Sight-Reading: Factors That Affect Piano Sight-Reading And Practice Methods
Sight-Reading: Factors that Affect Piano Sight-Reading and Practice Methods
Introduction
The definition of sight-reading is “the ability to read and perform music at first sight, i.e. without preparatory study of the piece” (Apel, 1962, p.679). Lowder (1983) surveyed college faculty members and in-service teachers to find out what they believed were the most important piano skills. The survey found that sight-reading ability was ranked second (“cadence” was first), followed by score-reading, harmonization, and accompaniment. A parallel result was found in the more recent survey of college piano students ranked sight-reading skill as the second most desirable skills (surpassed by “musicality”) (Kostka,1997).
Many music educators believe that the most important way to acquire good sight-reading skills is by reading extensively and practising it regularly, i.e. reading large amounts of music and playing many different unfamiliar music. Mursell (1956) and Elliott......
View the rest of this paper...
Approximate Word Count: 3283
Approximate Pages: 14 (250 words per double-spaced page)
Why should you join Frat Files?
- - It's safe, secure, and private.
- - Instant access to over 100,000 papers. New papers are added hourly.
- - Fast and reliable customer support.
Similar Essays
-
Sight-Reading: Factors That Affect Piano Sight-Reading And ...
... Research findings of these factors and their practise methods have proved that
sight-reading is NOT an ... Keyboard Sight reading. ... Sightreading At The Keyboard. ...
Frat Files
Members
Information
