Harris, Paul - Improve Your Sight-Reading! - Level 8 - Advanced - Piano Method Series*

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Piano, Level 8 (New Edition)
A Progressive, Interactive Approach to Sight-Reading
By Paul Harris
Piano Book
Level: Advanced
Item: 12-0571533183

Now more than ever, the ability to sight-read fluently is an essential part of the pianist's training, whether playing alone, as an accompanist or with ensemble. This workbook is designed to help overcome the nerves that can cause sight-reading problems. Step by step it helps the player to create a complete picture of each piece, first through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific problems, then by the study of prepared pieces with associated questions for the student to answer, then finally to the real, unprepared sight-reading test itself. Check-boxes for each stage allow both teacher and student to keep a record of progress.

Sample Pages

Stage 1 -- Wide leaps and ledger lines
Stage 2 -- Changing metre and spread chords
Stage 3 -- Contrapuntal textures
Stage 4 -- More harmonic and rhythmic patterns in 3/4 and 4/4
Stage 5 -- More harmonic and rhythmic patterns in 3/8 and 6/8
Stage 6 -- 12/8 and more 9/8
Stage 7 -- More harmonic and rhythmic patterns in 5/8 and 5/4
Stage 8 -- Revision

Series: Faber Edition: Improve Your Sight-Reading
Composed by: Paul Harris
Instrument: Piano
Format: Book
Item Number: 12-0571533183
ISBN 10: 0-571-53318-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-571-53318-3
UPC: 9780571533183