MusicYears 5–8Recorder

Recorder Grade 5: Sight-Reading

Sight-reading in keys up to 4 sharps/flats; compound time; ornamentation; chromatic passages

What you'll learn

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    Sight-reading means playing a piece of music you've never seen before! 🎵

  2. 2

    What does 'sight-reading' mean?

  3. 3

    Here's a short piece of music for recorder. The notes go up and down like a rollercoaster! 🎢

  4. 4

    Tap the notes in order to play this melody on your recorder. 🎶

  5. 5

    Let's sight-read this 4-note melody together. 🎵

  6. 6

    Now try this new melody — tap the notes as you play them on your recorder. 🎵

  7. 7

    When sight-reading, what should you do FIRST?

Practise Recorder Grade 5: Sight-Reading with Whizlo

Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 9–13. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.