Sight Singing for Singers

Mary Henry : Songs for Sight Singing- Volume 2

Review:

Mike Campbell : Sightsinging: The Complete Method For Singers

Review: 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.

Songlist: 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

Nancy Telfer : Successful Performing - Teachers Edition

Review: Succesful Performing, Book 1 helps choirs achieve a higher standard of performance. Concise and inspiring weekly lessons provide instruction in a variety of technical and expressive skills. Increased understanding and enjoyment of music-making leads to better performances. Each book includes two years' worth of lessons. The Conductor's Edition provides comprehensive information for creative rehearsal ideas, score interpretation, and concerts.

Songlist: Introduction, Choosing Music that will Inspire a Choir to Perform their Best, The Conductor's Interpretation, Preparing for the Performance: Using the Singer's Edition, Rehearsal Tips for Conductors, Bringing Out the Potential of Your Singers, Planning a Successful Concert, Getting the Choir Psyched Up for the Concert, After the Concert: Looking to the Future, Index

Nancy Telfer : Successful Sight-Singing Book 1

Review: 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.

Nancy Telfer : Successful Sight-Singing Book 1 - Conductor's Edition

Review: 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.

Songlist: 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

Nancy Telfer : Successful Sight-Singing Book 2

Review: 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.

Songlist: Introduction, Color Coding, Posture, Sight-Singing Lessons, Teaching Activities, Appendix A - Preview Checklist, Appendix B - Tuning, Appendix C- Breathing, Appendix D - Cues, Appendix E - Useful Ways to Mark Scores, Appendix F - Conducting Tips, Appendix G - General Teaching Strategies, Appendix H - Adjusting a Sight-Singing Program to Fit Your Situation, Appendix I - Performance Selections, Appendix J - Quick Diagnostics Chart, Index

Nancy Telfer : Successful Sight-Singing Book 2 - Conductor's Edition

Review: 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.

Songlist: Introduction, Color Coding, Posture, Sight-Seeing Lessons, Teaching Activities

Stan McGill : Sight Reading Success

Review: This choral sight-reading resource is designed to help secondary choir students improve their music literacy skills. With 180 SATB exercises divided into 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 measure sets, even beginning groups can develop advanced skills over a relatively short period of time. The exercises are included in the book and as a free download for projecting to a screen or distributing to students via print or tablet.

Stan McGill : Sight Reading Success for SA Voices

Review: This choral sight reading resource is designed to help the secondary choir students improve their music literacy skills. With 170 SA exercises divided into 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 measure sets, even beginning groups can develop advanced skills over a relatively short period of time. The exercises are also available as a download for projecting to a screen or distributing to students via print or tablet as well as reference audio played on a keyboard.

Stan McGill & H. Morris Stevens Jr. : 18 Lessons to Sight Reading Success

Review: 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.

Songlist: 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

Stan McGill & Morris Stevens : Sight-Reading Success

Review: Now available for SSA voices, this choral sight-reading resource is designed to help secondary choir students improve their music literacy skills. With 140 SSA exercises divided into 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 measure sets, even beginning groups can develop advanced skills over a relatively short period of time. The exercises are included in the book and as a free download for projecting to a screen or distributing to students via print or tablet. Also includes reference audio played on a keyboard.

Stanley Arkis / Herman Schuckman : The Choral Sight Singer

Review: 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!

Songlist: 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