Preface for the Instructor
Preface for the Student
An Introduction to the Musical Literacy Process
Strategies for Successful Sight Singing
Building Musicianship and Independence
Part I Rhythmic Reading
1. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Undivided Beat
1.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
1.2 Symbolic Association
1.3 Rhythm Patterns
1.4 Exercises
1.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
2. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat
2.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
2.2 Symbolic Association
2.3 Rhythm Patterns
2.4 Exercises
2.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
3. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Slur, Tie, and Extension Dot
3.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
3.2 Symbolic Association
3.3 Rhythm Patterns
3.4 Exercises
3.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
4. Terms and Symbols
4.1 Symbolic Association: Performance Markings
4.2 Exercises
4.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
5. Compound Meter: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beats
5.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
5.2 Symbolic Association
5.3 Rhythm Patterns
5.4 Exercises
5.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
6. Simple Meter: Half Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat
6.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
6.2 Symbolic Association
6.3 Rhythm Patterns
6.4 Exercises
6.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
7. Simple Meter: Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat
7.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
7.2 Symbolic Association
7.3 Rhythm Patterns
7.4 Exercises
7.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
8. Compound Meter: Dotted Half Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat
8.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
8.2 Symbolic Association
8.3 Rhythm Patterns
8.4 Exercises
8.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
9. Compound Meter: Dotted Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat
9.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
9.2 Symbolic Association
9.3 Rhythm Patterns
9.4 Exercises
8.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
10. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Borrowed Beat Division
10.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
10.2 Symbolic Association
10.3 Rhythm Patterns
10.4 Exercises
10.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
11. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Syncopation
11.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
11.2 Symbolic Association
11.3 Rhythm Patterns
11.4 Exercises
11.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
12. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Subdivided Beats
12.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
12.2 Symbolic Association
12.3 Rhythm Patterns
12.4 Exercises
12.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
13. More Terms and Symbols
13.1 Symbolic Association: Performance Markings
13.2 Exercises
13.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
14. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms with Borrowed Beat Division
14.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
14.2 Symbolic Association
14.3 Rhythm Patterns
14.4 Exercises
14.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
15. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms with Syncopations
15.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
15.2 Symbolic Association
15.3 Rhythm Patterns
15.4 Exercises
15.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
16. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms with Subdivided Beats
16.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
16.2 Symbolic Association
16.3 Rhythm Patterns
16.4 Exercises
16.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
17. Simple Meter: Half Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms
17.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
17.2 Symbolic Association
17.3 Rhythm Patterns
17.4 Exercises
17.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
18. Simple Meter: Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms
18.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
18.2 Symbolic Association
18.3 Rhythm Patterns
18.4 Exercises
18.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
19. Compound Meter: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms
19.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
19.2 Symbolic Association
19.3 Rhythm Patterns
19.4 Exercises
19.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
20. Compound Meter: Dotted Half Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms
20.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
20.2 Symbolic Association
20.3 Rhythm Patterns
20.4 Exercises
20.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
21. Compound Meter: Dotted Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms
21.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
21.2 Symbolic Association
21.3 Rhythm Patterns
21.4 Exercises
21.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
22. Simple Meter: Irregular Division of Beat
22.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
22.2 Symbolic Association
22.3 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit
22.4 Exercises: Other Simple Meters
22.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
23. Compound Meter: Irregular Division of Beat
23.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
23.2 Symbolic Association
23.3 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit
23.4 Exercises: Other Compound Meters
23.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
24. Hemiola and Cross-Rhythms
24.1 Symbolic Association: Hemiola, 2:3, 3:2
24.2 Exercises: Hemiola, 2:3, 3:2
24.3 Symbolic Association: 3:4, 4:3, 2:5
24.4 Exercises: 5:4, 4:5, 2:5
