Hi everyone,
In this post I'm going to talk about the series of Sight Reading books from the publisher Schott.
The Sight Reading series from Schott was on my sight reading wish list to get; even though I was hesitant at first. But, these books are a sight reading resource for anyone whose looking to improve on their sight reading skills.
They are filled with loads of sight reading exercises, and I love that these books are broken into manageable sections. You have a array of choice on what you would like to do to improve on your sight reading.
The choices you have are :-
- Solo Practice
- Duetting with the same instrument
- Practicing with a piano part
With Book One you can also start using more or less straight away as soon as start learning alongside your teachers teaching method. As it starts off getting you used to playing your first few notes on your chosen instrument.
If you are starting off self learning your instrument you can use the first book alongside either the 'Abracadabra' instrument series or 'A New Tune a Day' series for your chosen instrument. I would still highly recommend that you get a music teacher, but I do understand that everyone has different financial circumstances.
Another aspect of this sight reading book series is not only is it available for a range of instruments, but it's also multilingual. Throughout both of these books everything is explained in English, French and Germain, which is a lovely approach to have as its something I don't come across in my sheet music that often.
The aims of this Sight Reading Series are :-
- An approach based upon self learning and recognition of rhythmic and melodic patterns
- Original Tunes not abstract sight reading exercises
- A series of carefully graduated pieces in a range of musical styles
- Divided into sections related to the technical development of the musician
- Tunes progress to encompass a range of key signatures, as well as chromatic, modal and atonal elements
- Each section concludes with duets or accompanied pieces for practice of ensemble sight reading
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