Sight Reading: The Ideal Error Rate for Optimal Learning

When you're practicing sight-reading, how difficult should the music be? Should it be easy enough that you can read it more or less perfectly, without any mistakes? Should it be difficult enough that you're making lots of mistakes, and feeling really challenged? Could there a specific "sweet spot" or Goldilocks zone where your sight-reading skills improve at the fastest possible rate? Get all the nerdy details here: Sight Reading: The Ideal Error Rate for Optimal Learning * * * Have you been ...

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Ever wonder why you can practice for hours, sound great in the practice room, and still be frustratingly hit or miss on stage? Join performance psychologist and Juilliard alumnus/faculty Noa Kageyama, and explore research-based “practice hacks” for beating anxiety, practicing more effectively, and playing up to your full abilities when it matters most.