Grade Grade 1Key Time signature Length 8 bars
A new sight-reading exercise, every time you ask
The single best way to get better at sight-reading is to read something you have never seen before — which is exactly what runs out when you practise from a book. This page writes a fresh short piece on demand, pitched at the ABRSM grade you choose, and then listens while you play it.
Matched to your grade
Every exercise is built from the key signatures, time signatures, rhythms and hand-writing that grade actually asks for, from Initial through Grade 8.
Marked as you play
Connect a MIDI keyboard and every note is checked in real time — green for right, red for wrong. Turn the metronome on and your timing is marked too.
Never the same twice
Ask for another and you get another: a new melody in the key, metre and length you set, so you are always reading rather than remembering.
Common questions
- What is a sight-reading exercise generator?
- A tool that writes short pieces of music for you to read at sight, rather than handing you the same printed exercises each time. Because the music is new, you cannot fall back on memory — which is the whole skill sight-reading is testing.
- Do the exercises match ABRSM grades?
- Yes. Each grade preset is built from that grade’s published parameters — which keys, time signatures, rhythms and hand-writing are in scope. ABRSM publish those requirements; the exercises here are written by us, not taken from their books.
- Do I need a MIDI keyboard?
- No, but it is much better with one. With a keyboard connected, every note you play is marked as you go. Without one, you can play the on-screen piano, or simply read the exercise from the screen at your own instrument.
- Is it free?
- You get fresh exercises every day for free, and you can replay any exercise as often as you like at no cost. Pro removes the daily limit.