Many pianists who regularly watch YouTube may have encountered Bach Scholar’s channel. After viewing one of his videos on sight-reading many years ago, this reviewer’s interest in sight-reading became further invigorated. Bach Scholar, whose real name is Dr. Cory Hall, has written a well-known book called Sight-Reading and Harmony to provide a comprehensive method for pianists wishing to improve their sight-reading skills. Comprised of four major divisions, Sight Reading and Harmony consists of explanatory directions, reference information, technical exercises, and Bach Chorale excerpts. The emphasis in this volume is using four-part Bach Chorales for improving vertical reading at the keyboard. In the reference section, a table of contents contains detailed indices to the German titles, the BWV catalog numbers, the key signatures, the time signatures, the composer listings, and the cadences of the Bach Chorales. These listings provide a handy guide for locating sight re...
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