Sightsinging

Now in its Fourth Edition, A New Approach to Sight Singing continues to lead the pack with its innovative and class-tested method of teaching the four-semester sight singing sequence. The authors "new approach" places the act of singing melodies at sight within the context of musicianship as a whole.

This method of sight-singing can be used with church or school groups, private students or voice classes. Book 1 is written for grade four through to adult singers. This teacher's edition also includes detailed instructions for each lesson. (Adapted from back cover).

(Musicians Institute Press). 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 & exercises.

"...Developing the "mind's ear"--the ability to imagine how music sounds without first playing it on an instrument--is essential to any musician and sight singing (in conjunction with ear training and other studies in musicianship) is invaluable in reaching this fundamental goal...[This book has an] abundance of meticulously organized melodies drawn from the literature of composed music and a wide range of the world's folk music...Each chapter methodically introduces elements one at a time, steadily increasing in difficulty while providing a musically meaningful framework around which students can hone their skills..."--preface.

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 a neatly laid out publication and a perfect fit for your students. 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!"

"A comprehensive, student-centred, and flexible introduction to sight singing ... presents students with the underlying grammar and syntax of musical structure and prepares them to perceive that structure with both the ear and the eye." -- Back cover.

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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 student 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. Available: Book, Cassette, CD, Book/CST Pak, Book/CD Pak, Book/CST Intro Pak (5 Books, 1 Cassette), Book/CD Intro Pak (5 Books, 1 CD). For Gr. 4-9.