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175 Progressive Diatonic Exercises................................................................................................................... 6185 Unison Pentatonic Exercises................................................................................................................ 10-11200 Progressive Pentatonic Exercises.............................................................................................................6-7371 Bach Chorales

in Order of Sight-Singing Complexity...........................................................................................64-6546 Two-Part American Folk Songs.............................................................................................................12-1353 Rounds for All Ages...............................................................................................................................20-21American Folk Song Sight-Singing Series......................................................................................................8-9Baroque Sight-Singing Series..................................................................................................................... 48-49Classical Sight-Singing Series.................................................................................................................... 50-51Easy Rhythm Sight-Singing Series............................................................................................................. 44-45Easy Romantic Sight-Singing Series...........................................................................................................52-53Easy Sight-Singing with Words.................................................................................................................. 54-55Fun Sheets................................................................................................................................................... 24-25Happy Rap!................................................................................................................................................. 16-17High School Sight-Singer............................................................................................................................40-41John Dowland Reader & Ayres

in Order of Sight-Singing Complexity...........................................................................................70-73Let’s Get Started!

Unison............................................................................................................................................ 26-27 Two-Part.........................................................................................................................................28-29 Three-Part.......................................................................................................................................30-31

Four-Part........................................................................................................................................ 32-33Mastering Chromatics................................................................................................................................. 62-63Melodia........................................................................................................................................................34-37Music Theory for Choirs.................................................................................................................................4-5Palestrina Reader & Motets

in Order of Sight-Singing Complexity...........................................................................................66-69Poor Richard’s Rounds................................................................................................................................14-15

Renaissance Sight-Singing Series............................................................................................................... 46-47Resplendent Rounds....................................................................................................................................22-23Rounds for All Ages....................................................................................................................................20-21Sight-Singing with Words

Three-Part (”National Treasures”)................................................................................................. 58-59 Four-Part (”The Great Poets”)........................................................................................................56-57

SSATB Sight-Singing Series...................................................................................................................... 60-61Steps to Harmony ........................................................................................................................................38-39University Sight-Singer...............................................................................................................................40-41Weekly Sight-Singer................................................................................................................................... 42-43You’ve Got Rhythm....................................................................................................................................18-19

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The Masterworks PressSight-Singing Collection

“If I knew I had eight hours to cut a tree, I’d spend six of them sharpening the axe.”

—Abraham Lincoln

Your singers can ALREADY sight-sing......they just don’t know it yet!

After studying the music of many of the finest composers, e.g., Palestrina, Bach,Brahms, we found a surprising quantity of exquisite music written very simply —stepwise and diatonic: no skips, no accidentals. This was music that even beginningreaders could sight-sing AND ENJOY! However, rarely could we find such writingfor more than a few measures at a time.

With this as our inspiration, we set out to find composers who could write moreextensive compositions, while controlling the level of reading difficulty. Our objectivewas to develop an abundance of excellent choral reading material for beginning,intermediate, and even advanced sight-singers.

As a result of these efforts, the music we offer is not a series of boring, rambling, unisonexercises. It is sophisticated, stimulating, aesthetically fulfilling choral music,organized in a logical progression that is sure to lead your choirs, enjoyably andenthusiastically, to a mastery of sight-singing.

These pieces are FUN TO SING for choirs at all proficiency levels. Both beginners andveteran readers will enjoy their interesting harmonies and varied rhythms. What's more,these pieces provide sophisticated material for older students who need work onbasic solfeggio.

The absence of intervals beyond the singers’ current comfort level allows the exploration of morecomplex rhythmic variety. Singers get the practice they need for pitches and intervals to become secondnature, while concentrating on the rhythms and experiencing the pleasure of choral sight-singing. Thisapproach takes the pain out of sight-reading practice. Some of our customers even report that theyfind their choirs looking forward to this part of the rehearsal!

Sight-reading itself becomes a motivator, as these beautiful pieces give your singers a glimpse of thefuture rewards that will come with the development of sight-singing skills.

• Use these series as your sight-reading program, or to supplement an existing one. • Buy a complete series, or just the levels you need. • Use the lower levels to bolster confidence or just for sight-reading fun. • Use the upper levels for challenge and growth, or for contest preparation.

TRY IT OUT! We’ve included samples from Volume 1 of each series on the following pages. Copythem and try them out with your choirs.

