sightread


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Verb1.sightread - perform music from a score without having seen the score before; "He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread"
sight-read
music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
sightsing, sight-sing - sing from a score without having seen it before; "This tenor can sightsing even the most difficult pieces"
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