READING DRILLS

Six short sight-reading exercises. Treble clef only. No song you've heard before โ€” that's the point. Read with your eyes, not your ears.

Module 03 ยท Companion to Week 1 of the practice plan

How to use these โ€” read this first

  1. Name before you play. For each exercise, say each note's letter out loud first. Don't touch the keyboard yet.
  2. Then play. Once you've named all 8 notes correctly, play them on the keyboard. Slow is fine.
  3. Self-check. Click "SHOW ANSWERS" after you're done. If you got every note right, move to the next exercise. If not, redo this one.
  4. No ear shortcuts. If you find yourself playing the note first to "see if it sounds right," cover the keys with your free hand and force yourself to read.
  5. Goal: get all 6 exercises 100% correct without peeking at the answers, by Saturday.

When you can do all six

You are officially reading sheet music. Bring this in on Saturday and we'll do a few new ones in person โ€” and start adding rhythm.

Built for Holden ยท Read out loud ยท See Ted Saturday @ 3PM