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Meanings of sight-reading in English

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Usage of sight-reading in English
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Bach was chosen because his music is fairly accessible to sight-reading amateurs.
The new yorker
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The contrast with the present lamentable lack of sight-reading ability is most marked.
Spirit and Music
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St. Elgiva's ought to have a chance for the sight-reading competition.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl
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Your sight-reading is remarkable, the sure sign of a musician.
Mildred Pierce
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She became skilled in harmony, theory, sight-reading and harpsichord playing.
For Every Music Lover / A Series of Practical Essays on Music
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The mental alertness developed by sight-reading is of much importance.
Spirit and Music
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Mildred told about the studio, the Rachmaninoff prelude, the sight-reading, the accompaniment to the violin selection.
Mildred Pierce
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They sing "I'm not doing what I want to do" as a round, sight-reading from Creed's score.
The Guardian
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I asked him if there was a little sight-reading he wanted done, and he handed me the Inflammatus from Rossini's Stabat Mater.
Mildred Pierce
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He was training as a rehearsal pianist, or "repetiteur", when singers he coached saw he had more in him than a gift for sight-reading.
Reuters
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Sight-reading, we believe, possesses a special value in this direction.
Spirit and Music
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'You learn to make accurate measurements from sight-readings in this job,' said Banbury casually.
White corridor
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Sight-reading musicians rejoice: it's a prototype no longer, and you'll be able to buy the wireless controller as of November 16th.
Wired
Sight-reading through the time