Research on Strategies for Improving Students' Sight Reading Ability in Piano Teaching in Colleges and Universities

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhet.202515552

Author(s)

Bi Ye

Affiliation(s)

Music College of Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China

Abstract

This article focuses on the issue of improving students' sight reading ability in piano teaching in universities. Firstly, it defines that sight reading ability includes three core dimensions: score analysis, rhythm control, and voice level processing. Combined with a survey of 320 students from 12 domestic universities, it points out that students' sight reading ability is characterized by "polarization+general weakness", and there is a current situation of insufficient emphasis on teaching. Further analyze the causes of the problem: vague teaching objectives and single methods, cognitive biases at the student level (emphasizing skills over playing) and fixed bad reading habits, and a lack of teaching materials and imbalanced evaluation at the system level. On this basis, a hierarchical teaching objective of "foundation advanced application", a teaching method of "modular disassembly+situational practice", a three-dimensional strategy of phased teaching materials and diversified evaluation optimization are proposed. The effectiveness of the strategy is verified through a teaching case of 40 students from a certain university - the speed of identifying key numbers in the basic group is shortened by 47% at the end of the semester, and the rate of achieving multi voice balance in the advanced group is increased by 66%. Finally, we look forward to the development direction of digital technology empowerment, interdisciplinary integration, and vocational demand docking, providing a practical path for piano sight reading teaching in universities.

Keywords

Piano Teaching in Universities; Visual Reading Ability; Layered Teaching Objectives; Modular Training Method; Reform of Teaching Evaluation

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