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I've had some students who thought they were bad sight readers but upon experimentation, they sight read music GREAT when it was within they ability. A student trying to read a passage that has notes too quick or too high for them to play will mess it up not because they are reading badly but because they CAN'T play the passage.
Great point!

Short story... The last couple of times I was back up in Wisconsin to visit family, I played with a community band up there. Nothing difficult, just some Octoberfest and then Christmas stuff. Never saw any of the charts before. I played 'em fine, except that a few were full of repeats and DS's and it wasn't always easy to see where they went, so there were a couple of moments when I just played along until I figured out where I was! :lol