- sightreader
- nouna performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)• Derivationally related forms: ↑sightread• Topics: ↑music• Hypernyms: ↑performer, ↑performing artist
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sightread — /ˈsaɪtrid/ (say suytreed) verb (t) (sightread /ˈsaɪtrɛd/ (say suytred), sightreading /ˈsaɪtridɪŋ/ (say suytreeding)) to play, read, or sing (music) from a written or printed score without previous rehearsal or study. Also, sight read, sight read …
performer — noun an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience (Freq. 8) • Syn: ↑performing artist • Derivationally related forms: ↑performing arts (for: ↑performing artist), ↑perform … Useful english dictionary
performing artist — noun an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience • Syn: ↑performer • Derivationally related forms: ↑performing arts, ↑perform (for: ↑performer) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sight-read — verb perform music from a score without having seen the score before He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread • Syn: ↑sightread • Derivationally related forms: ↑sightreader (for: ↑sightread) • … Useful english dictionary
sightread — verb perform music from a score without having seen the score before He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread • Syn: ↑sight read • Derivationally related forms: ↑sightreader • Topics: ↑music … Useful english dictionary
