With sight reading! I'm play 1st Trombone in my high school band, and I'm in jazz band. Also I'm thinking about trying out for Regional Band next year. So I really need help with sight reading, because its the thing I'm the worst at. So if anyone has any techniques, suggestions, or even just titles of books that I can buy to help me with sight reading, then that would be really helpful.

Thanks!

not too long ago i was asking the same thing. i've recently gotton really good at it. what i did was i:
bougt alot of books and music, and set down and sight read through all of them, i got really use and comfortable seeing new music.that is the best way to train your self for it.

when you are actualy sight reading you should slow the music doun and play at a comfortable pace. just because it's in cut time dose not mean you can't count it in four four time.
if it has alot of sixteenth notes, you could count in double time. try doing some of those things.

the most important thing to do is to play very confidently

Learn to play all of your scales well. Since essentially all songs are based on scales, this helps you to sightread music. I really like mad_cow's idea too.

Ok... the obvious answer is already there...
1... sight read something every day
2... practice scales
Some more ideas, in no particular order...
1. practice sight singing... it will make you more able to hear correct pitches as they come
2. do interval drills
3. see phrases more than individual notes. Of course you want to get as many notes right as possible, but if you're not making any musical sense, what's the point?
4. practice rhythm dictation.. it will help you see rhythm figures and recognize them quicker
5. join a rehearsal band (I play with a group that gets together every monday night and just reads down charts for a few hours... that's a lot of sightreading practice!!!)
6... let's say you have a long string of triplet or sixteenth note groupings.. focus on at least nailing the first note in each grouping. You will stand a far better chance of getting the others in the process.
7. A piece shows up on your stand.. you have 30 seconds..
note key sig
note time sig and tempo
check the road map (repeats, codas, etc) and make sure you know where to go
look for tricky stuff and get it in your head best you can
put the horn up to your face and blow.. DO NOT STOP

That's all I can think of for now. Keep at it. It won't happen over night.
When you have big

Steve, um, were we separated at birth or something? Every one of your tips there are things I tell my students all the time. Some of them in every lesson. I even tell them the same way you just wrote them out...

The only thing missing is my incessant nagging about airflow, air speed, and air control. Which do help some in sight reading. If you just go for it, balls to the wall, goin' for it, (without over blowing, of course...) then that alone will play a trick on your head psychologically. You will grow some confidence and do things you didn't think you could before.

So, I guess the only thing I can add to Steve's post is, GO FOR IT.

Wow...

Thanks guys, these are some awesome tips, I'm going to try to make use of all of them!