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I learned the old-fashioned way, via phonics, and by the seventh grade I was reading Dostoevsky...and LOVING it!

I could “sound out” anything.

An ancient but wonderful method of teaching sight-reading music is “Solfeggio” which is the old “Do re mi” method of note-reading. It works in a similar fashion, by “sounding out” the intervals.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Don-o and I do Shape Note Singing. We sing out of William Walker's Christian Harmony Hymnal (1873 edition). Same principle as phonics. It's a simple code. You get the key, you can de-code anything.

I also sing in the Latin Choir and I often transcribe my harmony (alto) into shape notes so I can grasp and practice the parts that are more difficult for me. The shapes (Do-Re-Me) are amazingly effective in learning new music.

The best can sight-read hundreds and hundreds of songs.