Guitar Grade 8: Sight-Reading

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Sight-reading means playing a piece of music you've never seen before — like reading a story out loud for the first time!

2. 2

   Look at this example — a short melody in 4/4 time. The notes are on the staff and you play each one in order.

3. 3

   Tap the fretboard to play the first 4 notes of this melody — follow the sheet music!

4. 4

   Let's sight-read this together — a simple 4-bar phrase in G major.

5. 5

   What does the time signature 4/4 tell you?

6. 6

   Now try a new melody — play the first 8 notes using the fretboard below.

7. 7

   In G major, which note is sharp?