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    by David R. Hickman Ww CCopyrignt 1979 by Wimbledon Music Inc. ‘Assigned to Trgram Musie Ine International Copyright Secured Printed in USA All Rights Reserved MUSIC SPEED READING by David R. Hickman MUSIC SPEED READING is « systematic method used to train the eye in the reading of music, The method is based on principles similiar fo that of the speed reading of words. Rather than allowing the eye to focus on individual notes or ‘symbols. the eye should scan ahead taking in an entire group of notes. ‘The use of atachistoscope maybe of great value in the eye training process. A tachistoscope is an electronic machine ‘which can flash an image on a screen in various minute durations. By flashing Images of objects (such as a car, bicycle, hat, et), words oF word groups, or musical notes or note groupings, the eye canbe systematically trained to recognize these images in speeds so rapid that one without such training might not perceive anything but a buss of light on the screen, This same eye perception process can be applied to the written page of musié. Through the systematic lessons contained in this book the reader will be able to recognize grouped pattems of notes and symbols. hus enhancing the speed and accuracy of music reading, PARTI Lessons 1 through 10 Dot Notes “Dot notes” are random notes without stems or flags. By eliminating the stems and flags, various rhythmic groupings may bbe assigned to the dot notes, systematically Increasing speed and accuracy. Lessons contained in Par | each have 24 dot notes per line, allowing the use of several mhythmic groupings. By per ceiving larger groupings of notes the ultimate speed of each note will increase. The use of the metronome is invaluable in these studies, example: Dot Notes: Assigned Rhythmic Groups: SSS «10,0. Played: ef — oS = Forpurposes of organization and progress evaluation,one should keep arecordof metronome speed for each rhythmic grouping. For example, suppose the recorded speeds of the abave assigned mythmic groups were as folows: J =wmuo J) =1nioo SD =v 80 SFR

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