24.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
25. Asymmetrical Meters
25.1 Symbolic Association
25.2 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Beat Constant
25.3 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Beat Division Constant
25.4 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
26. Mixed Meters
26.1 Symbolic Association
26.2 Exercises
26.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
Part II Melodic Reading
1. Tonic Pentachord in Major Mode; Simple Meters, Undivided Beat
1.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps
1.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps
1.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps
1.4 Exercises: Diatonic Steps
1.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Tonic Triad
1.6 Symbolic Association: Tonic Triad
1.7 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
1.8 Exercises: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
1.9 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
2. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Major Scale; Simple Meters, Undivided Beat
2.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps
2.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps
2.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps
2.4 Exercises: Diatonic Steps
2.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
2.6 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
2.7 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
2.8 Exercises: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
2.9 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
3. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Natural Minor Scale; Simple Meters, Undivided Beat
3.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
3.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
3.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
3.4 Exercises: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad
3.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
4. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Major Scale; Simple Meters, Divided Beat
4.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode
4.2 Symbolic Association: Major Mode
4.3 Melodic Patterns: Major Mode
4.4 Exercises: Major Mode
4.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
5. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Major Scale; Simple Meters, Dotted Quarter Notes
5.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode
5.2 Symbolic Association: Major Mode
5.3 Melodic Patterns: Major Mode
5.4 Exercises: Major Mode
4.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
6. Natural Minor Scale; Simple Meters, Eighth and Dotted Quarter Notes
6.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Natural Minor Scale
6.2 Symbolic Association: Natural Minor Scale
6.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Natural Minor Scale
6.4 Exercises: Natural Minor Scale
6.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
7. Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales; Simple Meters, Eighth and Dotted Quarter Notes
7.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Harmonic Minor Scale
7.2 Symbolic Association: Harmonic Minor Scale
7.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Harmonic Minor Scale
7.4 Exercises: Harmonic Minor Scale
7.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Melodic Minor Scale
7.6 Symbolic Association: Melodic Minor Scale
7.7 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Melodic Minor Scale
7.8 Exercises: Melodic Minor Scale
7.9 Exercises: Intervals in Tonic Triad (i) and Mediant Triad (III)/Relative Major
7.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
8. Major and Minor Modes; Compound Meters: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit
8.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode
8.2 Symbolic Association: Major Mode
8.3 Melodic Patterns: Major Mode
8.4 Exercises: Major Mode
8.5 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Minor Mode
8.6 Symbolic Association: Minor Mode
8.7 Melodic Patterns: Minor Mode
8.8 Exercises: Minor Mode
8.9 Exercises: Intervals in Tonic Triad (i) and Major Triad (III)/Relative Major
8.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
9. I and V7 in Major Mode; Simple and Compound Meters
9.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Triad, Major Mode
9.2 Symbolic Association: Dominant Triad, Major Mode
9.3 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Triad, Major Mode
9.4 Exercises: Dominant Triad, Major Mode, Simple Meters
9.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode
9.6 Symbolic Association: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode
9.7 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode
9.8 Exercises: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode, Simple Meters
9.9 Exercises: Dominant and Dominant Seventh, Major Mode, Compound Meters
9.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
10. i and V7 in Minor Mode; Simple and Compound Meters
10.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode
10.2 Symbolic Association: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode
10.3 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode
10.4 Exercises: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode, Simple Meters
10.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode
10.6 Symbolic Association: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode
10.7 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode
10.8 Exercises: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode, Simple Meters
10.9 Exercises: Dominant and Dominant Seventh, Minor Mode, Compound Meters
10.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
11. I and V7 in Major Mode; Other Rhythms in Simple Meters
11.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode
11.2 Symbolic Association
11.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Triplets, Tonic Only
11.4 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Syncopation, Tonic Only
