Reading & Sightplaying

Question|Title Department Issue Authors
What is the difference between teaching reading and teaching sight reading? Music Reading 1990, 1-2 Brenda Ishikawa, Rita Fuszek
Have you found a way for your students to practice sightplaying at home? Music Reading 1990, 1-3 Louise Guhl, Deborah Merrifield, Rosamond van der Linde, Rein van der Linde
How do you teach your students to read intervals fluently? Music Reading 1990, 1-4 Diana Daggett Margeson, Sharon Elliot Cheek, Carole Tillotson
Where should reading come in the beginner's curriculum? Music Reading 1991, 2-1 Adela Bay
Do you use summer lessons for special reading activities? Music Reading 1991, 2-2 Mary Ann Lenti, Berdine Ehrman
Do you have special ways to teach reading to students with exceptional ears? Music Reading 1991, 2-3 Max Camp, Elaine Clark, Mary Sallee
Why do you use the whole-keyboard approach to beginning reading? Music Reading 1991, 2-4 Carol Baughman, Karla Hastings, Deborah Merrifield
How do you teach students to read music patterns rather than note-by-note? Music Reading 1992, 3-1 Stephen McCurry, Teri Watson, Myrna Bietz, Janet Mann
Why do you teach Five-Finger Pattern or Multi-Key approach in reading? Music Reading 1992, 3-2 Patricia King, Constance H. Kotis, Emily K. Dunnam, Marsha Wolfersberger
Do you teach sightplaying from the very first lesson? Music Reading 1992, 3-3 Joyce Grill, Rosemary Colson, Gail Berenson
How do you teach your students not to back up and start over? Music Reading 1992, 3-4 Arthur Wilson, Jackie Edwards, Louise Guhl
Does the size of the notes affect a student's ability to read? Music Reading 1993, 4-1 Carole Flatau, Barbara Kreader, Beverly McGahey
How do you teach fluent chord reading? Music Reading 1993, 4-2 Terry Kroetsch, Leslie Wolf, Deborah Fishbein Adams, Alison S. Barr
How do you teach students to read who already play by ear? Music Reading 1993, 4-3 Dennis Alexander, Doris Allen, Kelley Benson
How do you teach fluent rhythm reading? Music Reading 1993, 4-4 Connie Arrau Sturm, Kenneth Williams, Jean Stackhouse
What role do the eyes play in sightplaying? Music Reading 1994, 5-1 Deon Price, Jack Eaton, Rita Fuszek
When choosing an elementary method, what do you look for in the area of note reading? Music Reading 1994, 5-2 Carla Dean Day, Marilynn Carstens, Elaine Clark, Joan Reist
What do you do when the notes go up and your student plays down? Music Reading 1994, 5-3 Paul Miller, Helen Smith Tarchalski, Valerie Bates
Is there more to reading than reading pieces? Music Reading 1994, 5-4 Harriet Green, Leanne Hedges Kirkham, Gwendolyn Perun, and Carole Thomas
How do you prepare students for the reading traps in a piece? Music Reading 1995, 6-2 Janet Palmberg Lyman, Kathleen Murray, Margaret Lorince
How do you turn a reading performance into a dramatic performance? Music Reading 1995, 6-3 Donna Maxwell, Maxine Berghoff, Tim Brown, Richard Collins
Keep your eyes on the music—fact or fiction? Music Reading 1996, 7-1 Gail Berenson, Alys Terrien-Queen
What did you learn from a week's worth of reading problems? Music Reading 1996, 7-2 Judith Kotok, Georgann Gasaway, M'Lou Dietzer
What do you plan to do about sightplaying this year that is different? Music Reading 1996, 7-3 Becky Corley, Ted Cooper, Susan van Wyk
Does group teaching help you teach reading? Music Reading 1996, 7-4 Christopher Hepp, Christine Hicks, Kathy Nafius, Sue Collier
Is traditional notation the best approach for teaching beginning students? Adult Piano Study 1996, 7-4 Reid Alexander, Jean Warner
How do your students practice sightplaying? Home practice 1997, 8-1 Janet Johnson, Richard Chronister
Do you use notespellers to help students learn to read? Music Reading 1997, 8-4 Jammie Wileman, Frances Sexauer, Susan van Wyk
Is sightplaying important for adult leisure students? Adult Piano Study 1997, 8-4 Gail Bereson, Carole Thomas
What reading problems did you observe this week? Music Reading 1998, 9-1 Ginger Pickering, Karen Koch, Laurel Ince
How do you integrate composition and reading? Music Reading 1998, 9-2 Richard Chronister, Carola Grindea, Sheila Hekmat, Martha Baker
