Exams/Sight-reading/ABRSM · Grade 8
Sight-reading
Up to thirty-two bars, full pianistic textures, modulations to remote keys, polyphony, sometimes contemporary notation conventions.
Practice tips for this grade
Treat the half-minute as analysis time — find the structure before reading.
Voice-lead the inner parts; they carry the harmonic information.
Commit. Hesitation costs more marks than a wrong pitch played in time.