First Sight Reading (piano)

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to open this post to get some advice on techniques or excercises about first sight reading. My sight reading (piano music) is in a beginner-intermediate level and id like to improve it.
Im sure that people in this forum with advanced sight reading can help us the newbies with some techniques and advices about how to improve our sight reading skills. I apreciatte any comments.

See ya guys!

Actually, the only thing you can do to improve sight-reading is to sight read. Take any piece of music you can get your hands on, and play it, no matter what instrument it is written for.

Sight reading requires you to play confidently and to keep moving, even if you mess something up. So, if you're the type who stops playing every time you make an error - BREAK YOURSELF OF THAT HABIT.

EDIT: on second read, I notice you're a pianist. Even more importantly for pianists, you must learn to keep a steady beat when sight reading. Pianists are notorious for being unable to play (for lack of a better word) mechanically, instead speeding up on easy parts and slowing down on difficult parts. Learning to play perfectly in time regardless of missed notes, botched figures, or mangled harmony is a very important skill! If you are ever to play with an orchestra, a band, or simply accompanying a soloist, you must have these skills, or you're going to screw up the other person(s). Sight reading is a fabulous time to practice this skill as well.

Hey thanks a lot for your answer. I will have in mind and actually im practicing right now.
But besides your advices in my question i was talking about more specific techniques for sight reading. For example, put the sheets a bit far or use your panoramic view or stuff like that that someone in this forum that used it can explain us how apply it to our daily reading.
If someone can help me or recommend me a book on this Id really appreciate it.

I'm not sure there IS a "technique" for improving sight-reading other than simply reading lots and lots and LOTS of music.

I know some great pianists with far better technique than mine, yet they couldn't sight-read their way out of a wet paper bag.

I, on the other hand, actually sight-read my way through some Bach and Mozart for an exam and actually got marks in the low 90's from the adjudicator who didn't realize I was bullsh**ing my way through the music.

I've found that my experience as a rehearsal pianist has probably given me an inordinate amount of help in sight-reading.

I guess something like "Look at the music and not at your fingers." Cuz' that's what you have to do with vibes- put the music pretty much over the notes you're gonna play, so you can see them out of your periferal vision.
I don't think you have that much liberty on a piano, but I suppose it's the same concept, especially since the keys are different colors...

~Kal

Thanks everyone for your help. Ill have all this tips in mind.
bye!