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Title: Sight Singing: Pitch, Interval, Rhythm by Samuel Adler, Alfred Adler ISBN: 0-393-97072-8 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1997 Format: Plastic Comb Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $42.25 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Sight singing for the real world
Comment: OK so we've all had plenty of books that start out sight singing based on a single scale, say the major scale. And you sing through about 100 exercises thereby learn all 12 kinds of intervals. Then they add non-harmonic tones and eventuall you get into a little chromaticism and modulation. However, modern composers do not limit themselves to such simple melodies.
How about a book that instead teaches you to hear 2nds, 5ths, 4ths, 3rds, and so on. Isn't that what its all about? Whenever you see a P4, sing a P4. You don't even need to keep track of scale degrees or worry about if you'll sing "re", "ri" or "icky-zipang". Adler, who is prof. emeritus at Eastman, starts off with exercises that teach you to sing a single interval, for example major 2nds. After you sing, slowly and carefully, through his exercises you will never confuse a M2 with a m2 or m3 again. Likewise through all the other intervals. Of course he includes plenty of melodies from the literature.
Furthermore, there is an entire section dedicated to the study of rhythm without involving pitch. This is typically the weakest area for most music students.
And now that the 2nd edition is spiral bound (what were they thinking w/ ed. #1?) there is no reason not to buy this book.
Sincerely, Salvador T. Pimienta
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Title: Sight Singing Made Simple (Book/CD Pak) by David Bauguess ISBN: 0793599733 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A FANATIC'S GUIDE TO EAR TRAINING AND SIGHT SINGING by Bruce Arnold, Bruce E. Arnold ISBN: 189094419X Publisher: Muse Eek Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $31.50 |
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Title: Solfege, Ear Training, Rhythm, Dictation, and Music Theory: A Comprehensive Course by Marta Arkossy Ghezzo, Mel Powell ISBN: 0817305785 Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: August, 1993 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Ear Training: One Note Complete Method by Bruce E. Arnold ISBN: 1890944475 Publisher: Muse Eek Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: A New Approach to Sight Singing by Sol Berkowitz, Gabriel Fontrier, Leo Kraft ISBN: 0393969088 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $62.50 |
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