Have you ever seen someone pick up a chart and deliver an almost flawless performance on their first reading? Sometimes it's talent, but you did know that it's also a learned skill, right? And here's your chance to learn it. We've got books for teachers of primary and secondary-school singers, as well as those written for the adult singer. You wouldn't think sight-singing could be made easy, but that's because you haven't read these books (or listened to the accompanying CDs & tapes) yet.
 | Rhythm practice,
reading note and rest values Meter and more practice reading rhythms Echo Drills Reading pitch from syllable letters, movement by step Introduction of counting method for reading rhythms More reading pitch from notes on the staff, movement by step Reading skips from notation Key signatures, reading combined steps and skips Clef signs, reading combined steps and skips Eighth notes |
This easy-to-use audio
course for self or small group study is a step-by-step introduction to
music reading skills. From the creator of The Jenson Sight Singing
Course, this resource will be an effective tool for building confidence
and skill. Includes exercises on reading note and rest values, meter,
echo drills, reading pitch from syllable letters and notes on the staff,
movement by step and skip, key signatures, and clef signs. Book and CD.
| 2834 BOOK & CD $14.95 |
 | Recognizing
Patterns Melodies Dotted Notes Combining Dotted Notes and Melodies Intervals and Their Inversions Triads and Arpeggios Major Melodies Minor Melodies Changing Meters Two-Part Sightsinging |
This book designed from core curriculum programs at the famous Musicians Institute in Los Angeles is a comprehensive source of sightsinging fundamentals. It covers major and minor scales, modes, the blues, arpeggios, chromaticism, rhythm and counting, and includes professional lead sheets and over 300 examples and exercises.
| 1157 BOOK $17.95 |
 | Learning
"1," "3," and "5" Sight-Singing Songs with "1," "3," and "5" Learning "2," and "6" Sight-Singing Songs with "1," "2," "3," "5," and "6" Learning "4" and "7" Sight-Singing Songs with All Seven Scale Degrees Name That Tune Songs for Practice (All Pitches, All Keyes) Minor Keys Sight-Singing Songs in Minor Keys Chromatic Tones Sight-Singing Songs with Chromatic Tones Appendix A: Establishing the key for All Major and Minor keys Appendix B: Major and Minor Scales Identified by Letter Name and Scale Degree Appendix C: Intervals Appendix D: Famous Songs For Learning Each Scale Degree |
Many voice students are incorrectly taught to sight-sing by
memorizing the sounds of intervals. This book is for you if you'd like
to be able to look at any melody and instantly know how it sounds. It
will show you how to memorize the sound of each scale degree in both
major and minor keys, sing chromatic tones, and much more. Packed with
tips and tricks, this new book is essential for every vocalist.
| 1168 BOOK $12.95 |
 | Introduction How to use this book & CD The Treble Clef The Bass Clef Key Signatures Used in this Book Meter and Rhythm Solfege and Handsigns Lessons: 18 Lessons Practice to Independence Exercises: 40 Exercises |
This handy one volume
Book/CD is designed to prepare the entry level singer in sharpening
their sight reading skills by providing them with materials for
individual study. Depending upon musical ability, these lessons may be
mastered in one day, one week or more. The included CD contains over 100
MP3 files for student-friendly practice on the computer or MP3 player.
Helpful hints from over sixty years of successful choral teaching are
included throughout.
