Description
This is a downloadable zip file with:
Stage 1 – Notes and Steps & Skips
- Music theory on the Landmark Notes and Steps and Skips
- Sight-reading tips so you know what to look out for when sight-reading
- Recommended resources so you know which books and apps are worth using
- Identification drills in the treble and base
- Warm-up drills in the treble and bass including notes with accidentals and on ledger lines
- Over 80 sight-reading exercises with steps and skips in various keys and hand positions
- 20 clapping rhythm exercises in 3/4 and 4/4
- Over 450 sight-reading excerpts with audio in major keys with up to 4 sharps and 4 flats. They are 4 bars in length. The audio can be slowed down or sped up. A downloadable Scale & Arpeggio Cheat Sheet is included for each key.
- Recommended pieces for further sight-reading practice including free downloadable pieces
- A sight-reading test with audio so you know when to move on to the next stage
- BONUS #1:Â All of the training material of the Note Reading Challenge including the workbook and videos
- BONUS #2:Â A sight-reading log to keep track of all the pieces you sight-read
Stage 2 – Hands Together
- Sight-reading tips for when sight-reading hands together
- Recommended resources related to playing hands together
- 20 hand independence exercises to develop independence in both hands
- Over 70 sight-reading exercises with 4ths and 5ths in various keys
- Over 30 two-handed rhythm exercises in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4
- Over 420 sight-reading excerpts with audio in major and minor keys with up to 4 sharps and 4 flats. They are 4 bars in length. The audio can be slowed down or sped up. A downloadable Scale & Arpeggio Cheat Sheet is included for each key.
- Recommended pieces for further sight-reading practice
- A sight-reading test so you know when to move on to the next stage
- BONUS #1:Â All of the training material of the Hand Independence Challenge
- BONUS #2:Â All of the training material of the Hands Together Challenge
Stage 3 – Beyond the Five-Finger Position
- Sight-reading tips for when sight-reading music outside a fixed hand position
- Recommended resources for dealing with hand position changes
- Keyboard awareness exercises to help you move around the keys without looking down
- 20 warm-up drills with extended hand positions
- Over 30 two-handed rhythm exercises in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4
- Sight-reading exercises with 6ths, 7ths and octaves to prepare you for the sight-reading excerpts
- Over 140 sight-reading excerpts with audio with hand position changes in separate hands and both hands. The excerpts are in major and minor keys with up to 4 sharps and 4 flats, in various time signatures. They 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:Â All of the training material of the Not Looking Down Challenge
Stage 4 – Harmonic Intervals
- Music theory on harmonic intervals (two-note chords)
- Sight-reading tips for when sight-reading harmonic intervals
- Recommended resources for learning about intervals
- Identification drills with harmonic intervals
- Over 30 sight-reading practice drills with intervals in all major and minor keys
- Interval exercises in different combinations
- Over 40 two-handed rhythm exercises in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8 including semiquavers (sixteenth notes)
- Over 30 sight-reading excerpts with audio with harmonic intervals in one hand or both. The excerpts are in major and minor keys with up to 4 sharps and 4 flats, in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8. They are between 8 to 16 bars in length. The audio can be slowed down or sped up.
- Recommended pieces for further sight-reading practice of harmonic intervals
- A sight-reading test so you know when to move on to the next stage
- BONUS:Â All of the training material of the Interval Challenge
