Improving Sight Reading and Transposition

First, you must practice a lot; for transposition, do not proceed by transporting note by note, strive to read in the new clef; for sight-reading, it is important to get used to not stopping, if you think making a mistake on some notes is serious ... altering the rhythmic pulse at your own whim is much more so

Regarding sight-reading in solfège, I use this method (I believe it is commonly used):

1) a quick complete glance, pausing on the most difficult parts and trying them out as well.

2) During execution, read what comes immediately after (so as not to be caught unprepared).

3) Look a bit to see if there are changes in time signatures and try them (to also realize the speed of execution)

3) Do not read note by note, but understand from the notation with a glance where you will end up.

Example: - if it is a descending or ascending diatonic succession, it is enough to read only the first note.

- if there are leaps, just identify the first note and, with practice, one can always use a glance to identify the subsequent intervals (feasible with intervals that are not too wide).

- etc.

4) Lots of practice.

There are similar tricks for transposition as well.

The classification I have made is a bit makeshift, but I find it difficult to rationalize everything. As a rule of thumb, practice helps—if followed by an expert—to overcome such problems by visualizing the various obstacles encountered each time.

As for reading for the purpose of playing, the matter naturally becomes more complicated because, in addition to reading, there is also the need to "move the fingers."

And I confess that I am a real klutz, but it can certainly be improved.

For sight-reading there are also some methods, I mean textbooks...

I will seem blasphemous to those who have sweated for years over the Pozzoli, I know, but I think the fastest system is to use notation software. After all, today, technology exists... Why not use it also for noble study purposes?

CromaDiBrera wrote:

Besides, today, technology exists... Why not use it also for noble study purposes?

In what way? I mean, to improve reading? ... thinking about it, maybe even to improve transport? Do you mean transporting a fragment by playing it, then transcribing the original into a notation program, letting it do the work too, and then comparing them?

They made me use the Norris, a bit elementary, but it contains many interesting tips in the preface.

An interesting book is Forino, published by Ricordi: "Preparation for reading and sight-reading on the piano"

I don't know if it can still be found ... but:

http://opac.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/opac/controller.jsp;jsessionid=73C8302AD3BFF5BE7598F515CC0A9C9D?action=notizia_view&notizia_idn=cub0282685&query_action=search_byautoresearch&query_filterterm=&query_position=0&query_maxposition=17&query_orderby=&query_filterterm=&query_querystring_1=CFIV149367&query_fieldname_1=vidtutti

1925? I see it being hard to find a Silbermann ...

Then I didn't write anymore that I obtained it (the Forino) in the conservatory library

For those interested, it is providing its benefits

I tracked down this PDF, maybe it will be useful to someone....

http://www.giuliopirondini.ilbello.com/Sito/Articoli%26riflessioni_files/Primavista.pdf