Basic Piano Library​ Sight Reading Books

Sight reading is a crucial skill for every pianist to endeavor to master; those who read music fluently are able to enjoy a lifetime of endless musical choices. Most of sight reading involves recognizing and recreating intervals and rhythm patterns. Students who learn to regularly sight read also develop their memory and focus. 

The Sight Reading Books offer exercises based on the same concepts that students are studying, page-by-page, in the Basic Piano Lesson Books. The books also include short rhythm sight reading drills and improvisation exercises to develop freedom of movement on the keyboard. Carolyne will be utilizing these drills during every lesson.

​Sight Reading Complete 1 (1A and 1B Combined) Book

Sight Reading Book
​Complete Level 1 (1A/1B)
This book is a compilation of Level 1A and Level 1B Sight Reading Books

Method Concepts
  • Melodic and harmonic intervals:
    2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
  • Sharps / F#
  • Flats / Bb
  • Staccato
  • Eighth notes and rests
  • Half steps and whole steps
  • Major scale
  • Tetrachords
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48 pages

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Sight Reading 2 and 3 Combined Book

Sight Reading Book
​Complete Level 2 & 3
This book is a compilation of Level 2 and Level 3 Sight Reading Books

Method Concepts​
  • Dotted half notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Melodic and harmonic intervals:
    6ths, 7ths and octaves
  • Triads, primary chords, blocked and broken chords
  • 3/8 and 6/8 time signatures
  • Primary triads in Major and Minor keys
  • Passing one under two / one under three
  • Major scales in contrary motion
  • Chromatic scale
  • Minor scale

48 pages​​​

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​Sight Reading ​Book 4

​Sight Reading Book 4    
Method Concepts​​
  • Tarantellas
  • Eighth note triplets
  • Arpeggiated chords
  • First and second inversion triads in C
  • Triads in all positions
  • Major scales in parallel motion
  • Seventh chords and inversions
  • E harmonic minor scale in contrary motion
  • Primary chords in E minor
  • Sixteenth notes
  • Dotted eighth notes
  • Primary chords in B-flat Major and G Minor
  • Harmonic minor scales in parallel motion

32 pages
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