MusicYears 8–11Cello

Cello Grade 7: Sight-Reading

Advanced sight-reading with irregular metres; transposition; atonal passages

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you're about to play a brand-new piece of music for the first time. You look at the notes and spot the key signature — that's your clue to which notes are sharp or flat!

  2. 2

    What's the first thing you should check in a new piece of music?

  3. 3

    Tap the notes that are sharp in this G major key signature.

  4. 4

    Let's sight-read a short passage in G major together.

  5. 5

    Now you try — tap the correct fingerings for this G major scale passage.

  6. 6

    In sight-reading, where should your eyes be looking?

  7. 7

    What does a key signature with one sharp tell you?

Practise Cello Grade 7: Sight-Reading with Whizlo

Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 12–16. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.