Imagine how much rehearsal time YOU would save if YOUR choirs could sight-read!

(And imagine how much more fun rehearsals would be.)

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Music Theory for Choirs, Vol. 1:

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A lesson a day or a lesson a week—it doesn’t matter.Advance at whatever speed you desire; meanwhile, more

experienced, or conservatory-bound, students can move at afaster, self-paced rate.

This solfège-based course introduces all musical conceptsthrough concise lessons, followed by short exercises forimmediate reinforcement.

Ear Training exercises include rhythmic, melodic andharmonic recognition and dictation based on the materialintroduced in each unit.

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These reproducible, interactive lessons offer an excitingnew approach to learning the basic elements of music.

“...I am absolutely pleased with your Music Theory for Choirs curriculum. It is concise but thorough andpresents even the rudimentary elements in a well thought out and sophisticated manner. It is exactly what Ihave been looking for to assist in teaching my high school choral students for some time.”

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Unit 11.1 Major Keys with Sharps1.2 Major Keys with Flats1.3 Review: Major Keys

Unit 22.1 Simple Meter2.2 Chart of Note Values2.3 Chart of Rest Values2.4 Sixteenth Notes2.5 More Practice with Sixteenth Notes

Unit 33.1 Relative Major and Minor Keys3.2 Relative Major and Minor Keys on the

Keyboard3.3 Review: Relative Major and Minor Keys

Unit 44.1 Compound Meters4.2 Review: Compound Meter4.3 Rhythms in Compound Meter4.4 Writing in Compound Meter4.5 Sixteenth Notes in Compound Meter

Unit 55.1 Whole Steps, Half Steps and Enharmonic

Notes5.2 Major Tetrachords5.3 More Practice with Major Tetrachords

5.4 Major Scales

Unit 66.1 Irregular Meter6.2 More Practice with Irregular Meter

Unit 77.1 Minor Scales7.2 Minor Scales7.3 More Practice with Minor Scales

Unit 88.1 Writing Melodies

8.2 Motives8.3 Phrases and Cadences

Unit 99.1 Intervals9.2 Minor Intervals9.3 More Interval Practice

Unit 1010.1 Labeling Intervals between Voice Parts10.2 Writing Duets

Unit 11.1 Beginning Rhythm1.2 Rests1.3 Time Signatures, Dotted Half Notes, and

Double Bar LinesUnit 2

2.1 Clefs2.2 Reading Music2.3 Treble Clef Notes2.4 More Practice with Notes of the Treble Clef

Unit 33.1 Music that Moves by Step3.2 Other Notes in the Treble Clef 3.3 Review

Unit 44.1 Bass Clef Notes4.2 More Practice with the Bass Clef

Unit 55.1 More Notes in the Bass Clef 5.2 Crossword Puzzle5.3 Rhythm Review

Unit 66.1 Eighth Notes6.2 Eighth Rests

Unit 77.1 Dynamics7.2 Ties and Slurs7.3 Note Review

Unit 88.1 Intervals8.2 Dotted Quarter Notes8.3 Articulation

Unit 99.1 Half Steps9.2 Accidentals and Half Steps9.3 Whole Steps9.4 More Practice with Dotted Quarter Notes

Unit 1010.1 Key Signatures10.2 Key Signatures with Sharps10.3 Writing Key Signatures with Sharps

Unit 1111.1 The Major Scale11.2 Major Scales and Tempo Markings11.3 Repeat Signs

Unit 1212.1 Flat Key Signatures12.2 More Practice with Flat Key Signatures

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200 Progressive Pentatonic Exercises follows the sequence ofthe Kodály approach to sight-singing.

Beginning with Sol-Mi , students gradually build their sight-reading skills to include the complete pentatonic scale. Therhythmic content progresses similarly, beginning with thequarter note, and gradually adding additional note values.

Because we tend to become “key-bound” if we spend too muchtime working in a single key before moving to a new tonalcenter, the author intentionally changes the position of Dofrequently. This volume also includes exercises centered on La(for minor mode practice), as well as other modal centers.

Along with being verysingable and serving as anexcellent foundation forsight-singing, anotherbenefit of starting with thepentatonic scale is that thefive tones sound pleasantwhen sung in harmony

with one another. As a result you will find that a number of theexercises in this volume may be sung together as partner songs,and some as rounds, offering an effective means for developing

vocal independence.175 Progressive Diatonic Exercises completes the progressionby systematically adding Fa and Ti.

