Practice plans & exercises

Sight-reading improves with short, regular sessions of fresh, easy music. Start with the 4-week plan, then mix in the daily exercises.

5 guides

Ten to fifteen minutes a day, with one clear goal for each week. The plan most readers start with.

Graded drills that work with any beginner or method book, from single-line reading to hands together.

What to check in the 30 seconds before you play the first note: key, time, rhythm, patterns and danger spots.

Read vertically, keep the pulse, and know exactly what to drop when two staves get too busy.

There is no honest fixed number. Here is what speeds it up, the milestones to look for and how to measure progress.