alocispepraluger102 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) rich conaty was recounting vince giordano's band last tuesday night performing some first time sight-playing big band charts from the 30s. is sight reading done in solo, group, and band competitions? to a nonmusician, it would seem that this could make for some remarkably memorable and forgettable experiences. Edited January 3, 2011 by alocispepraluger102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeCity Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Sight reading is included in some band competitions. And working musicians are often called upon to sight-read in performance. Most big bands that do bar gigs (or commercial/club date/jobbing bands) will frequently have substitute players who are seeing the charts for the first time on the gig. But the term "sight-reading" isn't really used much in the professional music world. When discussing a musician's skills we might talk about whether or not a player can "read" or if he's a "reader", but not use the term "sight-read." It's kind of like reading English aloud. If you handed a book to someone or asked them to read from cue cards, a developed reader could say the phrases out loud in a natural, conversational way, even the first time. A less developed reader will speak in a halting, stilted manner as he struggles to figure out the phrases. But we wouldn't call it "sight-reading," we would just call it "reading." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Sight reading is included in some band competitions. And working musicians are often called upon to sight-read in performance. Most big bands that do bar gigs (or commercial/club date/jobbing bands) will frequently have substitute players who are seeing the charts for the first time on the gig. But the term "sight-reading" isn't really used much in the professional music world. When discussing a musician's skills we might talk about whether or not a player can "read" or if he's a "reader", but not use the term "sight-read." It's kind of like reading English aloud. If you handed a book to someone or asked them to read from cue cards, a developed reader could say the phrases out loud in a natural, conversational way, even the first time. A less developed reader will speak in a halting, stilted manner as he struggles to figure out the phrases. But we wouldn't call it "sight-reading," we would just call it "reading." thanks for the enlightenment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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