| 6593 BOOK & CD $19.95 |
 | Rhythm and Pitch Concepts Teaching Sequences Checklist for Success Options for Enrichment and Motivation The Beat: Quarter Note and Quarter Rest Barline and Measure / Repeat Sign Half Note and Half Rest Time Signature: 4/4 Meter The Staff / Treble Clef and Bass Clef / The Grand Staff Introducing and Practicing with Do Re Mi Ritard Song: Daydream Eighth Notes Introducing and Practicing with Fa and Sol Beginning on Pitches other than Do Sight-Singing in Parts Song: Come on Everybody Introducing and Practicing with La Ti and high Do Dotted Half Note Time Signature: 3/4 Meter Down the Scale from Do - Lower Neighbors Sight-singing in Two Parts The F Major Tonic Chord / Sight-singing skips with the F Major Tonic Chord The Scale / The Key / Key Signature Mixing it Up - Sight-singing Skips and Steps in F Major Song: In the Distance Intervals: Whole and Half Step / Major and Minor Scale Patterns Sight-singing in D Minor / D Minor Tonic Chord / Sight-singing Skips in D Minor Song: This Winter Night G Major Scale / Sight-singing in G Major / G Major Tonic Chord / Sight-singing skips in G major Whole Note & Whole Rest Ties / Ties with Eighth Notes Dotted Quarter Notes Syncopation Song: Everybody Sing F Major Review / F Major Dominant Chord G Major Review / G Major Dominant Chord Pick Up Note / Eighth Rest Time Signature: 2/4 Meter / Sight-singing in 2/4 Meter Song: Hey, Mister Fiddler E Minor Scale, Tonic Chord, and Sight-singing Sixteenth Notes Major or Minor? Song: Like a Hidden Treasure Eighth & Sixteenth Note Combinations D Minor Dominant Chord and Sight-singing E Minor Dominant Chord and Sight-singing |
'Sing on Sight' is a comprehensive
sight-singing method by Audrey Snyder. Volume One assumes no previous
experience and begins with simple rhythm practice, and then proceeds
step-by-step to full, choral sight-singing. Exercises are written so
that two or more lines may be sung simultaneously, so students gain
sight-singing independence and develop their part-singing skills. With
just a few minutes a day, 'Sing on Sight' can help your choirs learn to
read music and have fun in the process
| 6594 BOOK $24.95 Unison / 2-Part Treble Voices |
| 6595 BOOK $24.95 2-Part / 3-Part Mixed Voices |
 |
Establishing Tonal Relationships Combining Duration and Pitch Developing Musical Independence, Part 1 Developing Musical Independence, Part 2 |
Movable Tonic is is a comprehensive sight-singing resource, perfect for daily practice or an entire curriculum Because this resource includes each of the important pedagogical steps needed to teach sight-singing effectively, your students can become independent music readers. Includes - Lesson plans carefully guide teachers and their students, building skills to last a lifetime. - Assessment component specifically connects to learning objectives. - Step-by-step teaching strategies reflect the latest research in music learning. - Pitch system (movable do) and rhythm system (traditional, beat-based rhythm numbers) are presented as independent concepts prior to merging. - Sequencing provides innovative options for multileveled settings that include beginning, intermediate, or advanced levels. - Abundant music examples and transferable practice drills reinforce each concept. - Specific lessons to guide the transfer of reading skills to classroom repertoire. Alan C. McClung is the high school and middle school choral music specialist at the University of North Texas in Denton. He teaches conducting and secondary choral methods, and conducts the seventy-five voice UNT Concert Choir.
| 6865 BOOK & CD $39.95 |
 | Begin
with the Beat Add DO and RE Introducing Meter and MI Add Neighbors FA and SOL Neighbor LA joins in Finishing off with TI and DO Songsheet Piano accompaniment |
Sight-Sing a Song will help you do just that-teach your students to
sing-sing with confidence. This well-designed sight-singing approach by
master teacher and choral director Audrey Snyder progresses in an easy
step-by-step fashion through a variety of exercises that culminate with
a special song students will be able to sight-sing! Each lesson
includes helpful Teacher Tips that focus on the music concepts being
presented, a suggested teaching sequence to use when presenting each
exercise, keys to sight-singing success, options for enrichment and
motivation, and two student reproducible pages filled with sight-reading
exercises. Exercises and songs are presented in the keys of C major and
F major, so students will also experience moveable 'Do.' After students
have perfected each exercise a cappella on their own, they can enhance
the learning process further by performing wiht the accompaniment tracks
on the enclosed CD. Perormanc / accompaniment tracks for the songs are
also included. Time is short. Let's start sight-singing!i
| 6646 BOOK & CD $19.95 |
 | Beat And Rhythm;
Basic Notation, Measures, Meters, And Barlines Pitch, Scale And Key Of C Whole Steps And Half Steps Sharps And Flats; Key Of G Accidental And Key Signature; Rests Melodic Intervals; Harmonic Intervals Tonic Chord Key Of F Major Eighth Notes And Rests Changing Meters Solfege; Numbers; Counting Systems; Simple Meter; Compound Meter |
Based on the successful
Essential Elements for Choir series, this new choral sight-singing
method will allow you to build skills in all your choral ensembles in a
handy octavo-sized volume! Featuring a step-by-step approach, unison and
combinable exercises, and motivating short songs, these volumes provide
a basis for developing music literacy within the choral rehearsal,
allowing your singers to develop their full individual potential.
