Hanon and Sight-Reading

Hey all,

For the past month, I've been learning and practicing Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 exercises. As a result, it has increased my daily practice session by an hour. I remember it used to look very daunting when I first took a look at it years ago, but I'm glad now I'm able to play till Exercise 20. Although still not a master with it, but I can see some improvement on my fingers posture and strength as a result of using it. I wonder when I'll be able to play those exercises with a M.M. of 108?

Anyways, I've always been terrible at sight-reading and yesterday was my first attempt at a sight-reading test. The result? Terrible. I'm absolutely terrible at it. I understand that sight-reading is important for all pianist, so I guess I really have no choice but to grin and bear it.

Nevertheless, I've been trying to find ways to increase my daily practice session. There are still a lot of etudes that I would like to spend more time on, but for now I'm spending more time on Hanon, Scales, Sight-Reading and my exam pieces.

It's less than 3 weeks left till my exam. Am I really going to be ok? I'm really worried. =/

Regards,

Ryou Takehito