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175 Progressive Diatonic Exercises: Completes theprogression by systematically adding fa and ti. (50 pgs.)

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Folk songs have long been recognized as ideal tools forthe teaching of sight-singing. All the rough edges havebeen worn off by generation after generation passingthese songs on to their children.

Starting with the most basic interval (the minor third:so-mi), Dr. Sanders has organized this collection of 170 folk songs into a gradual progression from songscontaining only these two notes through full pentatonicsongs by the end of Volume One. Volume Two adds fa,then ti, and progresses to full diatonic songs, acciden-tals, and various modes.

Because singers start learning to read music at differentages, this series is available in two editions: one withsong titles and lyrics for your younger students, and onewith just the music, for older students from middleschool on up. This wordless version is also morecompact, with more melodies per page, thus requiring

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185 Unison Pentatonic ExercisesFirst Steps in Sight-Singing

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(stick) and standard staff notation. For the most part,the easy keys of C, F, G pentatonic and their minortonalities have been chosen to give fluency in letternames.

The exercises are purposely short and restricted tothe pentatonic scale because correct intonation canbetter be achieved if semitones are postponed untilwhole tone intervals are sung with sufficientassurance and accuracy.

This volume is intended for early steps in sight-singing at any age level, child or adult. Thebook’s overall purpose is to develop sight-singing skill and to build secure intonation byuse of short, easily mastered exercises, whichwill give an increasing sense of accomplishme

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Aunt RhodyBluebirdBye, Baby BuntingBye, Bye BabyChrist Was BornCotton Eye Joe (two versions)Cradle HymnThe Deaf Woman's CourtshipDeedle, Deedle DumplingDo, Do, Pity My CaseDown in the MeadowGoodbye Girls, I'm Going to BostonGrandma GruntsHold My MuleHousekeeping

Hush Little MinnieHushabyeIda RedI'm Goin' Home on a CloudJohnny Has Gone for a SoldierMama, Buy Me a Chiney DollMary Had a BabyMay Day CarolMost Done Ling'ring HereMy Good Old ManMy Horses Ain't HungryMy Old HenMy PaddleOld Chisolm TrailOld Joe Clarke

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The Old SowPhoebePoor RosyPourquoi ("Oh", Said the Blackbird)Rocky MountainSailing on the OceanSanty AnnaThe SwallowSweet WilliamThe Three RoguesTideoWhat'll We Do with the Baby?Who Killed Cock Robin?Who's That Tapping at the Window?The Wraggle, Taggle Gypsies

46 Two-PartAmerican Folk Songs

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Zoltán Kodály, whose achievement in raising the musicalliteracy and taste of the children in his native country of Hungary is well known, said that children can best learn tosing in tune through two-part unaccompanied singing. Thiswas to be begun at a very early age, possibly even firstgrade.

Out of the 27 pentatonic songs (or those of even fewernotes) 22 have been kept in the pentatonic idiom, rather

than to suggest typical piano accompaniments through theaddition of the fourth or seventh steps somewhere in themelodic line.

This collection is offered in the hope of developing chil-dren's taste for a cappella singing. Even the simplest songsare challenging. They are intended for classroom use, butcan also be used for elementary choruses.

The songs appear in approximate order of difficulty. Notempo marks or dynamics have been suggested, one reasonbeing that an uncluttered page will be easier for the youngreader, who, in his/her early years, is concerned mainlywith pitch and rhythm.

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Two Progressive Round Collectionsfrom sol-mi through full diatonic

Round singing is an effective and enjoyable way toteach singers to sing independent parts. Rounds helpsingers hear vertically, so participants can becomeskilled harmonizers in no time.

In these sets, the rhythms are simple and rangesare usually an octave or less.

Poor Richard’s Rounds, composed by Paul Sandersand based on the wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin’sPoor Richard’s Almanack , begins with a volume of progressively arranged pentatonic rounds, followedby a second volume that builds skills to include thefull scale.

The examples on the facing page—Wealth Is Not His& There Are No Gains—are a sampling of the sort of down-to-earth, home-spun wisdom that will makethis collection especially appealing to children.

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Happy Rap!

