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Agree with not stopping: play on, warts an' all.This is usually the reason people play the first part of a learnt piece better than the rest. Played it most.But when you've sightread a tune 2 or 3 times, after that it's not really sightreading.Suggest you leave it alone for a week and then try it again.Then it's not from memory.

Tim
– Tim

2013-05-01 17:13:16 +00:00
Commented May 1, 2013 at 17:13
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This. Keeping going through mistakes, even botched mish-mashes, is the surest way to sight-reading proficiency. The music marches on, whether you can handle it or no. Eventually you learn to read ahead a measure or two and plot out your fingerings even while you're playing behind what you're looking at and digesting.

Robusto
– Robusto

2013-05-02 11:20:21 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2013 at 11:20

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