11.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Subdivided Beat, Tonic Only
11.6 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic Only
11.7 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic and Dominant
11.8 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
12. i and V7 in Minor Mode; Other Rhythms in Simple Meters
12.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Minor Mode
12.2 Symbolic Association
12.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Triplets, Tonic Only
12.4 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Syncopation, Tonic Only
12.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Subdivided Beat, Tonic Only
12.6 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic Only
12.7 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic and Dominant
12.8 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
13. I and V7 in Major and Minor Modes; Half Note 5 Beat Unit
13.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major and Minor Modes
13.2 Symbolic Association
13.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic Only
13.4 Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic and Dominant
13.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic Only
13.6 Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic and Dominant
13.7 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
14. I and V7 in Major and Minor Modes; Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit
14.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major and Minor Modes
14.2 Symbolic Association
14.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic Only
14.4 Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic and Dominant
14.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic Only
14.6 Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic and Dominant
14.7 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
15. I and V7 in Major and Minor; Compound Meters, More Rhythms
15.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major and Minor Modes
15.2 Symbolic Association
15.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic Only
15.4 Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic and Dominant
15.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic Only
15.6 Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic and Dominant
15.7 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
16. The Moveable C Clefs
16.1 Symbolic Association
16.2 Exercises: Major and Minor Modes, Tonic and Dominant
16.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
17. I, IV, and V7 in Major Mode; Simple and Compound Meters
17.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Subdominant Triad, Major Mode
17.2 Symbolic Association
17.3 Tonal Patterns: Subdominant Triad, Major Mode
17.4 Exercises: I, IV, V7, Major Mode, Simple Meters
17.5 Exercises: I, IV, V7, Major Mode, Compound Meters
17.6 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
18. i, iv, and V7 in Minor Mode; Simple and Compound Meters
18.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Subdominant Triad, Minor Mode
18.2 Symbolic Association
18.3 Tonal Patterns: Subdominant Triad, Minor Mode
18.4 Exercises: i, iv, IV, and V7, Minor Mode, Simple Meters
18.5 Exercises: i, iv, IV and V7, Minor Mode, Compound Meters
18.6 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
19. Other Diatonic Triads and Seventh Chords in Major and Minor Modes
19.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Triads and Seventh Chords in Major Mode
19.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Seventh Chords, Major Mode
19.3 Tonal Patterns: ii, iii, vi, vii degrees, Major Mode
19.4 Exercises: ii, iii, vi, vii degrees, Major Mode
19.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Triads and Seventh Chords in Minor Mode
19.6 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Seventh Chords, Minor Mode
19.7 Tonal Patterns: ii degrees, III, VI, VII, Minor Mode
19.8 Exercises: ii degrees, III, VI, VII, Minor Mode
19.9 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
20. Chromaticism: Nonharmonic Tones
20.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
20.2 Symbolic Association
20.3 Tonal Patterns
20.4 Exercises
20.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
21. Chromaticism: Secondary Dominants
21.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
21.2 Symbolic Association
21.3 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Fourth Scale Degree, Major Mode
21.4 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Fourth Scale Degree, Minor Mode
21.5 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Lowered Seventh Scale Degree, Major Mode
21.6 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Tonic, Major Mode
21.7 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Second Scale Degree, Major Mode
21.8 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Third Scale Degree, Minor Mode
21.9 Exercises: Secondary Dominants and Nonharmonic Tones
21.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
22. Chromaticism: Modulation
22.1 Symbolic Association
22.2 Exercises: Modulation to the Dominant
22.3 Exercises: Modulation to Closely Related Keys
22.4 Exercises: Modulation to Remote Keys
22.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
23. Chromatic Alterations: Modal Mixture and Neapolitan Sixth
23.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
23.2 Symbolic Association
23.3 Tonal Patterns: Modal Mixture
23.4 Exercises: Modal Mixture
23.5 Exercises: The Neapolitan Sixth
23.6 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
24. Modes
24.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills
24.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Seven-Tone Scales
24.3 Exercises
24.4 Dictation and Improvisation Skills
Appendices
A. Rhythm Reading Systems
B. Tonal Reading Systems
C. Dictation
D. Improvisation
E. Vertical Harmony/Chord Progressions
F. Conducting Patterns
G. Glossary of Foreign Terms
Index
