sight-read
verb (used with or without object)
to read, play, or sing without previous practice, rehearsal, or study of the material to be treated.
sight-reading
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a word derived from
sight-read.
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a word form of
sight-read.
sight-readverb (used with or without object)to read, play, or sing without previous practice, rehearsal, or study of the material to be treated.
Example Sentences
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Many people might remember music grades with scales and sight-reading.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
Mr. Messina’s experience as a jazz musician made him adept at sight-reading and transposing key signatures, but many of the Motown arrangements were created on the spot by the Funk Brothers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022
"In this exam: She needs to play three pieces by memory, two pieces read music, technique requirements in major, minor scales, ear training, sight-reading, rhythm clap back, listening and playback and etc."
From Fox News ● Sep. 5, 2021
The performances he attended and went through the motions of conducting were with pickup orchestras made up of rather unmotivated Viennese musicians sight-reading this new, incredibly complicated and challenging music on only one rehearsal.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2020
Sitting at Robbie’s upright piano, I was quick to pick up the scales—that osmosis thing was real—and I threw myself into filling out the sight-reading work sheets she gave me.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
