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Summary Table of Contents

This versatile volume presents a collection of melodies carefully selected for their capacity to develop sight singing ability. Featuring singing materials from folk music and the literature of composed music.

(R) indicates Rhythmic Reading exercises

PREFACE

xiii

(2)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART I MELODY: DIATONIC INTERVALS RHYTHM: DIVISION OF THE BEAT

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1 MELODY: Scale-Line Movement, Major Keys RHYTHM: Simple Time (Meter); the Beat and Its Division into Two Parts

(20)

RHYTHMIC READING

(12)

Section 1 (R). The quarter note as the beat unit. Beat-note values and larger only

(2)

Section 2 (R). The quarter note as the beat unit and its division. Dotted notes and tied notes

(1)

Section 3 (R). Two-part drills

(2)

Section 4 (R). Note values other than the quarter note as beat values

(3)

Section 5 (R). Two-part drills

(2)

SIGHT SINGING

(8)

Section 6. Major keys; treble clef; the quarter note as the beat unit

(1)

Section 7. Bass clef

(2)

Section 8. Other time signatures

(2)

Section 9. Duets

(2)

2 MELODY: Intervals from the Tonic Triad, Major Keys RHYTHM: Simple Time

(17)

Section 1. Major keys, treble clef, intervals of the third, fourth, fifth, and octave from the tonic triad. The quarter note as the beat unit; undotted notes

(3)

Section 2. Dotted notes

(2)

Section 3. Bass clef

(2)

Section 4. Interval of the sixth

(2)

Section 5. The half note and the eighth note as beat units

(2)

Section 6. Duets

(4)

3 MELODY: Intervals from the Tonic Triad, Major Keys RHYTHM: Compound Time (Meter); the Beat and Its Division into Three Parts

(15)

Section 1 (R). Rhythmic reading: The dotted quarter note as the beat unit. Single lines and two-part drills

(2)

Section 2. Sight singing: Major keys, treble clef; the dotted quarter note as the beat unit

(3)

Section 3. Sight singing: Bass clef

(1)

Section 4 (R). Rhythmic reading: The dotted half note and the dotted eighth note as beat-note values, including two-part drills

(3)

Section 5. Sight singing: The dotted half note and dotted eighth notes as beat-note values

(5)

4 MELODY: Minor Keys; Intervals from the Tonic Triad RHYTHM: Simple and Compound Time

(11)

Section 1. Simple time

(4)

Section 2. Compound time

(2)

Section 3. Duets

(3)

5 MELODY: Intervals from the Dominant (V) Triad; Major and Minor Keys RHYTHM: Simple and Compound Time

(19)

Section 1. Intervals of the third from the V triad; major keys; simple time

(2)

Section 2. Intervals of the third from the V triad; minor keys; simple time

(3)

Section 3. Intervals of the fourth and fifth from the V triad; major and minor keys; simple time

(4)

Section 4. Interval of the sixth from the V triad; simple time

(1)

Section 5. Various intervals from the V triad; compound time

(3)

Section 6. Duets

(4)

6 THE C CLEFS: Alto and Tenor Clefs

(11)

Section 1. The alto clef

(5)

Section 2. The tenor clef

(4)

Section 3. Additional practice in the C clefs

(1)

7 MELODY: Further Use of Diatonic Intervals RHYTHM: Simple and Compound Time

(16)

Section 1. Single-line melodies

(12)

Section 2. Duets

107

(3)

8 MELODY: Intervals from the Dominant Seventh Chord (V^7); Other Diatonic Intervals of the Seventh RHYTHM: Simple and Compound Time

110

(12)

Section 1. The complete dominant seventh chord

111

(1)

Section 2. The interval of the minor seventh; chord members 1 up to 7 or reverse

112

(4)

Section 3. The interval of the tritone

116

(3)

Section 4. Other uses of diatonic intervals of the seventh

119

(3)

PART II MELODY: DIATONIC INTERVALS RHYTHM: SUBDIVISION OF THE BEAT

122

(36)

9 RHYTHM: The Subdivision of the Beat; the Simple Beat into Four Parts; the Compound Beat into Six Parts

122

(11)

RHYTHMIC READING, SIMPLE TIME

122

(5)

Section 1 (R). Preliminary exercises, simple time

122

(1)

