Exams/Sight-reading/ABRSM · Grade 4
Sight-reading
Up to sixteen bars, key signatures up to four sharps or flats, mixed touch (legato/staccato), dynamics + phrasing markings, occasional rests in inner voices.
Practice tips for this grade
Practice scanning two beats ahead of where your hands are playing.
Articulation is rarely wrong by accident — read every dot and slur.
If the hands diverge in rhythm, count subdivisions out loud.