Avilo Android beta

A new sight-reading piece every day

You get better at sight-reading by reading music you have never seen. Avilo writes a new piece at your grade each time, Initial to Grade 8, and hears whether you played it right and in time.

A sight-reading piece in Avilo, written for this session, in third position

Grades like the exams

Nine levels of difficulty, modelled on the exam grades from Initial to Grade 8: keys, meters, rhythms and positions get harder at the same pace as in the exams.

  • Beginner: Initial to Grade 3
  • Intermediate: Grades 4 to 6
  • Advanced: Grades 7 and 8

Read, then play once

Look at the piece, then play it through without stopping, as in the exam. Avilo marks the wrong notes and the missed rhythms. The next piece will be different.

Questions

How can I get better at sight-reading on the violin?

Read a little every day, music slightly easier than what you practise, and play it through without stopping. The variety matters more than the length; a new piece each day does more than one piece read ten times.

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