Sight Reading for Beginners

A student's progress is always highly dependent upon the quantity and quality of practice time between lessons. A student who does not practice sightreading skills between lessons will gain a basic understanding and will make minimal progress; for a student that practices every day using the strategies recommended by the teacher, the sky's the limit. The student's past experience in sightreading will also impact the student's reading ability at the end of the course.

No. If you are not able to identify the names of the notes, we will begin instruction there. If you can already identify the names of the notes, we will start with the next stage of the course. You will never need to be able to find the notes on the piano to learn to sightread as a singer.

This course will require practice time outside of lessons. Time spent practicing may vary from 15 minutes per day to an hour, depending on a student’s level of interest. Students who wish to become professional musicians will need more hours of practice per day using a different set of exercises and materials than students who are seeking to learn music as a hobby. Detailed structure of practice for each student will be discussed and explained during class.

The student is required to inform the teacher about his absence from a particular session, two days prior to the class. In such a case, the teacher will reschedule the class and conduct the rescheduled class on or before the end (i.e. Saturday) of the ensuing week or such other time as may be mutually decided between the teacher and the student. In case the student misses to give two days prior notice about his absence to the teacher, then the decision to conduct another class for that student is completely based on teacher’s discretion.

In case the teacher is unavailable for the scheduled class, he/she will inform the students two days prior to the class. The teacher will conduct the rescheduled class on or before the end (i.e. Saturday) of the ensuing week or such other time as may be mutually decided between the teacher and the student.

Students should get a response within 24 hours if the teacher is not preoccupied or travelling.

The teacher is equally comfortable with both naming systems and can adapt to the student's preference.