What do you do with an intermediate student with no reading skills? Music Reading 1998, 9-4 Anna Harriette Foshee, Myrna Bietz, Rebecca Johnson
If all your students were excellent sightplayers, how would your teaching change? Music Reading 1999, 10-2 Suzanne Guy, Rosemary Colson, Teri Watson
What are the differences and similarities in teaching reading in the United States and Russia? Music Reading 1999, 10-3 Sophia Gilmson
How does the student's reading level influence your repertoire assignments? Repertoire  2000, 11-1 Marvin Blickenstaff
Is there a relationship between student dropouts and when and how reading is introduced? Music Reading 2000, 11-2 Elvina Pearce, Adela Bay
Why do you prefer an "Off-Staff" rather than a Grand Staff approach to beginning reading? Music Reading 2000, 11-3 Ted Cooper, Meg Gray, Kathleen Rountree
How do you use notation software to improve your students' reading skills? Technology 2000, 11-3 Gail Fischler, Maura Hall, Linda Kennedy, Bobbie Rastall
Why do you prefer a "Grand Staff" rather than an "Off-Staff" approach to beginning reading? Music Reading 2001, 12-1 Carole Flatau, Sophia Gilmson, Regina Syrkin
How do you teach theory so that it enhances your students' reading skills? Music Reading 2001, 12-2 Nancy Davis, Gayle Kowalchyk, Julie Lovison
When and how does the Suzuki method introduce reading? Music Reading 2001, 12-3 Carol Bigler, Dorothy Clark, Valery Lloyd-Watts
How do you help a transfer student with poor reading skills? Music Reading 2001, 12-4 Kelley Benson, Suzanne Guy, Rachel Snyder
How much music-reading do you teach in your public school classroom? Music Reading 2002, 13-1 Karen Foley, Kim Nagy
What role does fingering play in music-reading? Music Reading 2002, 13-2 Mary Bloom, Jane Magrath, Susan Osborn
What does the latest research tell us about sight-reading? Music Reading 2002, 13-3 Phyllis Alpert Lehrer
What common problems occur in reading and how do you solve them? Music Reading 2002, 13-4 Janet Hart Johnson, Beverly Lapp, Sharon Stosur
How do you adapt your reading materials for students with learning disabilities? Music Reading 2003, 14-1 Alice Hammel
How does your pre-school music program prepare for reading? Music Reading 2003, 14-2 Kathy Anzis, Jennifer Merry, Sally Sloane
What is new in your teaching of reading this year? Music Reading 2003, 14-3 Rebecca Lewis
How do you use music technology for sight-reading? Technology 2003, 14-3 Michelle Gordon, Sara Hagen, Lori Rhoden
How do you teach "hard-to-read" pieces? Music Reading 2003, 14-4 Joan Fasullo, Stephanie Myers
How is teaching adults to read music different than teaching children? Music Reading 2004, 15-1 Rebecca Johnson, Lillian Livingston, Matthew Harre
How do you incorporate ear training into your curriculum? Music Reading 2004, 15-2 Cathy Albergo, Gayle Kowalchyk, James Goldsworthy
How do you teach reading in groups? Music Reading 2004, 15-3 Serena Mackey, Stephen Reen, Tessa Sawchuk
What do you do with transfer students whose reading level is far below their performance level? Music Reading 2004, 15-4 Mary Brostrom Bloom
How do you teach secure reading on ledger lines?  Music Reading 2005, 16-1 Rosemary Colson, Melissa Falb, Mark Mrozinski
How do you develop the ability to sight-read hands together? Music Reading 2005, 16-2 Elaine Rusk
What do you do with a transfer student who reads well on the treble staff but is insecure with reading on the bass staff? Music Reading 2005, 16-3 Steve Betts, Jacqueline Blender, Melody A. Hanberry
What steps do you assign for the process of sight-reading? Music Reading 2005, 16-4 Meg Gray, LeAnn Halvorson, Virginia Houser
Do good reading skills help or hinder memorization? Music Reading 2006, 17-1 James Helton, Suzanne Schons
How important are rhythm, dynamics, and articulation in first readings of a new piece? Music Reading 2006, 17-2 Esther Chan, Jessica Johnson
How does teaching music-reading differ from teaching sight-reading?  Music Reading 2006, 17-3 Midori Koga, Brian Marks, Connie Arrau Sturm
When do you add fingering to assist a student in reading? Music Reading 2006, 17-4 Arlene Steffen, Brenda Wriston

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