Reading at tempo

Until now you had all the time in the world for each note. Real reading does not work that way: the music moves on, and the note has to be read by the time it goes past. This drill puts a slow metronome underneath and asks for each note exactly as it sounds.

You will hear one bar of count-in, four clicks. The first note starts on the fifth click. A name given late counts as a miss even when it is the right name: speed is part of reading.

One tip: look at the next note while you say the current one. The eye always runs ahead of the voice.