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Sight-reading exercises

Level 3 sight-reading

Six 8-bar pieces for piano, written for a reader at level 3 and never played before. Read each one once, at a steady beat, and keep going whatever happens.

New: The right hand moving within an octave, dotted quarters with an eighth and eighth notes in pairs and 3/4 time.

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 3 covers

Keys
No sharps or flats: C major; A minor
Right hand
One octave in each piece, anywhere from middle C to A5, so the hand moves inside it
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, dotted quarters with an eighth, quarter notes and eighth notes in pairs
Time
4/4 and 3/4

  1. No. 1

    C major · 4/4 · 8 bars · ♩ = 72 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 3, no. 1: 8 bars in C major, 4/4, right hand alone

  2. No. 2

    C major · 3/4 · 8 bars · ♩ = 72 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 3, no. 2: 8 bars in C major, 3/4, right hand alone

  3. No. 3

    C major · 3/4 · 8 bars · ♩ = 72 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 3, no. 3: 8 bars in C major, 3/4, right hand alone

  4. No. 4

    A minor · 4/4 · 8 bars · ♩ = 72 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 3, no. 4: 8 bars in A minor, 4/4, right hand alone

  5. No. 5

    A minor · 4/4 · 8 bars · ♩ = 72 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 3, no. 5: 8 bars in A minor, 4/4, right hand alone

  6. No. 6

    A minor · 3/4 · 8 bars · ♩ = 72 · right hand alone

    Play this one
    Level 3, no. 6: 8 bars in A minor, 3/4, right hand alone

Level 3 sight-reading exercises from clefsight.com/sight-reading/exercises/level-3. Play any of them at a MIDI keyboard there and get every note marked.

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