sight-reading
sight-reading, sight-singing. The reading or singing of mus. at first sight in order to perform it. Various methods of sight-singing have been used through the centuries, from d'Arezzo's hexachords in the 11th cent. to tonic sol-fa. Most Eng.-speaking countries now use systems based on movable-doh or fixed-doh.
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