sight-reading
- a word derived from sight-read.
- a word form of sight-read.
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
But sight-reading while you walk is not so easy.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2015
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
