Sight reading is very important to all music. With jazz, it is important to not only sight read single line notes but to know how to read lead sheet chord changes.
For the sight reading of single line notes and written chords however, here's some techniques that may help you...
1) When you're sitting at a piano put a sheet or a towel between you and just below the music so that you can't see the keys. This will force you to look at the music and not the keys - Do your scales the same way.
2) Read the piece 3 times through for one practice session.
3) When working with a metronome start at 30% of suggested tempo mark and by the 3rd time, play at tempo. Or at least try.
4) Speak the notes in rhythm first and then play through a phrase or two to help you understand how the song goes.
5) Try playing the song with one click per measure on the metronome, and then 2 clicks per measure, and then 4 clicks per measure so that you can help your subdivding but play the piece at the same rhtyhm as when you started.
For reading lead sheet chord changes please continue with my blog as I make suggestions as we go along.
Thanks for reading
John
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