Rubank Intermediate Method
How to sight read?
I’ve been playing the clarinet for approximately 6 months, i just bought Rubank’s Intermediate Method and it says “students are required to sight read blah blah” but I don’t know how. Sure I can play the songs and memorize the melody etc. but I don’t know hot it’ll sound like before i play it.
My teacher my not require it but I want to learn it nevertheless. Plz help, how do I sight read?
Real musical literacy is when you know how it will sound before you pick up an instrument. One can train rhythm (Dalcroze, Starer, etc) and pitch (solfege, interval recognition) separately. this is something you take lessons in, away from your instrument.
Sight-reading on an instrument is easier but doesn’t necessarily involve “knowing how it will sound”. You need to know the fingering for each note on a muscular level so that when you see C, your fingers know where to go. You also need to know what each note is on the staff and what its rhythm is, without thinking about it. Given all that, the way to learn to sight read well is to do it. Take your piece and run through the rhythms mentally, moving your fingers. Try to imagine what it will sound like, where it goes higher or lower. You may not get it exactly right, but every attempt brings the skill closer to you. Now play it, at a moderate tempo. If you miss a note, keep on going…do not stop the beat for anything. You can’t do that in an ensemble so don’t do it at home.
Read as much music as you can. Read music you don’t know and then listen to the music. Imagine and practice!
Summer Evening – Reverie in G Major
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