It was because it took a lot of mental energy. I realized why sight-reading was so difficult for me. I took the critique personally and practiced for more than an hour a day, sometimes two hours until my head hurt from figuring out the notes. He told me that I should practice sight-reading everyday for at least half-hour. I did, and he was not satisfied with my reading. When I was in a community college and my professor asked me to sight-read a choir accompaniment, I told him that I couldn't do it without practicing first. Sight-reading at the piano is a matter of learning the "alphabet". They combine bit by bit until they form musical pieces. Sentences combine to make stories, ideas, books, etc. Music notes are nothing more than simple letters. In a year or two they will have no trouble reading. In elementary schools, its not strange to hear five-year-old children say, "I'm not good at reading." Having just learned the letters of the alphabet it's not surprising that the children find it difficult to read. With time, patience and deliberate sight-reading practice it will change. Once in a while I hear a student pianist say "I'm not good at sight-reading music" and for some reason they don't expect that to change. Some pianists hate it, but everyone can do it and everyone can get better at it.
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