| 6357 BOOK $4.95 Mixed Voices |
| 6373 BOOK $4.95 Treble Voices |
| 6372 BOOK $4.95 Male Voices |
 | Beat and Rhythm; Basic Notation;
Measure, Meters & Barlines Pitch, Scale & Key of C Whole Steps and Half Steps; Ledger Lines Sharps and Flats; Key of G Major; Accidentals and Key Signature Melodic Intervals; Harmonic Intervals Tonic Chord; Rests Changing Meters Eighth Notes and Rests; Dominant chord Key of F Major Subdominant Chord Key of D Major Sixteenth Notes and Rests Key of Bb Major Natural Minor Scale; Relative Minor Scales Ties and Slurs; Dotted Notes and Thythms Appendix: Solfege; Numbers; Counting Systems; Simple Meter; Compound Meter |
Based on the
successful 'Essential Elements for Choir series, this second volume in
our choral sight-singing method will allow you to continue to build
skills in your choral ensembles with a handy octavo-sized volume!
Continuing where Volume 1 finished, this step-by-step approach uses
unison and combinable exercises along with motivating songs to provide a
basis for developing music literacy within the choral rehearsal. The
Accompaniment CDs provide light accompaniment for the combinable pitch
builders, speech choruses and songs. In keeping with the spirit of
sight-reading, there is no singing on the CDs.
| 6596 BOOK $4.95
Mixed Voices |
| 6598 BOOK $4.95 Treble Voices |
| 6597 BOOK $4.95 Male Voices |
 | Rhythm - Let's Begin Singing Exercises Rests - Silent Breathes The Pitch Ladder New Patterns Warm-Ups Tune-Ups Ties Slurs Dotted Notes How To Find Do Terms And Symbols Glossary |
Here is an exciting easy-to-use sight-singing method for
middle school/jr. high choirs that starts from square one, assuming no
previous training. It is presented in a logical, sequenced order, with
harmonically combinable exercises to develop rhythmic and melodic
independence. The collection offers a variety of a cappella and
accompanied songs for 3-Part Mixed voices in two sequenced volumes. The
Teacher's Edition additionally includes complete instruction for use of
the method!
| 6273 BOOK $19.95 Vol 1 |
| 6552 BOOK $19.95 Vol 2 |
 | The
Bass Clef Duets in the Treble and Bass Clefs The Key of A Major The Key of A Minor The Key of D Minor Five Quarter Time Modulation to the Dominant Alla breve The Key of E Major The Key of E Minor Syncopation The Key of G Minor Modulation to the Subdominant Transient Modulation of the Subdominant in the Minor The Key of B Major Modulation to the Relative Minor Modulation to the Relative Major Chromaticism |
It is the purpose of this book to
further the development of sight singing skills and to increase the
knowlede of music theory as begun in 'An Introduction to Sight Singing.'
While this book uses the principles of the 'movable do' system, the
teacher may wish to use another system such as the 'fixed do,' numbers,
or a neutral syllable. The Choral Sight Singer is systematically
structured!
| 6398 BOOK $6.95 |
 | Unison Preparatory Drills Unison Chord Drill Introducing the Eighth Note Let's Sing Two-Part Rhythm Catches The Dotted Quarter Note The Dotted Quarter Note in Three-Four Time |
This
sight-reading book is perfect for choirs of any level. It has exercises
for 2-4 part choirs, focusing on rhythm, melody and harmony.
| 6527 BOOK $4.95 |
 | Unison
Sight Singing Exercises On the Chord How To Find "Do" Four Part Chord Building Unison Sight Singing Exercises On the Scale Commom Bass Progressions Common Chord Progressions Unison Sight Singing Exercises in 3/4 Time The Eighth Note The Eighth Note in 3/4 Time The Dotted Quarter Note (Unison Sight Singing Exercises) Word Study (Words Ending With M, N, L and R) |
This book is an excellent resource, filled with theory
and sight-singing exercises, as well as song examples for your choir to
sing.
| 6526 BOOK $5.95 |
 | Rhythm Exercises Pitch Exercises Written Activities Ear Training Assessment Answer Key |
Augment your sight-singing curriculum
with this well-written supplemental textbook which directly correlates
to the lessons taught in Alfred's popular Sing at First Sight method.
Includes over 80 reproducible pages of additional exercises, activities,
and assessments designed to strengthen the music reading skills of
developing musicians. A listening CD provides ear training activities
and recorded accompaniments for the six end-of-unit songs. Plus, a handy
appendix with easy-to-follow charts and diagrams of music fundamentals.
