How this sight reading trainer works
A few bars of a real piece appear — not an exercise cooked up by a generator, an actual excerpt from the repertoire. Read the line and play it, note by note, on the keyboard below. Right answers advance you; wrong ones mark the note and let you look again. Your score is what you got right on the first try, because that's what reading is.
Self-paced on purpose
Real sight reading happens against a pulse, and that's exactly what the rhythm trainer is for. This page isolates the other half — seeing a note and finding it on the instrument without hesitation — so you can build the reflex before the metronome starts charging interest. Fluent readers aren't fast because they rush; they're fast because nothing on the page makes them stop.
When you're ready for the real thing
This is the smallest slice of sight reading we could put in a browser. The full system — whole pieces, both hands, tempo, and a plan that follows your level — is Real Sight Reader for iOS. Or keep building the foundations free: note naming, key signatures, and the complete guide to sight reading.