Section 2 (R). Rhythmic reading exercises in simple time

123

(3)

Section 3 (R). Two-part drills, simple time

126

(1)

RHYTHMIC READING, COMPOUND TIME

127

(6)

Section 4 (R). Preliminary exercises, compound time

127

(1)

Section 5 (R). Rhythmic reading exercises in compound time

128

(2)

Section 6 (R). Two-part drills, compound time

130

(3)

10 MELODY: Intervals from the Tonic and Dominant Triads RHYTHM: Subdivision in Simple and Compound Time

133

(7)

11 MELODY: Further Use of Diatonic Intervals RHYTHM: Subdivision in Simple and Compound Time

140

(18)

Section 1. Diatonic intervals except the seventh and the tritone

140

(11)

Section 2. The dominant seventh (V^7) chord; intervals of the seventh and the tritone

151

(5)

Section 3. Other uses of the interval of the seventh

156

(2)

PART III MELODY: CHROMATICISM RHYTHM: FURTHER RHYTHMIC PRACTICES

158

(151)

12 MELODY: Chromaticism (I): Chromatic Tones; the Dominant of the Dominant (V/V) Harmony; Modulation to the Key of the Dominant

158

(21)

Section 1. Chromatic nonharmonic tones. Augmented and diminished intervals whose second tone resolves to a tonic triad tone

158

(5)

Section 2. The secondary dominant chord, V/V or V^7/V. Modulation from a major key to its dominant key

163

(12)

Section 3. Duets

175

(4)

13 MELODY: Chromaticism (II): Modulation to Closely Related Keys; Additional Secondary Dominant Harmonies

179

(28)

Section 1. Single-line melodies

180

(16)

Section 2. Duets

196

(11)

14 RHYTHM: Syncopation

207

(29)

RHYTHMIC READING

208

(6)

Section 1 (R). Divided beat patterns in simple time

208

(1)

Section 2 (R). Divided beat patterns in compound time

209

(1)

Section 3 (R). Two-part drills

210

(2)

Section 4 (R). Subdivided beat patterns, including duets

212

(2)

SIGHT SINGING

214

(22)

Section 5. Divided beat patterns in simple time

214

(8)

Section 6. Divided beat patterns in compound time

222

(3)

Section 7. Duets

225

(5)

Section 8. Subdivided beat patterns

230

(6)

15 RHYTHM: Triplet Division of Undotted Note Values; Duplet Division of Dotted Note Values

236

(24)

RHYTHMIC READING

237

(5)

Section 1 (R). Triplet division of undotted note values

237

(2)

Section 2 (R). Duplet division of dotted note values

239

(1)

Section 3 (R). Two-part drills

240

(2)

SIGHT SINGING

242

(18)

Section 4. Triplet division of undotted note values

242

(8)

Section 5. Duplet division of dotted note values

250

(5)

Section 6. Duets

255

(5)

16 RHYTHM: Changing Time Signature; the Hemiola; Less Common Time Signatures

260

(20)

RHYTHMIC READING

260

(4)

Section 1 (R). Definitions and rhythmic-reading exercises

260

(4)

SIGHT SINGING

264

(16)

Section 2. Changing time signatures

264

(6)

Section 3. The hemiola

270

(3)

Section 4. Meters of 5 and 7, and other meters

273

(7)

17 RHYTHM: Further Subdivision of the Beat; Notation in Slow Tempi

280

(12)

Section 1 (R). Rhythmic reading

281

(3)

Section 2. Sight singing

284

(8)

18 MELODY: Chromaticism (III): Additional Uses of Chromatic Tones; Remote Modulation

292

(17)

Section 1. Chromatic tones

292

(7)

Section 2. Remote modulation

299

(10)

PART IV THE MEDIEVAL MODES AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC

309

(48)

19 MELODY: The Medieval Modes

309

(19)

Section 1. Folk music

310

(8)

Section 2. Composed music

318

(10)

20 TWENTIETH-CENTURY MELODY

328

(29)

Section 1 (R). Meter and rhythm. Rhythmic reading

328

(3)

Section 2. Melody. Singing nontonal lines

331

(2)

Section 3. Twentieth-century melodic lines

333

(18)

Section 4. Duets

351

(6)

APPENDIX: MUSICAL TERMS

357

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