Verb (used with object), verb (used without object), : to sight-read music; to sight-read another language. From Dictionary.com.
The musicians sight-read their music without delay. From Wordnik.com. ['Rudolph, Frosty, and Captain Kangaroo: The Musical Life of Hecky Krasnow - Producer of the World's Most Beloved Children's Songs'] Reference
The eight sight-read a Mendelssohn octet before an audience. From Wordnik.com. [The N.Y. Philharmonic in Pyongyang] Reference
I did scales, I sight-read music, and talked about my goals. From Wordnik.com. [Like I Love You] Reference
Snowball learns to sight-read "Nether Lands" by Dan Fogelberg. From Wordnik.com. [September 2006] Reference
She didn't really miss being able to sight-read in a conventional way. From Wordnik.com. [None so Blind]
The guy for whom it was commissioned has this amazing gift to sight-read. From Wordnik.com. [Even Bach Needed Goldberg] Reference
As almost any parent knows, most 5-year-old girls are more fluent than boys and can sight-read more words. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Boys] Reference
I mean, I'd find it fun to read through new stuff, but an awful lot of new music is too hard for me to sight-read. From Wordnik.com. [Compare and Contrast 16] Reference
They certainly couldn't sight-read not that many can and tried to stand about a mile away from me, with backs turned, for the aural tests. From Wordnik.com. [The great British amateur #1: The Piano Teacher] Reference
Must have instrument and be able to sight-read music. From Wordnik.com. [Local News | The Bryan College Station Eagle] Reference
I can write music, arrange, sight-read like you read a book. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Barrington's first test asked the young Wolfgang to sight-read a duet in five parts. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
Ultimately, the player with musician experience has to re-learn how to sight-read music. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Accuracy wasn't too much of an issue; WinDEU AAA'd Super Driver Expert on a sight-read. From Wordnik.com. [Bemanistyle[dot]com] Reference
Instrumentalists, including pianists, have to sight-read at a fairly advanced level if they hope to work. From Wordnik.com. [Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else] Reference
He was also extraordinarily talented, and able as a boy, it is said, to sight-read difficult music upside down. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Beginning July 11 and continuing every Sunday through August 15, musicians can gather to sight-read music masterworks. From Wordnik.com. [The Shad Plank] Reference
He continued on his own, teaching himself to sight-read, before he discovered the Brooklyn Music School on his rounds. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Evan Ramstad Four principals from the New York Philharmonic sight-read a Mendelssohn octet with North Korean musicians. From Wordnik.com. [The N.Y. Philharmonic in Pyongyang] Reference
I don't, but I offer to sight-read Nellie the Elephant from the songbook that is tied to the piano and he seems happy with that. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
I was unable to sight-read all but the simplest songs, and it took time to get used to the numbers and shapes that represent chords. From Wordnik.com. [Ars Technica] Reference
In fact, before making the decision to become a doctor, he was denied enrollment in the music school at Harvard because he couldn't sight-read. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It was also the period when he learned to sight-read notation and devour guides to song arrangement, like Basic Harmony and The Schillinger System. From Wordnik.com. [Expecting Rain] Reference
After scrutinising Mozart's birth certificate, he subjected him to an array of difficult musical tests, such as asking him to sight-read a complex score. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
Composer John Eacott presents two works using custom computer software to convert data into notation in real time for the performing musicians to sight-read. From Wordnik.com. [The Wire] Reference
Suddenly, with all the bands starting to lose musicians to the 'draft', a fifteen-year-old musician who could sight-read was eagerly sought by every bandleader in the UK. From Wordnik.com. [Manchester Evening News Blogs] Reference
They won't ever find out that if they can learn to sing reliably and sight-read well, they can make damned good money as a session singer or by singing commercials or jingles. From Wordnik.com. [The Sundries Shack] Reference
Could he sight-read a score?. From Wordnik.com. [Review of "Hi-De-Ho," Alyn Shipton's biography of Cab Calloway] Reference
He wanted us to sight-read Latin. From Wordnik.com. [Ferule & Fescue] Reference
Could Shaham sight-read theunwritten Debussy?. From Wordnik.com. [Tweety And Sylvester, Meet Mozart And Eigar] Reference
And I'd just come in and sight-read the music. From Wordnik.com. [Simone Dinnerstein: Variations on a Career] Reference
"We have to be very confident that they can sit down and basically sight-read that show. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
"Four to six months into the study, he sight-read a new piece for the first time in years. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
How many can sight-read?. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
She can sight-read. From Wordnik.com. [Home | The New York Observer] Reference
"I think, OK, I'm going to have to sight-read. From Wordnik.com. [Tweety And Sylvester, Meet Mozart And Eigar] Reference
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