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Sight-reading exercises

Level 1 sight-reading

Six 4-bar pieces for piano, written for a reader at level 1 and never played before. Read each one once, at a steady beat, and keep going whatever happens.

The start: one hand, one position, a handful of notes.

Playing one needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android tablet. Printing needs nothing.

What level 1 covers

Keys
No sharps or flats: C major
Right hand
Middle C up to G4: one five-finger position, no moving
Left hand
Rests: the right hand plays alone
Intervals
Repeated notes, steps (2nds) and skips (3rds), mostly steps
Note values
Whole notes, dotted half notes, half notes and quarter notes
Time
4/4

  1. No. 1

    C major · 4/4 · 4 bars · ♩ = 60 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 1, no. 1: 4 bars in C major, 4/4, right hand alone

  2. No. 2

    C major · 4/4 · 4 bars · ♩ = 60 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 1, no. 2: 4 bars in C major, 4/4, right hand alone

  3. No. 3

    C major · 4/4 · 4 bars · ♩ = 60 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 1, no. 3: 4 bars in C major, 4/4, right hand alone

  4. No. 4

    C major · 4/4 · 4 bars · ♩ = 60 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 1, no. 4: 4 bars in C major, 4/4, right hand alone

  5. No. 5

    C major · 4/4 · 4 bars · ♩ = 60 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 1, no. 5: 4 bars in C major, 4/4, right hand alone

  6. No. 6

    C major · 4/4 · 4 bars · ♩ = 60 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 1, no. 6: 4 bars in C major, 4/4, right hand alone

Level 1 sight-reading exercises from clefsight.com/sight-reading/exercises/level-1. Play any of them at a MIDI keyboard there and get every note marked.

Level 2 → Print this page for paper copies: each piece keeps to one page.