The Reproducible Companion is highly effective when used with Sing at
First Sight; on a routine basis after each of the 24 sequential lessons;
as needed to master challenging musical concepts; or as a general review
following the completion of the original textbook. Logically layed out
in a 96 page spiral-bound book, ready for the photocopier!
| 6338 BOOK & CD $39.95 |
A sequential sight singing curriculum for all choirs.
Each of the six units (containing four lessons each) clearly introduces
new music reading concepts, reinforces those concepts with several
rhythm and pitch exercises, motivates students with helpful hints and
challenge exercises, and concludes with fun-filled review games and
"Evaluating Your Performance" questions. The helpful
"Getting Ready" pages (which precede each unit) are filled
with music fundamentals, and for choirs who have never read music
before, an optional "Before We Begin" chapter opens the book.
And it's all neatly laid out in a 96-page octavo sized publication; a
perfect fit for your students, and their folders. From whole notes to
sixteenth note patterns, seconds to sevenths, key signatures, dynamics,
articulations, and tempo markings; it's all here, and it's all logically
ordered to insure student success! Spend just a few minutes a day with
this book and your choir, too, will learn to "Sing At First
Sight!"
| 6033 BOOK $7.95 |
 |
Singing in Minor Chromatics 2-Part, 3-Part, and 4-Part Harmony Major and Minor Intervals Changing Meter Sixteenth-Note Patterns |
Sing at First Sight is a sequential sight-singing curriculum for all choirs! This Level 2 book opens with a comprehensive Rhythm Review and Pitch Practice reinforcing the concepts studied in Sing at First Sight, Level 1. Each of the four units that follow features a helpful Getting Ready page, progressive Rhythm Readiness exercises, and thorough music-reading Lessons with practice Exercises, useful Hints, and motivating Challenge Exercises. Unit summary and assessment is easily achieved with choral excerpts from Alfred’s Choral Designs series, fun-filled Review games, and Evaluating Your Performance questions. Plus, Alfred has included a full-length Performance Piece to measure and celebrate your choir’s sight-singing progress, and then perform in concert.
| 6654 BOOK $7.95 |
At last - a book which makes the mysterious business
of sight-singing accessible to all. Jonathan Rathbone has accurately
identified what the process of reading music and turning it into sounds
actually involves. The course has taken over two years to develop and
has been devised to take the guesswork out of sight-singing. It has been
used very successfully both as an individual workbook and with choirs of
singers both young and old. Specifically designed for the students to
use, it contains just the exercises and songs from the Teachers Manual.
| EXERCISE BOOK 6404 BOOK $17.95 |
| STUDENT BOOK 6405 BOOK $8.95 |
| TEACHER'S MANUAL 6405 BOOK $27.95 |
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Introduction Posture Sight-Singing Lessons Teaching Activities Appendix A- Sight-Singing Checklist Appendix B - Time Signatures Appendix C - Chart of Notes and Rests Appendix D - Letter Names of Notes Appendix E - Key Signatures Appendix F - Major, Minor and Whole Tone Scales Appendix G - Signs and Symbols Appendix H - Finding a Cue Appendix I - Useful Ways To Mark Scores Index |
Successful Sight Singing Books exercises progressively develop the basics of rhythm and pitch, as well as skills such as finding cues. Using just five to ten minutes of each rehearsal, this approach is an enjoyable way to help singers become more independent. Successful Sight-Singing is appropriate for fourth grade through adult singers.
| 6862 BOOK $24.95 Conductors Edition |
| 9098 BOOK $6.95 Singers Edition |
This well-organized method can be used with church or school groups, private students or voice classes Book 1 is written for grade four through adult singers while Book 2 reviews skills and progress into more difficult sight-singing for advanced high school to University level (or anyone who has completed Book 1). These books gives singers the skills needed to sight-sing by themselves, away from the piano or other singers. Designed for two-part and three-part harmony they present a variety of creative activities to introduce and reinforce new musical elements and skills such as how to find cues.
| 6863 BOOK $24.95 Conductors Edition |
| 9099 BOOK $6.95 Singers Edition |
 | The Musical Scale Reading in the Bass Clef Sharps and Flats and Half Steps The Beck Rhythm Method Intermediate Note Reading Advanced Exercises Chord Changes and the Circle of Fifths The Clock System Rhythms Once Again Music to Read, Read, Read |
With Brian
Beck (of the Championship SPEBSQSA Quartet Dealer's Choice) as your
guide and author, you'll be up to speed in no time! Includes learning
CD.
