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Elementary · Sight-Reading Development ★★☆☆☆

Pattern Recognition, See Shapes

The Secret Expert Sight-Readers Know Here is the most important insight in sight-reading: good sight-readers do not read individual notes. They read intervals between notes. Instead of thinking "C, E, G, E,…

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Level 1-2RCM level

Lesson 1 of 8 in Sight-Reading Development

The Secret Expert Sight-Readers Know Here is the most important insight in sight-reading: good sight-readers do not read individual notes. They read intervals between notes. Instead of thinking "C, E, G, E, C" they see a shape: "up a 3rd, up a 3rd, down a 3rd, down a 3rd." The shape tells them how to move their fingers without needing..

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