Decent tutor book for sight reading?

[dickiefunk]

Hi,

Are there any decent books you'd recommend out there for teaching sight-reading?

[Max Headroom]

Sorry I can't recommend a book, but something that might help is flash cards. Make some cards that have notes on them and have someone show them to you quickly. Then either play them or name them as quick as you can. Of course, there's software that does something similar. I kind of like "Note Attack" because it is free (and funny):
http://www.musicmasterworks.com/midi_vi ... music.html

Unrelated question - do like your Keystation? How are the keys?

[dickiefunk]

Sorry I can't recommend a book, but something that might help is flash cards. Make some cards that have notes on them and have someone show them to you quickly. Then either play them or name them as quick as you can. Of course, there's software that does something similar. I kind of like "Note Attack" because it is free (and funny):
http://www.musicmasterworks.com/midi_vi ... music.html

Unrelated question - do like your Keystation? How are the keys?

Thanks for the reply.

The Keystation is ok. I do find the keys a little uneven in velocity trigger but only really use it for programming Hammond, Bass, Guitar and String stuff. For more demanding acoustic piano stuff I use a Yamaha Arius electric piano.

[forw]

howard richman: super sight reading secrets
recommended!

[Nystul]

I think the key to sight reading is mostly just to read a lot of new material at a level that is within your abilities. Part of my piano lessons after I'd been taking for a few years were to work up several songs out of a hymn book each week. Of course they were much easier than the graded pieces or recital pieces I was working on, but there were hundreds of them covering many different key signatures. Maybe there is some methodology that can make things easier, but having a large volume of fresh sheet music to work through seems essential in order to practice the skill.