> Practise scales daily. I know, it's no fun. :). However, it seems
that
> those who know their scales and play 'em well sightread better. This goes
> for other technical stuff too - those chords and arpeggios. Of course, the
> other plus to thi is it's nice if you ever want to teach voice, if you can
> play along smoothly w/ your students as they vocalize, w/o much thought.
I
> HAVE had a teacher who could not go progressively from C major to Db to D,
> etc. It was annoying!!!!!
James here......
Exactually. I studied privately with the intent to improve sightreading, so
scales and some basic excercises to build up strength
were key. We mainly sight read music. The key here is to go slow, which I
found hard to do. A basic understanding of harmony and the ability to
reconize tonic, sub/dominate, ect is key. My minor is harmony, so this was
ez.
james
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