How to get BETTER at sight-reading on the flute!

Are you terrified of sight-reading and rather just avoid it? Or do you just label yourself as being terrible at sight-reading and that's that? Not anymore, I am walking you through this process step by step showing you my process and approach to sight-reading on the flute (or any instrument ) and how to improve it!
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[@helenramsey5892]

I always get so nervous when I sight-read music, and I think this will help me a lot. Thank you very much!

[@smolenbyy]

I’ve always gotten so anxious with sight reading, THANK YOUUU

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I'm a piano Newbie, and when I started with a teacher after almost a year of watching YT videos. When he put a sheet of music in front of me, I was lost. Since then I've practiced at least 15 minutes every day. But I don't pay attention to rhythm. You're first point really hit home. I hate using the metronome, and I guess I'll change. Merci beaucoup.

[@marinaslobodskoy3783]

Thank's a lot for all your videos, which are reaaaaally helpful dear Tatiana ! I just started playing flute 3 weeks ago, at 55 years old ( after french horn, tuba, and others ) , and you give me a lot of courage every day ! We, often,are only limited by ourselves, and at this time, with your help, I'm really sure that I will progress ! Thank you !!!

[@Guitarzzzzzzz173]

Slobodskoy Marina I’m 59 Slobodskoy and just picked up the flute a couple months ago. And I played French Horn all thru school. Tatiana is a great teacher. I’ve learned a lot here.

[@1970tomorrow]

Tatiana - I've been working on my sight reading and once people have done all that you suggest in this wonderful video, when it gets time to actually play, I've been trying to train myself to look ahead at the notes that are coming up, rather than looking at the notes as I'm playing them. This is especially easy when playing a longer note (half-not, dotted half, whole). You can look ahead at what's coming and mentally prepare for the passage even before playing it. It's hard to break the habit of looking at the note that you're playing, but if you can train yourself to look ahead, it helps eliminate surprises.....! Just a thought....

[@patrickchambers5999]

Semi-quavers for 1/16 notes. I keep forgetting you are from South Africa and use the English names for note time values. I can understand most of the terms and it's no problem to look them up. Maybe I should create a small note card 'cheat sheet' to help my foggy old brain (it's 73 years old) learn them. I've been playing for a couple of years and my teacher, who is younger than my daughter, often pulls out a song book of tunes, flips to a random page, and says PLAY THIS! I'm getting good at sight reading because of this. I may know the melody in my head but certainly not the actual music and it's probably a different arrangement anyway.

[@patrickchambers5999]

I'm just glad I've never encountered a demisemihemidemisemiquaver or a breve lately. Thanks for the heart.

[@isaiahhall5565]

Gotta love this!

[@starboarder4676]

Great and helpfull vid ! Learned a lot !

[@curtpiazza1688]

Great advice ....thanx!

[@jayveeaurea9091]

I can hardly sight read.

[@carolinafluteman6598]

A huge advantage for me is that I've already learned sight-reading from my days as a choir singer, and I also have Hal Leonard's books to study some of the songs that I would like to cover.

[@Sarbasis619]

I don't know sight reading or staff notation, after seeing a few minutes of this video I thought maybe I'll learn that, then suddenly at 3:02 minute I saw three hashtags in the staff notation...😭😭😭 not going to learn staff notation... Eb major, I'm not going to play you 🙏🙏🙏🙏 sorry Big like for the spiral

[@Astronist]

Interesting video, but speaking as a jazz musician I don't actually need to tangle with this! I sometimes sight-read a tune from sheet music, but it's simpler to just find a recording of it and pick it up by ear. But what I do need is the chord chart, which you don't mention at all, yourself clearly having a classical orientation.

[@Sarbasis619]

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[@gracejohnson7429]

I'm auditioning for gmea all state any tips on sight reading in 30 seconds?

[@TheFlutePractice]

Don’t stop no matter what! Practice playing through making all kinds of mistakes and learn to improve! Otherwise, make sure to check your key signature and understand the basic rhythms before you start.

[@niyaa.444]

Me having to go over all these steps in 20 seconds for all-state 😢

[@edigabrieli7864]

I love my tone and my control in general but my sight reading is a disaster.😭

[@caylabailey5649]

I'm a god at sight reading. But if you give me a new piece I have to look it up to find the rhythm. I am TrAsH at finding rhythm.

[@user-tl6lo9fl7w]

Lmao when u can barely memorize the b flat scale💀

[@madilynnballenger]

Well, I’m about to go to college, and I still don’t know how to read notes 🥲