Music for Sight Singing (9th Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (987 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0205938337 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book’s arrangement of simple to complex exercises lays the foundations for success. Learning GoalsUpon completing this book, readers will be able to: Fluently read rhythms in simple and compound meters, including those in relatively unusual, irregular, or changing meter signatures. Recognize and sing important harmonic features such as dominant seventh and Neapolitan chords. Sight sing melodies in any major or minor key, and in any diatonic mode. Real music exercises allow readers to practice sight singing and develop their “mind’s ear” – the ability to imagine how music sounds without first playing it on an instrument. Effortle
Progression from quarter to other note values is excellent. The text meets our need well and has stood the test of time.” - Robert Mills, Liberty University “The most significant challenge facing the students is developing the skills and abilities quickly enough to maintain pace with the curriculum. This text responds very nicely to this challenge; we have the freedom to set the pace as needed to sufficiently challenge, but not overwhelm, the student population.” - William Harbinson, Appalachian State University “The most important feature of any aural skills and sight-singing book is that it includes real musical examples. I believe it is more of a time issue (lack of practice time, or student choice to avoid practice) than a curriculum pacing issue. For this alone, Music for Sight Singing is indispensa
"Buy it used, if you can get it for" according to Jamie. Buy it used, if you can get it for a cheaper price. This book will stay with you through several semesters of Ear Training and Sight Singing, so treat it well. It is worth it to have half of the solfege already written in, and most musicians who are diligent enough to write in solfege know to do it in pencil, so you can remove it if needed.. "Great Book for ear training practice" according to Johnny. This book helps me work on my ear training skills during music harmony class, since I will need to keep using those skills for transfer, having this book will help me.. "I love using this book for my in class Ear training" according to Zech. I love using this book for my in class Ear training. The instructional progresses very well. Great for college students using the solfage form to sing.
Professor Rogers received her Ph.D. With research interests including music cognition and its pedagogical implications, Dr. She was a keynote speaker at the 2009 Musical Ear conference held at Indiana University. Before coming to Florida State University, she served on the faculties of Northwestern University, the University of Iowa, and Lawrence University.. Several recent publications may be found in Musi