A good classical player knows the chords as well, Jim. If not all the crazy extensions, at least the basics. Practicing cadences in all keys is part of being able to sight read quickly, identifying a note stack as a chord is something that has to be almost a subconcious act in order to grab what's on that sheet in time. But as already pointed out, the goal is to internalize the music so that at performance one can hopefully just concentrate on all the other essentials, the notes being played now a given. That goes for a classical player who uses the music onstage as well, I think. But that's a completely different subject away from actual sightreading skills. I have never been as good at sightreading piano music as my father was. I credit the old school teaching methods as superior in many regards.


--Mac

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