{"id":2843,"date":"2020-02-15T17:41:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T17:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging3.trumpetheadquarters.com\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2022-11-15T23:54:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T23:54:02","slug":"why-is-sight-reading-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trumpetheadquarters.com\/why-is-sight-reading-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Sight-Reading Important"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text font_size=&#8221;17&#8243;]<\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">Let\u2019s Face It, Developing Sight-Reading Skills Is Tough <\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">This is how most people feel and consequently, they ignore working on the skill. Most beginner and intermediate players see it as an \u201cextra\u201d skill that can be cast aside since they don\u2019t really <em>need <\/em> it right at this moment. Since they don&#8217;t need it for the performance, it is forgotten, like sight-reading is not important. They have the sheet music that they need to work on, so why bother?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">If this sounds like you, I\u2019m about to tell you why you should bother. Maybe it sounds like your students. Or maybe you\u2019re an advanced player and you sight-read fairly well, but you want to be better. That\u2019s good, we never stop learning!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">You\u2019re training to learn faster<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">Isn\u2019t it just exhausting to get a new solo for, say, an audition and spend hours upon hours just trying to figure out notes and rhythms? What if notes and rhythms could be done in under an hour?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">An excellent sight-reader will learn new solos <em>much<\/em> faster. They will be able to have notes, rhythms, dynamics and articulation down in less than a an hour.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">If you can read it through and catch all the notes and rhythms quickly, then you can spend the rest of your time working on what really matters, musicality.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">You NEED to develop this skill<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">A lot of young players dislike sight-reading, some are scared of it and others even hate it. But you have to start doing it daily, not just at concert band assessments.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">You see, sight-reading is like knowing how to read words. Actually, it\u2019s exactly the same. People who can\u2019t read can still speak by listening to others and mimicking the sounds. This is what you as a musician might do in band. You get new music and overtime you learn how to play it simply by osmosis. This is NOT good. It\u2019s like saying you\u2019re a fluent Chinese speaker because you can say words. While you can absolutely get around by just speaking, what happens when you get lost and can\u2019t read the street signs or your traffic ticket?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">You will get a confidence boost<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">Feeling ready to read anything gives you that extra edge against your competition. You will be able to arrive at auditions, gigs or simply the first day of concert band at school or college, feeling good, relaxed and prepared.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">Also, confidence is something that not only shows in your demeanor but also comes through your tone. It\u2019s an all-in-one music vitamin.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">You will have more fun<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">Naturally, practicing can sometimes get boring due its monotonous nature. We play the same or similar warm-ups and routine drills on a daily basis, and this repetitive pattern can wear our musicianship down over time.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">The warm-up and routine are inevitable and must be done daily, but after that\u2019s finished we have <em>choices<\/em>. However, these choices can be severely limited by your sight-reading skills. If you are not doing so great at sight-reading, then you will probably go to the same etude or solo you\u2019ve been working on and play it again\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">Kill that habit by instead pulling out a new book, opening it to any page and just reading. You can also try my <span style=\"color: #04bfbf;\"><a style=\"color: #04bfbf;\" title=\"Simple Melodies for Beginners\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trumpetheadquarters.com\/resources\/trumpet-simple-beginner-melodies\/\">simple melodies<\/a> <\/span>as your sight-reading exercises.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">Now that you know why developing this skill is so important, look out for the next blog to see <em>how<\/em> you can get better at sight-reading. Keep playing and have fun!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><em>* * *<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0066ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0066ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trumpetheadquarters.com\/best-trumpet-warmup-guide-exercises\/\">SUBSCRIBE<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to my newsletter for the best warmup guide and exercises.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #2f2933;\">Plus stay up to date on the latest sales, blogs and news.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s face it, developing sight-reading skills is tough and this is why most people ignore working on the skill. Most beginner and intermediate players see it as an \u201cextra\u201d skill that can be cast aside since they don\u2019t really need it right at this moment. Let me tell why you should be sight-reading daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[31,54,61,59],"class_list":["post-2843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trumpet-practice","tag-practice","tag-reading-sheet-music","tag-sight-reading","tag-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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