Sight-reading is such a valuable skill and in many ways, its an application exercise for music theory knowledge. As always, practice makes perfect, but its important to prepare well. Much preliminary thinking can help you to be a more accurate sight-reader. For example, when I am going to sight-read a piece of music, I determine the key, tonality, and chordal structure throughout the piece. I may even write in the chords (like a lead sheet) and take note of where the cadences occur. It is also important to take into consideration the tempo, time signature, articulation, dynamics, and form of the piece. For students, I recommend writing in the fingering prior to playing as an assist to anchoring hand position throughout the piece. This is a valuable skill for learning music more quickly, and in preparation for Spring Assessments with Certificate of Merit.
Here is an easy and fun piece to sightread this week: "Cool Blues" by X, Richard from www.8notes.comhttp://www.8notes.com/scores/11327.asp
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