Sight-reading is a skill which offers a student access to all music literature; a skill through which he can acquaint himself with any composition; unaided by a teacher.Nor can the ability to sight-read be lost. Once musical notation has become a living picture for the student; it will remain so; and he will at any time afterward be able to perform any music whether he practices regularly or not.Sight-reading does not conflict with repertoire study. On the contrary; a good sight-reader has no trouble in perfecting a piece; and is all the more stimulated to do so.After a student has developed adequate facility in sight-reading; he is ready for unrehearsed or little rehearsed performance; this is especially important for chamber musicians and accompanists. Also; to musicians in other fields who take piano lessons as an additional subject; sight-reading will be very welcome.Thus it is suitable for every piano pupil. For the amateur student; however; the sight-reading method is imperative. Not only does it direct him to an appropriate goalmdash;developing musicianshipmdash;but it also helps him to attain it. It is not the privilege of specially talented persons. To play a piano piece correctly at sight implies nothing more than a coordination of the playerrsquo;s ears; eyes; and hands. Every normal person can develop that coordination; though it may mean hard work for some.The efficacy of sight-reading has been proven by my own teaching experience and by that of my co-workers over a period of a great many years with numerous students of all ages and types. Most of our students would have failed under traditional instruction. Many actually had failed; but they resumed their piano studies with our new approach and then succeeded.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Laws of Harmony and ProportionBy Saxon HenryIn 1997. Stoddard published The Decoration of Houses. her expansion of the ideas first put into print by one of her heroines. Edith Wharton. who published a book with the same title in 1897 (with co-author Ogden Codman. Jr.). In her homage to Wharton. Stoddard begins her Foreword with this superb Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: “Love of beauty is taste…the creation of beauty is art.†With it she gracefully furthers her point that Wharton’s book became a revolutionary bible for professional designers and architects stateside and abroad who were determined to turn the creation of beauty into an art form.I find it quite fascinating that the first book penned by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author the caliber of Edith Wharton was a decorating book. one that changed thinking about interior design for all time. no less.- See more at: http://saxonhenry.com/harmony-and-proportion/#sthash.Ifd15g7D.dpuf7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. poor qualityBy EveThe quality of printing and of the pictures was very poor. It seemed to be a second hand photocopy of an original book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This book is a historical jewel of the archives of ...By Dale McCuneThis book is a historical jewel of the archives of the balance between architecture and interior design / decoration. The approach is dated. of course. but it still sets the parameters and rules for the arrangement of rooms and their decoration. It is still in print for a reason.
