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Blending step-by-step guidance with frequent practice, this book helps readers cultivate an understanding of sight singing and acquire the necessary skills to hear mentally a piece of printed music "without" using an instrument. Arranging its 21 chapters to study both pitch and rhythm, this book presents melodies and exercises that enable readers to develop the skills of reading pitch, reading rhythm, and combining these two essential elements. The Sixth Edition contains nearly 1200 melodies taken from a wide spectrum of music literature and the world's folk music. For professionals with a career in music, music education, and composition.

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Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

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

Rhythm: Simple Time (Meter); the Beat and Its Division into Two Parts

(13)

Rhythmic Reading

(2)

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

(1)

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

(1)

(R). Two-part drills

(2)

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

(3)

(R). Two-part drills

(3)

Melody: Scale-Line Melodies Rhythm: Simple Time (Meter); the Beat and its Division into Two Parts

(12)

Major keys, treble clef, the quarter note as the beat unit. Key signatures with no more than three sharps or three flats

(4)

Bass clef

(3)

Other time signatures

(2)

Duets

(2)

Melody: Intervals from the Tonic Triad, Major Keys Rhythm: Simple Time

(20)

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

(6)

Bass clef

(3)

Interval of the sixth; minor sixth, 3 up to 1, and major sixth, 5 up to 3, or descending

(2)

The half note and the eighth note as beat units

(1)

Duets

(3)

Key signatures with five, six, and seven sharps or flats

(4)

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

(17)

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

(2)

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

(3)

Sight singing: Bass clef

(3)

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

(3)

Sight singing: Beat-note values of the dotted half note and dotted eighth notes

(2)

Duets

(3)

Melody: Minor Keys; Intervals from the Tonic Triad Rhythm: Simple and Compound Time

(12)

Simple time

(4)

Compound time

(2)

Duets

(3)

Melody: Intervals from the Dominant (V) Triad; Major and Minor Keys Rhythm: Simple and Compound Time

(19)

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

(2)

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

(3)

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

(4)

Interval of the sixth from the V triad; simple time

(1)

Compound time; various intervals from the V triad

(3)

Numerators of three, compound time

(1)

Duets

(4)

The C Clefs: Alto and Tenor Clefs

(11)

The alto clef

(5)

The tenor clef

100

(4)

Additional practice in the C clefs

104

(1)

Melody: Further Use of Diatonic Intervals Rhythm: Simple and Compound Time

105

(16)

Single-line melodies

106

(12)

Duets

118

(3)

Melody: Intervals from the Dominant Seventh Chord (V7); Other Diatonic Intervals of the Seventh Rhythm: Simple and Compound Time

121

(12)

The complete dominant seventh chord

122

(1)

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

123

(4)

The interval of the tritone

127

(3)

Other uses of diatonic intervals of the seventh

130

(3)

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

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

133

(11)

Rhythmic Reading, Simple Time

133

(1)

(R). Preliminary exercises, simple time

133

(1)

(R). Rhythmic reading exercises in simple time

134

(3)

(R). Two-part drills, simple time

137

(1)

Rhythmic Reading, Compound Time

138

(1)

(R). Preliminary exercises, compound time

138

(1)

(R). Rhythmic reading exercises in compound time

139

(2)

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

141

(3)

Melody: Intervals from the Tonic and Dominant Triads Rhythm: Subdivision in Simple and Compound Time

144

(9)

Major keys

144

(5)

Minor keys

149

(4)

Melody: Further Use of Diatonic Intervals Rhythm: Subdivision in Simple and Compound Time

153

(19)

Diatonic intervals except the seventh and the tritone

153

(12)

The dominant seventh (V7) chord; intervals of the seventh and the tritone

165

(4)

Other uses of the interval of the seventh

169

(3)

PART III MELODY: CHROMATICISM RHYTHM: FURTHER RHYTHMIC PRACTICES

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

172

(26)

Chromatic nonharmonic tones. Augmented and diminished intervals created by their use

172

(6)

The secondary dominant chord, V/V or V7/V. Modulation from a major key to its dominant key

178

(16)

Duets

194

(4)

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

198

(28)

Single-line melodies

199

(16)

Duets

215

(11)

Rhythm: Syncopation

226

(31)

Rhythmic Reading

227

(1)

(R). Divided beat patterns in simple time

227

(1)

(R). Divided beat patterns in compound time

228

(1)

(R). Two-part drills

229

(2)

(R). Subdivided beat patterns, including duets

231

(2)

Sight Singing

233

(1)

Divided beat patterns in simple time

233

(8)

Divided beat patterns in compound time

241

(4)

Duets

245

(5)

Syncopation in subdivided beat patterns

250

(7)

Rhythm and Melody: Triplet Division of Undotted Note Values; Duplet Division of Dotted Note Values

257

(24)

Rhythmic Reading

258

(1)

(R). Triplet division of undotted note values

258

(2)

(R). Duplet division of dotted note values

260

(1)

(R). Two-part drills

261

(2)

Sight Singing

263

(1)

Triplet division of undotted note values

263

(8)

Duplet division of dotted note values

271

(5)

Duets

276

(5)

Rhythm and Melody: Changing Time Signatures; the Hemiola; Less Common Time Signatures

281

(19)

Rhythmic Reading

281

(1)

(R). Definitions and rhythmic reading exercises

281

(4)

Sight Singing

285

(1)

Changing time signatures

285

(5)

The hemiola

290

(3)

Meters of 5 and 7, and other meters

293

(7)

Rhythm and Melody: Further Subdivision of the Beat; Notation in Slow Tempi

300

(12)

(R). Rhythmic reading

301

(3)

Sight singing

304

(8)

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

312

(16)

Chromatic tones

312

(11)

The Neopolitan Sixth

323

(5)

Remote modulation

328

(1)

PART IV THE MEDIEVAL MODES AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC

Melody: The Medieval Modes

328

(19)

Folk music

329

(8)

Composed music

337

(10)

Twentieth-Century Melody

347

(34)

(R). Meter and rhythm. Rhythmic reading

348

(4)

Twentieth-century melodic lines

352

(18)

Duets

370

(11)

Appendix: Musical Terms

381

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