sightread


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perform music from a score without having seen the score before

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Even now if I have to sightread a script I read it beforehand so I'm familiar with the wording.
The first time I: FAY RIPLEY; Fay, 33, returns as the long-suffering housewife Jenny in a new series of the award-winning drama Cold Feet. Here she tells Angela Hagan about playing the clown, kissing a frogman who didn't turn into a prince and why wooden spoons terrify her
It's a different kind of music from what I do." Not only do orchestra members need a wide tonal range, but they also have to be able to sightread well and often have to merge into one unit, creating a unified sound within their section.
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Although much of this music is simple and fairly easy to sightread, there are some very delicious moments in these folk-song settings.
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That is up to the singer." (4) (As a side note, Frazier also says that he is more likely to hire a studio session singer who can sightread both written music and charts, improvise, and sing in tune, because it saves his project money and time.)
Live vs. recorded: comparing apples to oranges to get fruit salad
He can virtually sightread music that might take even highly skilled players years to perfect.
The Cambridge Companion to the Violin
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