to sight-read
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7.7
- verb
- /saɪt riːd/
- Specialized
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- During the audition, the candidates were required to sight-read a challenging score without prior preparation.
- sight-read music
- sight-read new
- able to sight-read
And I also was in live band and so I could sight read.
- And I also was in live band and so I could sight read.
Examples
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Please sight-read the first page.
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In some schools, many students are unable to sight-read music or have never been required to audition.
Academic text (2003) -
Why are some people so good at sight reading while others struggle with this skill?
Blog text (4) -
You would need to sight-read and learn a classical piece.
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If you teach students to sight-read, that can be measured.
Academic text (1990) -
Imagine a piece of music that you pass out to your large ensemble to sight-read.
Academic text (2013) -
High school choirs must sight-read examples at the same level as the required performance selection.
Academic text (2009) -
In the past several years, my students have scored superior ratings in sight-reading at all such festivals.
Academic text (1992) -
Middle school teachers choose the level at which their choirs sight-read.
Academic text (2009) -
One of the NAEP tasks in music asked students to sight-read "America," a song most students already know by ear.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
Play a piece of music from written notes without practicing first
How Well
- Specialized
1
7.7
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5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sight-read comes from the parts sight ('seeing') and read ('to look at and understand written words or notes'). So to sight-read music is to 'see' the score and 'read' it for the first time, then play it without practice.