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An Overview of FiddleQuest

Sight Reading Exercises

Key Points There are 12 levels of sight reading exercises for a total of 144 exercises.

The goal of these 12 levels are to teach the skills that recreational musicians will need to be confident and

fluent sight readers.

The 4 areas that make up the sight reading skills taught are:

Notes: All notes in the 1st through 3rd position

Rhythms: Whole through 16th notes, dotted, triplets

Key Signatures: C, G, D, A, E, F, Bb, Eb & Ab

Time Signature: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 2/2 & 6/8

Articulations & Dynamics: 24 of the most commonly used

Only 1 new skill or concept is introduced at a time.* Subsequent exercises reinforce these concepts

insuring that all the skills are given the right amount of review.

Each exercise is designed to be completed in 2 weeks by a typical student.

To better reinforce note recognition, starting in Level 3, the last part of the exercise functions as a review

of notes that have been taught but do not fit into the key of the exercise.

There are exercises in each level that contain no new material and are intended to review and reinforce

concepts.

FiddleQuest is committed to continually improving these exercises to insure that typical students spend 2

weeks per exercise. We’ll continually monitor student progress and occasionally change exercises to adapt

unusually easy or hard ones. We welcome the input of our teachers and students.

*the one exception is Level 1 Exercise 1. All 4 open notes are introduced in that exercise.

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Level 2

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Level 2

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Level 2

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Level 3

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Level 3

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Level 4

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Level 4

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Level 5

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Level 5

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Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Level 6

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Exercise 5 Exercise 6

Level 6

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Level 6

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Level 7

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Level 7

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Level 7

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Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Level 8

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Level 8

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Level 8

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Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Level 9

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Level 9

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Level 10

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Level 10

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Level 10

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Level 12

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Level 12

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Level 12

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