Super Sight-Reading Secrets: An Innovative, Step-By-Step Program for Musical Keyboard Players of All Levels: Amazon.ca: Howard Richman: Books

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Vonda Shepard, Recording Artist for Reprise Records

I've used it in the studio, on tour, and in playing classical music.

Todd Winkler, Professor of Music Theory and Solfege, California Institute of the Arts

It is elegantly simple yet comprehensive.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy!!, Jun 27 2004

By A Customer

Don't buy this book. The book simply teaches you some basic thoery.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Examine Before You Buy!, April 7 2004

By	Robert E. Welcyng (Anchorage, AK USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am embarrassed that I actually bought this book of 48 pages without first examining it. I found no "super sight-reading secrets." In fact, I found nothing about reading music that I had not already learned from grade school music classes.

I did not find the following sort of advice especially useful:

"Get a book of all major and minor scales. Begin practicing all 24 major and minor keys."

"Play every note of the Bach Chorales hands alone, without looking, one octave displaced."

I was able to follow much of Richman's text only because I recognized what he was trying to say. I found little clarity in his writing and I was annoyed by his many ungrammatical sentences.

My advice is to buy an old standby such as "Learn to Read Music" by Howard Shanet.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Super Sightreading Secrets by Howard B. Richman, Dec 29 2003

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I found this book to be long in title (and promises) and very short on delivery. There is so little information to guide the student and so many assumptions made by the author that a student would be better off approaching the piano using a seeing eye dog! If the piano student knew all the information that the author assumed the student to already know, believe me, he or she would not need to investigate or acquire this book.
I definitely do not recommend the serious piano student invest money or time with this one.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely helpful
I play piano for a choir, and recently bought this book to improve my sight reading.

The method here uses a simplified counting method which breaks the music down to its essence... Read more

Published on Oct 22 2003 by L. Power

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad book.......
This book has its good points and bad. The first part of the book is redundant for intermediate and up pianists, and the latter part will be inaccessible to beginners, so you... Read more

Published on Sep 7 2003 by Ian Gillis

4.0 out of 5 stars All the right things, just not very neat
The exercises are indeed step-by-step and progress simply and effectively. I think they represent the "right" way to learn sight reading. Read more

Published on Jun 18 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy the book because of the title
I reserved my detailed comments on the book. I should not have bought the book because of the attractive title. Read more