be away from the piano for two days so I was thinking of something along the lines of listening to some music on my iPod and following the score?
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Re: How to practice sight reading without a piano?
Reply #1 on: March 23, 2012, 03:52:23 AM
That's a useful exercise. I'ts not practice for sight reading though. 
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Re: How to practice sight reading without a piano?
Reply #2 on: March 23, 2012, 05:19:45 AM
Just use the score - but fix your fingerings first.

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Re: How to practice sight reading without a piano?
Reply #3 on: March 23, 2012, 08:25:27 AM
great idea!
Or another thing I do - is focus only on the rhythm - and tap it out away
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Re: How to practice sight reading without a piano?
Reply #4 on: March 23, 2012, 03:32:30 PM
Move your fingers while you watch the score. Focusing on rhythm is good too.

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Re: How to practice sight reading without a piano?
Reply #5 on: March 23, 2012, 08:55:28 PM
That's a useful exercise. I'ts not practice for sight reading though. 

Exercise for what?
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Re: How to practice sight reading without a piano?
Reply #6 on: March 23, 2012, 09:03:09 PM
Exercise for what?

I find if I listen with the score (and yes, I do move my fingers), I get a better feel of how the pianist has phrased the piece, and what he or she is doing musically. An insight into how others approach a piece is always useful (unless they aren't worth listening to in the first place).
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Re: How to practice sight reading without a piano?
Reply #7 on: March 27, 2012, 03:13:25 AM
You can practice sight reading vocal music.  Get a pitch pipe to start on the correct pitch.  Apparently there is an app for that  ::)

Grab yourself a hymn book and choose hymn tunes you do not know.  Practice the part appropriate to your voice S, A, T or B in addition to the tune.  Use the printed text, or movable DO solfege. 

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