How can I improve my clarinet sight reading?

Clarinet Sight Reading Lesson

1. Do it!
2. Check the time signature.
3. Check the key signature – the true secret of knowing keys is to know scales.
4. Figure out your tempo.
5. Look for accidentals (outside the key signature).
6. Pick out difficult rhythms and syncopations and figure them out.
7. Look for patterns.

How do you practice sight reading effectively?

12 Tips to Help You Sight-Read Better

1. Practice scales, arpeggios, and chords.
2. Practice playing without looking at your hands.
3. Observe the time signature and key signature.
4. Look for tricky rhythms (dotted rhythms, triplets etc.), octave changes, and clef changes.

How many exercises does sight reading factory have?

The best way to practice sight reading & sight singing. Sight Reading Factory makes practicing sight reading fun, easy & effective with unlimited sight reading exercises for educators, students & hobbyists.

How long should you practice sight reading?

Sight-read for as long as you wish. There is so much piano music out there that you will never run out of sight-reading resources! Whatever you do, try to practise sight-reading daily or as often as possible during the week. It is far more beneficial to practise five minutes a day every day than one hour once a week.

How to practice sight reading with sheet music?

PracticeSightReading.com creates random pieces of sheet music with an audio accompaniment for musicians to practice sight reading. Click practice in the menu to get started! It all starts with Rhythm!

How to improve sight reading with sight reading factory?

Regular sight reading practice is the key to improving your sight reading ability, but it requires a lot of new material. Sight Reading Factory’s unique algorithm for composing music on demand makes practicing sight reading easy & fun. You’ll never practice the same music twice!

How does sight reading and sight singing work?

The sight reading and sight singing exercises produced are governed by many rules so that they make ‘musical sense’ in that they are rhythmically, harmonically and tonally appealing. In other words, although the music is computer-generated, it still sounds like real music.

How to practice sight reading with random measures?

Press the “Play” button below to start the audio and clap, play your instrument, or sing along with the rhythm to practice. Below is 9 measures of 4/4 rhythm at level 2. Too easy? Increase the difficulty to level 3. Too hard? Decrease the difficulty to level 1. Just right? Hit the Refresh button to close this box and practice a new example.