Help!! Need to learn to sight-read fast!!!

[cukaracha]

so heres the thing. i'm using my talent in guitaring to gain admission into the Junior College of my choice.

i play quite well; almost everything from shredding to tapping to sweeping, so the technical aspect is taken care of. but thats precisely the problem.. the guitaring tested is classical, no electric..


i can sight read tabs relatively well, but not standard notation. i have approximately 1.5 months to get sight-reading to an acceptable level. i doubt i'll be tested on very complex pieces, but they aren't gonna be single line melodies like Mary Had a Little Lamb either..


i'm well aware of the importance of practice, but my learning and perfecting of sight-reading ability will definitely be made easier and more efficient if i had more structured guidelines on this. ie. a progressive level of difficulty.



so besides goggling it, perhaps you guys could give me more personal pointers that'll help me out.



thanks.

 

[yucki8aby]

if you have any previous music background in another instrument ( one that requres you to read scores), then just practising sightreading new songs for a week or two would get u up to mark

 

[Likui]

take any music score and sight read force yourself to find the notes and remember it because if you don't every time u see that note u have to find it just take many many many scores and do that everyday

 

[anonpersona]

The only way to improve on sight reading is to sight read as many scores as you can. Go any buy those classical guitar etude books and practice reading them.

 

[yucki8aby]

i think etude book is a little overkill. i recommend you buy those abrsm sight reading books for classical guitar.