SightReadingTraining
Piano sight-reading training that never lets the beat stopMost reading apps ask you to name an isolated note and wait until you get it right, which trains hesitation. SightReadingTraining works the way real music does: every exercise has a key, meter, tempo, rhythm and harmonic structure, you preview it, you play it once, and the metronome keeps going whether you recover or not. Instead of a single accuracy percentage you get a diagnosis — your main bottleneck, a secondary issue, your strongest dimension, and the drill to practice next.
Inside SightReadingTraining
- Newly generated music on every attempt, so students read instead of memorizing
- Scoring across rhythm, pitch, continuity, structure and recovery — not just correct notes
- Vanishing Score training that hides the music ahead of your hands to build eye-hand span
- All 30 major and minor keys, with configurable meter, tempo, note range and rhythm level
- Play on a MIDI keyboard, an acoustic or digital piano via microphone, or the on-screen keyboard
- Microphone pitch analysis runs entirely in the browser — audio is never uploaded or stored
One short session. One clear improvement.
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Preview
A brand-new phrase appears with its key, meter and tempo. The countdown is time to scan hand position, rhythm, patterns, awkward leaps and overall shape.
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Play it once
After the count-in the metronome keeps moving. No red notes, no interruptions — miss something, recover, and keep going, exactly like a performance.
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Get a diagnosis
Not one vague percentage: your main bottleneck, a secondary issue, your strongest dimension, and the specific drill to practice next. Then completely new music.
A score that rewards musicianship, not hesitation
Apps that make you stop until every note is right train the exact habit a sight-reader has to lose. A slightly imperfect note played in time is worth more than a correct note played after the music has moved on.
Use the instrument you already have
MIDI keyboard
Connect over USB for near-zero latency and rhythm scoring you can trust. Web MIDI works in Chrome and Edge.
Acoustic or digital piano
Play your real instrument and let the microphone detect the notes. Pitch analysis happens in the browser — audio is never uploaded.
On-screen keyboard
No instrument nearby? Practice reading and timing on the interactive keyboard on a phone, tablet or laptop.
The people it was designed around
Self-taught pianists
Players who perform by ear or from memory but stall in front of an unfamiliar score.
Exam candidates
Graded exams give unfamiliar music, a short preview and one attempt — the exact format of every session.
Returning pianists
Rebuilding the link between the page and the hands after years away from the instrument.
Piano teachers and studios
Set key, meter, range, rhythm level and difficulty to match a lesson, with fresh material for every student.
SightReadingTraining on sightreadingtraining.com
The platform runs on its own domain — here is where to start.
Free four-bar sight-reading test
Music you have never seen, played once, with an honest breakdown. No account needed.
How to sight-read piano music
The habits fluent readers use, and how to train each one.
A 10-minute daily sight-reading routine
A short, repeatable practice structure for students and teachers.
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