the invention is a method for reading out a vibratory rotation sensor comprising the steps of driving the vibratory rotation sensor with a plurality of driving signals and obtaining one or more readout signals resulting from the interaction of the driving signals and the vibratory rotation sensor . the functional dependence of all tracking - angle - dependent driving signals is expressible for a specified range of tracking - angle values as a single specific function of the tracking angle . a tracking - angle - dependent driving signal is the sum of two or more component signals where only one of the component signals is dependent on tracking angle . the single specific function specified for any one of a plurality of tracking - angle range of values can be the same as or different than the single specific function specified for any other tracking - angle range of values . in the preferred embodiment of the invention , the single specific function is the tangent of twice the tracking angle for certain tracking - angle ranges of values and is the cotangent of twice the tracking angle for other tracking - angle ranges of values . the readout signal has a functional dependence on both the tracking angle and the difference of the orientation angle of the standing wave pattern associated with the vibratory rotation sensor and the tracking angle .