| 5853 BOOK & CD $24.95 |
An excellent
introduction to sight singing for SSA chorus. From the creators of
"Patterns of Sound" and "The Choral Approach to Sight
Singing," comes this practical, easy-to-use sight-singing method
for SSA choirs in junior high and high school! It includes 3-part
exercises and songs (accompanied and a cappella) that begin from square
one, assuming no previous training, and presents musical elements in a
logical sequence that will yield quick results. Recommended for Grades
6-12.
| 7259 BOOK $14.95 |
 | Heart Around The World I See With My Heart I'll Care We Remember Child of the World Like A Mighty Stream We Live the Dream Silent Night America, The Beautiful Kumbaya |
This comprehensive
method based on the solfege system gives you a step-by-step plan for
teaching the fundamentals of sightsinging. With minimal preparation
time, your students will experience solid results in only minutes per
rehearsal. There are 334 carefully graded exercises in unison, 2-part
and 3-part, most with ranges of an octave or less. Recommended for
Grades 6-12.
| 6272 BOOK $19.95 |
 | What Sight-singing Is And Is
Not The Essence Of Teaching Sight Singing How To Start Pulse Musical Notation A Short History Of Notation Useful Time Names Writing Sample Rhythms Clapping Simple Rhythms Clapping And Counting Putting Theory Into Practice Four-beat Notes, Bar Lines and Time Signatures Looking At Words And Music Rests Learning New Music By Clapping Rhythm Looking At The Pitch Of Notes Pitching Notes Using Warm-ups Clapping Eighth-notes Warm-ups using Eighth-notes Key Signatures Slurs Ties and Dotted Quarter Notes Half Note Beats Syncopation Starting Off The Beat |
You wish your adult singers could read
music. So do they! This new book by internationally honored choir
director, John Bertalot, explains in short easy-to-follow steps how you
can fulfill their wish and yours! The book is a most valuable tool for
many who face the more extreme difficulty of teaching reluctant adults
things that children learn very readily. While the reader may wish to
temper some of John s experiences to suite individual situations, they
serve as superb resources for ideas, reminders and discipline for all
who work with adult singers. Colin Mawby, former Director of Music of
London's Westminster Cathedral, writes: 'This book is essential reading
for choirmasters and singers. It's superbly structured, beautifully
written, down to earth and amusing, and it's destined to become a
classic.'
| 6302 BOOK $19.95 |
 | Half Step/Whole Step: Teaching
the Basic Building Blocks Step-wise Melodies: Extending the Range Major and Minor Thirds: The First Skips Discovering the Whole Tone Scale Expanding the Rhythmic Vocabulary Introduction of the Bass Clef The Perfect Intervals: Tuning the Fourth and Fifth Teaching the "Peg Legged" Time Signatures: 5/4 and 5/8 Double Sharps and Double Flats: The Problem Accidentals Expanding the Ranges The "Devil in Music" Combining the Complications: Altered Tones, Triplets, Doubled Accidentals The Big Jumps: the Major and Minor Sixth Expanding the Keys to Five Sharps and Five Flats Introducing the C Clef Continued Complications: Changing Time Signatures, Chromaticism and the C Clef Singing All Intervals and All Keys Teaching Jazz Rhythms and Intervals Introducing the New Notation Anything Goes! |
This book is specifically designed for the high school
choral director who is having problems with sight reading among their
choristers. This book presents the vocabulary of singing in a logical,
planned manner that enables singers to gradually acquire the ability to
sing moderately difficult music in two or more parts at sight.
| 6520 BOOK $16.95 |
A collection of tunes from the Conversational
Solfege method, intended for teaching sight-singing to older students.
277 Exercises
| 6421 BOOK $17.45 |
John
Leavitt has selected and edited 31 Bach chorales for choirs to
sight-read and perform. Each chorale includes English and German texts
along with historical background and pedagogical suggestions to help
your singers build skills and develop musical literacy. This collection
of accessible masterworks is a great tool for school, church and
community groups!
| 6432 BOOK $2.95 |
This
excellent book combines Theory and Sight-Singing instruction into 73
different exercises. A student with the ability to read music already
will get the most use out of this very thorough instructional.
| 6407 BOOK $7.95 |
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