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This is a downloadable zip file with:
Stage 5 – Triads
- Music theory on triads, inversions and dominant 7th chords
- Sight-reading tips for when sight-reading triads
- Recommended resources to become more familiar with triads
- Over 70 warm-up drills with triads, inversions and cadences
- Over 50 sight-reading practice drills with triads in major and minor keys
- Two-handed rhythm exercises in 4/4 with various note values including semiquavers and triplets
- Over 50 sight-reading excerpts with audio with triads (including dominant sevenths) in major and minor keys with up to 7 sharps and 7 flats, in various time signatures. Most excerpts are between 8 to 16 bars in length. The audio can be slowed down or sped up.
- Recommended pieces for further sight-reading practice including free downloadable pieces
- A sight-reading test so you know when to move on to the next stage
- BONUS #1: All of the material of the Practising Challenge
- BONUS #2: A sight-reading log to keep track of all the pieces you sight-read
Stage 6 – Broken Chords
- Sight-reading tips for sight-reading broken chords
- Recommended resources to become more familiar with chords
- Warm-up drills with audio with broken chords in all major and minor keys
- Broken chords flashcards to quickly recognise and play chords
- Over 40 sight-reading excerpts with audio with broken chords and different chord patterns in major and minor keys with up to 7 sharps and 7 flats in various time signatures. Most of the excerpts are between 12 to 16 bars in length. The audio can be slowed down or sped up.
- Recommended pieces for further sight-reading practice
- A sight-reading test so you know when to move on to the next stage
- BONUS #1: All the training material of the Pattern Recognition Challenge
Stage 7 – Leaps
- Sight-reading tips for sight-reading music with leaps
- 30 warm-up drills with leaps in separate hands in various key signatures
- Over 20 sight-reading excerpts with audio with leaps in separate hands and both hands. The excerpts are in various major and minor keys and in different time signatures. Most of the excerpts are between 12 to 24 bars in length. The audio can be slowed down or sped up.
- Recommended pieces for further sight-reading practice including free downloadable pieces
- A sight-reading test so you know when to move on to the next stage
- BONUS #1: The Keyboard Awareness Exercises so you can play leaps with confidence
- BONUS #2: All of the material of the Not Looking Down Challenge
Stage 8 – Four-Note Chords
- Music theory on four-note chords
- Sight-reading tips for sight-reading four-note chords
- Recommended resources for dealing with four-note chords
- 60 warm-up drills with audio with four-note chords in all major and minor keys and dominant seventh chords
- Over 40 sight-reading practice drills with audio with four-note chords in major and minor keys
- Over 25 sight-reading excerpts with audio with four-note chords and broken chords in various major and minor keys in different time signatures. Most excerpts are between 16 and 24 bars in length. The audio can be slowed down or sped up.
- Recommended pieces for further sight-reading practice that are freely downloadable
- A sight-reading test to put your skills to the test
- BONUS #1: All of the material of the Rhythm Challenge
