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Junior Cert Music sight reading

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  • 25-01-2018 8:54pm
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    Cyclist101
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    I'm posting for my son. He plays piano at Grade 5 and knows a few chords on guitar. His music teacher in school reckons sight reading chords on the guitar is very easy and recommends he does it but his piano teacher is horrified at the thought and says he should do his sight reading on piano. Anyone any thoughts as to which he should do?


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    greenttc
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭greenttc


    Cyclist101 wrote: »
    I'm posting for my son. He plays piano at Grade 5 and knows a few chords on guitar. His music teacher in school reckons sight reading chords on the guitar is very easy and recommends he does it but his piano teacher is horrified at the thought and says he should do his sight reading on piano. Anyone any thoughts as to which he should do?

    He should do what he feels he is best at and whatever he is most comfortable with. That is what he will do best in.


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    ev39
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    I did Junior Cert music last year and I chose the option of aural memory rhythm instead of sight reading. It was quite easy to get almost full marks in.
    None of the piano players in my class did sight reading as our teacher told them it was very difficult.
    However, just about all the guitar players did sight reading! As far as I know, only basic chords are required.
    Despite this, I would still recommend that your son does aural memory rhythm instead of sight reading, even if he is very good at sight reading piano/guitar.

    Btw, my instrument is trad flute and sight reading would have been difficult for me as I learn music by hear, so I don’t actually know how hard it is to sight read! Anyway I hope my advice is helpful :)


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