Sight Reading... my arch nemesis
I was never good at sight reading. In my studies, sight reading was, of course, purely a technical exercise. I had my Four Star sight reading book (that's an affiliate link, by the way), out of which I faithfully did my daily exercises and never got anywhere as far as real progress went. Sight reading was something you had to know to pass the exams. I became a teacher, and discovered that my lack of sight reading skills was slightly more problematic than a poor exam mark! Suddenly I had to be sight reading my students' pieces. This wasn't a problem the first year that I taught, not even the second. After that... different story. You can see why sight reading is a priority for me this summer. Thankfully, my last piano teacher was able to help me. (Remind me to tell you a story about his incredible sight reading one of these days.) He told me, "The first time, you don't worry about the right notes. You get the rhythm right, because the rhythm is th