An exciting new approach to practicing rhythm…

Hank Beebe’s

Starts with simple rhythmic speech. This volume isintended to be attractively simple, using 3/4, 4/4, and cuttime meters, and employing only quarter, half, dotted half,and whole notes. Wit and humor abound. (30 pgs.)

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Your choir will thoroughly enjoy this break from the routine. Youdon’t even have to tell them that they are improving their rhythmskills, as they challenge themselves to keep together in perfectlyunison speech, through humorous, miniature dramatic scenes inwhich they become the characters.

Audiences will love this, too! Each composition is entertainingenough and of sufficient duration to include in your concerts as anovelty number.

The texts are little rhythmic encounters from everyday life. HankBeebe’s remarkable sense of humor shows through on every pageDrawing on his over 40 years of writing musical comedy forBroadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre and network televisionHank has created in Happy Rap! an innovative, FUN approach topracticing rhythm and improving rhythmic sight-singing skills

Starting with the simple Malone the Monotone, the series graduallprogresses to challenging rhythmic excursions for up to four voicparts. Each book contains approximately 30 pages.

Titles include: Malone the Monotone • Practicing the Trombone • Camping Trip • Heading forthe Movies • Road Race • Don’t Read Me My Horoscope • Whale Watch • Part-Time Job •

Auditioning for the Play • A Day at the Mall • Pool Party • Dental Appointment • Volleyball Game• Talk Radio • Giving Directions • Eight-Hundred Number • At Bat • Finding a Lost Wallet • Not So Fast Food • Surprise Party • Wedding Reception • Seeking an Autograph • Super Coaster •

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Volume Five progresses to four parts, and employs16th notes, triplets, and some simple syncopation.(30 pages)

Volume Four advances to three parts, and employs3/4, 4/4, 5/4, and 6/4 time. (34 pages)

Volume Three moves to two parts, with segmentsthat are built on dialogues in which two people ortwo groups get humorously entangled in familiarsituations. (30 pages)

Volume Two introduces eighth notes and 9/8 time. (30 pgs.)

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This series starts with basic notation, then, through over 150 pages,progresses, step-by-step, to the most advanced rhythmic skills.

With elegance and humor, You’ve Got Rhythm turns the frustration ofrhythm problems into an enjoyable musical and literary experience.

“You’ve Got Rhythm is the most innovative and logical approach to teaching rhythm I’ve encountered. Mystudents enjoy the subtle humor in the texts and references to famous (and not-so-famous) composers. Theaccessible layout makes the material fun and easy to use. The use of words instead of nonsense syllablesprepares students well for ‘real’ sight-singing, and encourages accurate note length. This series will becomea regular part of my curriculum.”

—Margaret Martin Kvamme, Conductor, Concert Choir, and Instructor, Music FundamentalsUniversity of California at Santa Cruz

“You’ve Got Rhythm is just what I’ve been looking for. At last—a methodthat makes rhythm concrete! My students love it. Thank you! Thank you!”

—Melissa Sweet, flute teacher, Saugerties, NY

“You’ve Got Rhythm … not only avoids boredom, but actually makesrhythmic training fun!”

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Round singing is an effective and enjoyable way toteach singers to sing independent parts. Rounds helpus hear vertically, so that participants can becomeskilled harmonizers in no time.

In these sets, the rhythms are simple and rangesare usually an octave or less. Forty-eight of therounds in each volume are completely diatonic (noaccidentals). The few chromatics that do occur in theremaining five are limited to easy, stepwise patterns.

The example on the facing page—Sounds of theSinging School—is one of the longest rounds inthe collection. Shorter rounds are convenientlyorganized two per page.

The rounds contained in these collections arearranged by topic, e.g.: About Music, Bell Rounds,

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CAN BE USED AS:

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• Duets, trios, etc. Any number of consecutive lines canbe sung together in harmony.

• Each page can be sung as a 2-voice, 3-voice, up to an8-voices round.

FEATURES:

• Over 70 pages of rounds

• Completely stepwise and diatonic

• Each line begins on the last pitch of the preceding line,making it easy to sing the whole page without stopping.

• Each volume gradually progresses from simple rhythms(see sample page to the right) through 8th notes, dottedpatterns, 16th notes, triplets and even syncopation.

• Chord symbols are included to facilitate improvised

student accompaniment by guitar, autoharp, etc.• Keys include C, F, G, D and Bb, in a variety of time

signatures.

