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Sight Singing

Contents

  • Part One - Melodic Studies
  • Chapter I: Learning about Scales and Intervals
    • Scales and Their Relationships
    • Identifying Intervals
  • Chapter II: Scalar Seconds
    • Singing Scalar Seconds
    • The Major Second
    • The Minor Second
    • Singing Major and Minor Scales
    • Exercises for Performance
  • Chapter III: The Perfect Fifth and the Perfect Fourth
    • The Perfect Fifth
    • The Perfect Fourth
    • Mixing Perfect Fifths and Perfect Fourths
    • Exercises for Performance
  • Chapter IV: The Third
    • The Major Third
    • The Minor Third
    • Mixing Major and Minor Thirds
    • Exercises for Performance
  • Chapter V: Some Other Clefs
    • The Alto and Tenor Clefs
    • Written Exercises
    • Exercises for Practice and Performance
  • Chapter VI: The Sixth
    • The Major Sixth
    • The Minor Sixth
    • Mixing Major Sixths and Minor Sixths
    • Exercises for Performance
  • Chapter VII: The Seventh
    • The Minor Seventh
    • The Major Seventh
    • Mixing Minor Sevenths and Major Sevenths
    • Exercises for Performance
  • Chapter VIII: The Tritone and Enharmonic Intervals
    • The Tritone
    • The Augmented Sixth and Diminished Seventh
    • Exercises for Performance
  • Chapter IX: Other Scales
    • Modal Scales and Other Scales
    • Modal Scales
    • Other Scales
    • Exercises for Performance
  • Chapter X: Chords and Simultaneities
  • Part Two - Rhythmic Studies
  • Chapter XI: Learning about Rhythm
    • Definition of Rhythmic Terms
    • Table of Rhythmic Values
  • Chapter XII: Simple (Common) Meter
    • Simple Duple Meter, the "Two-Beat"
    • Simple Triple Meter, the "Three-Beat"
    • Simple Quadruple Meter, the "Four-Beat"
    • Syncopation
    • The Anacrusis or Upbeat
    • Irregular Division of a Beat in Simple Meter
  • Chapter XIII: Compound Meter
    • Compound Duple Meter
    • Compound Triple Meter
    • Compound Quadruple Meter
    • Additional Compound Meters
  • Chapter XIV: Composite Meters
    • Quintuple Meter
    • Septuple Meter
    • Division of Compound Meter into Irregular Patterns
    • Additional Composite Meters
  • Chapter XV: Additional Rhythmic Devices
    • Mixed (Changing) Meters
    • Complex Divisions of the Beat
    • Exercises for Performance
  • Part Three - Additional Material for Study and Review
  • Chapter XVI: Melodies for Review, from Gregorian Chant to the Present Day
  • Chapter XVII: Ensemble Pieces for Review

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