sightread

  • 1sightread — verb To perform (music or other art) without rehearsal but on first viewing of a text. I can sightread really simple music, but hard pieces need a lot of practice so I dont have to stop and figure out what Im doing …

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  • 2sightread — /ˈsaɪtrid/ (say suytreed) verb (t) (sightread /ˈsaɪtrɛd/ (say suytred), sightreading /ˈsaɪtridɪŋ/ (say suytreeding)) to play, read, or sing (music) from a written or printed score without previous rehearsal or study. Also, sight read, sight read …

  • 3sightread — verb perform music from a score without having seen the score before He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread • Syn: ↑sight read • Derivationally related forms: ↑sightreader • Topics: ↑music …

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  • 4sight-read — verb perform music from a score without having seen the score before He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread • Syn: ↑sightread • Derivationally related forms: ↑sightreader (for: ↑sightread) • …

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  • 5Edvard Grieg — Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the Romantic period. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen s play Peer Gynt (which… …

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  • 6George Thalben-Ball — Sir George Thomas Thalben Ball CBE (18 June 1896 ndash;18 January 1987) was an English organist and composer.He was born in Sydney, Australia of English parents who brought him back to England when he was 4. His father and brother were born in… …

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  • 7Minnesota Youth Symphonies — Origin Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA Genres Classical Occupations Youth Orchestra Years active 1972 present …

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  • 8Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association — The Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (more commonly known as VBODA) is an organization of high school, middle school, and elementary school band and orchestra directors within the Commonwealth of Virginia, whose mission is to… …

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  • 9Parthenia (music) — Parthenia or the Maydenhead of the first musicke that ever was printed for the Virginalls was, as the title states, the first printed collection of music for keyboard in England. Virginals was a generic word at the time that covered all plucked… …

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  • 10sight-reader — noun A person who is able to sightread …

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