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Old 01-27-2015, 06:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I play guitar, and I find sight reading to be difficult because there is more than one voicing for chords, and positions for notes. So it's a slow process to find the best way to play it. After I figure that out, I only rely on the sheet music until I know the song by rote. Then I use the sheet music more as mnemonic to know where I am at in a song. I don't read a note and play a note, like if one was to read from a book.

Another thing, sometimes without knowing you can learn mistakes by letting it go. If you let the mistake go a couple times without doing anything about it, it is if you learn that mistake. There are ways to undo the mistakes, by reviewing the material or playing at a slower pace, etc. If you already know the song and how to play it the correctly but a mistake somehow creeps in, and you seen not to be able to undo the mistake no matter what you do sometimes it is better not play the piece for a while.

If it's not about knowing your rudiments, or about practice etc it could be motor skills disorder (dyspraxia).
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