CellopediaPractice Room

Sight-Reading

A fresh exercise at your level, every time. Read it, press Play, and play along with the cursor. Level 1 is free.

Level

Level 1: Beginner. First position, D3 to D4, bass clef, whole, half and quarter notes, steps and skips up to a third.

Suggested tempo: 60. Change it with the Tempo slider below.
Read the exercise first. Then press Play: two bars of clicks, and the cursor moves in silence while you play. "Hear it" plays it on the synthesized cello.

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Five levels, your choice of clef, key, meter and length

Level 1 stays in first position between D3 and D4 with whole, half and quarter notes. Each level adds range, note values and intervals, up to Level 5 with all clefs and keys, complex rhythms and large leaps. Choose a clef, a key and a meter, or let the exercise choose, and set the length in bars.

How to practice sight-reading

Look through the exercise before you play: the key, the meter, the highest and lowest notes, and any rhythm you have not met before. Then press Play and keep going with the cursor, whatever happens; a slip is not a reason to stop. Afterward, press Hear it to check what you read, and make a new exercise rather than polishing the old one.