• Available in a treble version or in a treble/bass version (same music in treble clef on one side of the paper, bass clef on the other side) for convenient use by mixed or male choirs

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Continues where Volume 2 left off, by includingskips of the Fourth. Includes practice in manykey signatures and both major and minor modes.30 pages.

4Continues where Volume 3 left off, by includingskips of the Fifth. Includes practice in many keysignatures and both major and minor modes.30 pages.

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Continues where Volume 4 left off, by includingskips of the Sixth. Includes practice in many keysignatures and both major and minor modes.30 pages.

* The Cambiata version is written entirely in the cambiata (changing voice) range—the sixth from F below middle C to the D above.Each page in the cambiata version contains five melodies, each written in both treble and bass clef, for a total of ten lines per page.

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First Steps in UNISON Sight-Singing

This series was written for choirs that need a place from which to startthe sight-singing process. It is organized to parallel our Easy Rhythmseries (page 40), so that the two series could be used concurrently, if desired—warm up with Let’s Get Started in unison, then move on tothe three- or four-part music of the Easy Rhythms series.

Each unison volume contains 300 exercises. Virtually all keys are covered.

This series is also useful as a tool to measure individual progress.

Boys with changing voices can sing any of the melodies in the lower half of each page (Nos. 6-10). Those melodies stay safely within the cambiata(changing voice) range. In the two-part editions (see pages 24-25), the toppart is consistently in the cambiata range, making it suitable for sopranos,tenors, and/or changing voices.

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Like its unison counterpart (see pages 22-23), this series was writtenfor choirs that need a place from which to start the sight-singingprocess. Since every line is melodic, upper and lower parts could beused separately as unison exercises until the group is ready to read intwo parts. This series can also serve as a stepping stone betweenunison and standard choral voicings.

Each two-part volume contains 150 duets (or 300 unison exercises).Virtually all keys are covered.

This series is also useful as a tool to measure individual progress.

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This series was written for choirs that need a place from which tostart the sight-singing process. We’ve kept each exercise to abrief eight measures, so one or two a day should easily fit intoyour available time.

Each volume contains 30 pages of musical, diatonic choralexercises, each presented in both open and close score.

Virtually all keys are covered. Each volume is organized withthe first 21 pages in diatonic major keys, and the final ninepages devoted to la-based minor.

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Each volume contains 30 pages of musical, diatonic choralexercises, each presented in both open and close score.

Virtually all keys are covered. Each volume is organized withthe first 21 pages in diatonic major keys, and the final ninepages devoted to la-based minor.

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In 200 pages, and over 1,500 one- and two-part melodious exercises, the authors lead thestudent from the simplest of scales to the most complex music a choir is likely to encounterin traditional music.

“Many works on sight-singing have beencompiled and written for use in the publicschools. But the authors of MELODIA believethat there is need of more and better gradedmaterial… The present work is an attempt tomeet this need. It represents the results of manyyears’ experience, and is based on the belief that, whatever the method of presenting theelements of the subject, the surest road togrowth is through actual performance of a great

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424 unison diatonic exercises in stepwise melody. Treble and Bass clefs.All major keys to B and Db inclusive. All representations of notes andrests of whole-beat length and multiples thereof. Elementary presenta-tion of the divided beat. (20 pages)

119 two-part diatonic exercises in stepwise melody. Keys to B and Dbinclusive. All representations of notes as in First Series, with greatervariety and length of rests. The divided beat in fuller presentation.(20 pages)

255 unison exercises in stepwise melody in all keys. Graded presenta-tion of all chromatic tones, except 2 b and 5 b. Development of the minor.The dotted note involving division of the beat. Triple and quadrupledivision of the beat. (20 pages)

85 extended two-part exercises in stepwise melody in all keys. Chro-matic tones, modulatory and ornamental. Development of incidentaland extended modulation. Syncopation. Mingling of double and tripledivisions of the beat. (20 pages)

263 unison exercises. Systematic treatment of intervals, beginningwith the larger. Skips to and from chromatic tones having obvious keyrelationship. The commoner augmented and diminished intervals.(20 pages)

90 extended two-part exercises embodying all intervals treated in theFifth Series. More elaborate development of rhythmic difficulties, espe-cially syncopation. Lengthy solfeggi from German, French, and Englishsources. Canon and Fugue. (30 pages)

137 unison exercises. Systematic treatment of skips to, from, andbetween chromatic tones. Introductory study of passages whose chro-matics “deny” the signature. Advanced solfeggi from foreign sources.

