sightread
Verb: To perform or play a piece of written music at first sight, without prior practice or preparation. It involves reading the musical notation and producing the correct sounds simultaneously.
The verb "sightread" is used to describe the specific skill of performing music directly from a written score. It is typically used in the context of musicians, singers, or conductors. - The audition required candidates to sightread a difficult passage. - A good accompanist must be able to sightread confidently.
- The orchestra's new cellist impressed everyone by her ability to sightread the complex modern composition perfectly.
- I can play that piece now, but I couldn't sightread it when the teacher first put it in front of me.
- He was hired for the studio session because he can sightread almost anything quickly and accurately.
- Sightreading (Gerund/Noun): The act or skill of performing music at sight.
- Sightreading is an essential skill for a professional musician.
- Often used in the past tense "sightread" (pronounced /ˈsaɪtˌrɛd/), which is identical in spelling to the base form.
- She sightread the entire sonata during the rehearsal.
- Sight-read: A common hyphenated variant of the verb.
- The job description requires the ability to sight-read.
- Sight-reader (Noun): A person who sightreads.
- He is the best sight-reader in the choir.
- Play at sight: To perform music upon first seeing the score.
- Read at sight: A more general term that can apply to music or text.
The word "sightread" is specific to the domain of music performance. It does not generally apply to reading text aloud for the first time (which is typically "read aloud"). The core meaning is the real-time translation of musical notation into sound.
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perform music from a score without having seen the score before
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He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread
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