Thanks, MTed. I'm a classical guitar player, and sight reading is absolutely horrible for me. When I took Music Theory I in college 2 years ago, I got a total 100 on all the notation/theory related stuff. But I was so bad at sight-singing, I nearly gave myself a B in the class. But I did manage to pull off the A in the end! CG music is VERY layered...with often 3 or more voicings that you must be aware of simultaneously. An underlying note cut short or left to ring overlong can ruin the feeling of the piece. I think I would have been probably better in sight-singing if I was allowed to do just "las" instead of that nasty do re mi stuff. And it's even harder when you get to alternate keys, with do de ra re ma mi...the horror! The horror!

--Mbo