Specimen difficulties, without text, from the classics. (20 pages)21 extended two-part exercises, involving all the difficulties treated inthe Seventh Series, and fully reviewing the rhythmic problems earliertreated. Maximum difficulties of mediated modulation. Special studiesin the development of independence of the parts. (10 pages)

67 extended unison exercises. Typical passages from early and recentcomposers, with text, of difficulty ranging from medium to great. Fullexposition of chromatics which “deny” the signature. Arbitrary changesof tonality. (16 pages)

31 extended two-part exercises with text. Representative excerptsfrom major composers, with a few new exercises, embodying maxi-

mum difficulties of pitch and rhythm, as well as the utmost indepen-dence of parts. (14 pages)

16 extended two-part exercises, partly with and partly withouttext, in the following Church Modes: Aeolian, Dorian, Ionian,Mixolydian, and Phrygian. Canonic imitation, strict and free, inother intervals than that of the octave. (10 pages)

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Continues where Volume 1 left off, by including skips ofthe Third. Each third in the diatonic scale is givenindividual attention, at first with easy rhythms. Later,thirds are used with increased freedom and frequency.30 pages.

Continues where Volume 2 left off, by including skips ofthe Fourth. Each fourth in the diatonic scale is givenindividual attention, at first with easy rhythms. Later,thirds and fourths are used with increased freedom andfrequency. 30 pages.

Continues where Volume 3 left off, by including skips ofthe Fifth. Each fifth in the diatonic scale is givenindividual attention, at first with easy rhythms. Later,thirds, fourths, and fifths are used with increasedfreedom and frequency. 30 pages.

Continues where Volume 4 left off, by including skips ofthe Sixth. Each sixth in the diatonic scale is givenindividual attention, at first with easy rhythms. Later,3rds, 4ths, 5ths, and 6ths are used with increasedfreedom and frequency. 30 pages.

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by Nicholas Palmer

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* This series is available in both treble and bass clefs. If you purchase “Both,” you get two complete sets, one entirely in treble, the other in bass clef.By distributing the bass clef version to your bass section, they will have access to exactly the same music as those using the treble clef versions.

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This series was designed to be useful in all teaching situations,transcending both age and sex. The range is limited to one octave—C to C—so everyone sings in a comfortable range throughout.

Beginning with stepwise, diatonic quarter notes, this series puts youin control of how far your students progress. Its flexible, modulardesign allows you to concentrate on just the levels of complexityyou want— ideal for use in a music curriculum spanning severalgrade levels.

• Written polyphonically, so every part is melodious.• Great for developing part independence.• Virtually all keys are represented

Each exercise is written to be performed in any of three ways:

unison, 2-part, or 3-part. The top two lines of each exercise aredesigned for 2-part singing. Each exercise also can be sung in any3-part voicing: SSA, SAB, STB, TTB, etc. Since the lines of eachexercise are interchangeable, each exercise can be sung threetimes—each voice singing a different line each time. An optionalbass clef version allows basses to participate fully in the exercises.

Adaptable to any voice combination, this could be the mostuseful and versatile sight-reading purchase you’ve ever made.

Steps to HarmonyA Systematic Approach to Sight-Singing

Middle school through college

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The High School Sight-Singer The University Sight-Singer*

• Suitable for middle school through college• Challenging, yet logically organized for success• Information introduced in “need-to-know” order• Encourages self-correction

The High School Sight-Singer, by Anna Hamre, DMA, is a new toolto help older students develop independence in reading music.

Students at this age learn to read music in much the same way theylearn a new language: acquiring memories of sound patterns whilelearning the rules for manipulating the tools of the language.

The High School Sight-Singer drills are organized into a short-course method that takes students through all pitches of thechromatic scale within a month, teaching them the essentials of deciphering notation by showing them how to look for “handles”among surrounding notes.

Each drill is a day’s lesson focusing on the skips or stepssurrounding a particular pitch level. Needed repetition can beacquired by dovetailing this course with supplementary choral musicavailable from Masterworks Press.

Even after classes have moved on to other sight-singing methods ordrills, you may choose to return to this course periodically to reviewconcepts.

This short-course approach is designed to help non-readingsingers quickly integrate into a

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