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sight read
verb
To perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal.
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We then had the pianists sight read pieces of music without preparation.
I could sight read music in ultra-glacial slow motion, but I have no technique.
We may ask students to sight read a piece of music in the room.
Mr. Giacone taught his student to sight read and introduced him to the music of the jazz greats.
More recently it has been shown that some music students can sight read and play piano music while at the same time repeating aloud a prose passage.
He's been learning piano for several years now, and can sight read with little fuss.
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I pretended I could sight-read when I couldn't.
Minimum requirements are an ability to sight-read and to turn up on time.
Most of the eight selected melodies were fairly easy to sight-read.
Harms recalled, "Eric could sight-read anything, and he has natural technique.
A fine student, he devoured books and could sight-read music from an early age.
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