Specifications
- SPECIFICATION: Book Structure & Content
Progressive Graded Levels:
Each book is aligned with a specific ABRSM grade (from Grade 1 to Grade 8).
The pieces gradually increase in difficulty, mirroring the requirements of each grade.
Short Exercises:
The exercises are short, often 4 to 8 bars, to focus on quick reading and immediate practice.
They cover a range of musical styles and tempos to help students become familiar with different sight-reading scenarios.
Key Signatures:
Exercises cover both major and minor keys appropriate for the grade.
They include more unusual key signatures as students progress through the grades, reflecting the diversity in ABRSM exams.
Rhythmic Variations:
Rhythmic complexity increases with each grade, starting with simple rhythms and moving towards more advanced syncopations and time signatures (e.g., simple time, compound time).
Stylistic Range:
Includes exercises in various stylesclassical, romantic, baroque, and contemporary music.
Each exercise is written to help students develop the ability to sight-read a variety of musical genres.
Articulation & Dynamics:
Emphasis is placed on reading not only the notes but also articulations (staccato, legato), dynamics (forte, piano), and other performance markings.
Students are encouraged to interpret these details as they read.
Melodic and Harmonic Awareness:
Exercises may include melodic lines in both the right and left hands, encouraging students to sight-read both hands together.
There is also practice in harmonic progressions and chordal structures at higher grades.
- FEATURES: Structured Practice Routine:
Suggestions for regular sight-reading practice and tips on how to approach new pieces during sight-reading.
Exercises focus on key skills required by ABRSM examiners, such as scanning the piece quickly and maintaining fluency.
ABRSM Exam Alignment:
The material is designed to reflect the sight-reading tests in ABRSM piano exams, ensuring that students are well-prepared.
Sight-reading for specific grades aligns with exam expectations for tempo, time signatures, and key signatures.
Practice Tests:
Mock sight-reading tests at the end of each book simulate the actual ABRSM exam experience, helping students practice under timed conditions.
Supplementary Tips:
Many editions include advice on developing good sight-reading habits, like scanning for key and time signatures, keeping a steady tempo, and looking ahead while playing.
Description
This new series offers additional sight-reading practice material to support the current ABRSM Piano syllabus.
Available for Grades 1-8, each book features sample practice tests, representative of the technical level expected in the exam, as well as preparatory exercises to consolidate and build on existing skills between grades. More Piano Sight-Reading offers even more material to use in lessons or at home, supporting students to strengthen their sight-reading skills in preparation for the ABRSM exam. Featuring preparatory exercises that gradually introduce key new elements encountered for each grade, along with a comprehensive selection of sample sight-reading pieces, More Piano Sight-Reading supports students with the transition between grades, and encourages them to integrate sight-reading into their daily practice.
There are no changes to the current sight-reading requirements; these books can be used alongside ABRSM’s existing Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests.
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