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175 Progressive Diatonic Exercises................................................................................................................ 6-7185 Unison Pentatonic Exercises................................................................................................................ 10-11200 Progressive Pentatonic Exercises.............................................................................................................6-7371 Bach Chorales

in Order of Sight-Singing Complexity...........................................................................................70-7146 Two-Part American Folk Songs.............................................................................................................12-13American Folk Song Sight-Singing Series......................................................................................................8-9Baroque Sight-Singing Series..................................................................................................................... 52-53Classical Sight-Singing Series

Three-Part.......................................................................................................................................54-55 Four-Part........................................................................................................................................ 56-57Easy Beginnings in Note Reading...............................................................................................................20-21Easy Rhythm Sight-Singing Series............................................................................................................. 48-49Easy Romantic Sight-Singing Series...........................................................................................................58-59Easy Sight-Singing with Words.................................................................................................................. 60-61Fun Sheets................................................................................................................................................... 26-27Happy Rap!................................................................................................................................................. 16-17High School Sight-Singer............................................................................................................................44-45John Dowland Reader & Ayres

in Order of Sight-Singing Complexity...........................................................................................76-79Let’s Get Started!

Unison............................................................................................................................................ 28-29 Two-Part.........................................................................................................................................30-31 Three-Part.......................................................................................................................................32-33

Four-Part........................................................................................................................................ 34-35Mastering Chromatics................................................................................................................................. 68-69Melodia........................................................................................................................................................36-39Music Theory for Choirs.................................................................................................................................4-5Palestrina Reader & Motets

in Order of Sight-Singing Complexity...........................................................................................72-75Poor Richard’s Rounds................................................................................................................................14-15Renaissance Sight-Singing Series............................................................................................................... 50-51Resplendent Rounds....................................................................................................................................24-25Rounds for All Ages....................................................................................................................................22-23Sight-Singing with Words

Three-Part (”National Treasures”)................................................................................................. 64-65 Four-Part (”The Great Poets”)........................................................................................................62-63

SSATB Sight-Singing Series...................................................................................................................... 66-67Steps to Harmony

Unison through Three-Part Treble................................................................................................. 40-41 Other Three-Part Voicings............................................................................................................. 42-43

University Sight-Singer...............................................................................................................................44-45Weekly Sight-Singer................................................................................................................................... 46-47You’ve Got Rhythm....................................................................................................................................18-19

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“If I knew I had eight hours to cut a tree, I’d spend six of them sharpening the axe.”—Abraham Lincoln

Your singers can ALREADY sight-sing......they just don’t know it yet!

After studying the music of many of the finest composers, e.g., Palestrina, Bach,Brahms, we found a surprising quantity of exquisite music written very simply —stepwise and diatonic: no skips, no accidentals. This was music that even beginningreaders could sight-sing AND ENJOY! However, rarely could we find such writingfor more than a few measures at a time.

With this as our inspiration, we set out to find composers who could write moreextensive compositions, while controlling the level of reading difficulty. Our objectivewas to develop an abundance of excellent choral reading material for beginning,intermediate, and even advanced sight-singers.

As a result of these efforts, the music we offer is not a series of boring, rambling, unisonexercises. It is sophisticated, stimulating, aesthetically fulfilling choral music,organized in a logical progression that is sure to lead your choirs, enjoyably andenthusiastically, to a mastery of sight-singing.

These pieces are FUN TO SING for choirs at all proficiency levels. Both beginners andveteran readers will enjoy their interesting harmonies and varied rhythms. What's more,these pieces provide sophisticated material for older students who need work onbasic solfeggio.

The absence of intervals beyond the singers’ current comfort level allows the exploration of morecomplex rhythmic variety. Singers get the practice they need for pitches and intervals to become secondnature, while concentrating on the rhythms and experiencing the pleasure of choral sight-singing. Thisapproach takes the pain out of sight-reading practice. Some of our customers even report that theyfind their choirs looking forward to this part of the rehearsal!

Sight-reading itself becomes a motivator, as these beautiful pieces give your singers a glimpse of thefuture rewards that will come with the development of sight-singing skills.

• Use these series as your sight-reading program, or to supplement an existing one. • Buy a complete series, or just the levels you need. • Use the lower levels to bolster confidence or just for sight-reading fun. • Use the upper levels for challenge and growth, or for contest preparation.

TRY IT OUT! We’ve included samples from Volume 1 of each series on the following pages. Copythem and try them out with your choirs.

Imagine how much rehearsal time YOU would save if YOUR choirs could sight-read!(And imagine how much more fun rehearsals would be.)

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Unit 11.1 Major Keys with Sharps1.2 Major Keys with Flats1.3 Review: Major Keys

Unit 22.1 Simple Meter2.2 Chart of Note Values2.3 Chart of Rest Values2.4 Sixteenth Notes2.5 More Practice with Sixteenth Notes

Unit 33.1 Relative Major and Minor Keys3.2 Relative Major and Minor Keys on the

Keyboard3.3 Review: Relative Major and Minor Keys

Unit 44.1 Compound Meters4.2 Review: Compound Meter4.3 Rhythms in Compound Meter4.4 Writing in Compound Meter4.5 Sixteenth Notes in Compound Meter

Unit 55.1 Whole Steps, Half Steps and Enharmonic

Notes5.2 Major Tetrachords5.3 More Practice with Major Tetrachords5.4 Major Scales

Unit 66.1 Irregular Meter6.2 More Practice with Irregular Meter

Unit 77.1 Minor Scales7.2 Minor Scales7.3 More Practice with Minor Scales

Unit 88.1 Writing Melodies8.2 Motives8.3 Phrases and Cadences

Unit 99.1 Intervals9.2 Minor Intervals9.3 More Interval Practice

Unit 1010.1 Labeling Intervals between Voice Parts10.2 Writing Duets

Unit 11.1 Beginning Rhythm1.2 Rests1.3 Time Signatures, Dotted Half Notes, and

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2.1 Clefs2.2 Reading Music2.3 Treble Clef Notes2.4 More Practice with Notes of the Treble Clef

Unit 33.1 Music that Moves by Step3.2 Other Notes in the Treble Clef3.3 Review

Unit 44.1 Bass Clef Notes4.2 More Practice with the Bass Clef

Unit 55.1 More Notes in the Bass Clef5.2 Crossword Puzzle5.3 Rhythm Review

Unit 66.1 Eighth Notes6.2 Eighth Rests

Unit 77.1 Dynamics7.2 Ties and Slurs7.3 Note Review

Unit 88.1 Intervals8.2 Dotted Quarter Notes8.3 Articulation

Unit 99.1 Half Steps9.2 Accidentals and Half Steps9.3 Whole Steps9.4 More Practice with Dotted Quarter Notes

Unit 1010.1 Key Signatures10.2 Key Signatures with Sharps10.3 Writing Key Signatures with Sharps

Unit 1111.1 The Major Scale11.2 Major Scales and Tempo Markings11.3 Repeat Signs

Unit 1212.1 Flat Key Signatures12.2 More Practice with Flat Key Signatures

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200 Progressive Pentatonic Exercises follows the sequence ofthe Kodály approach to sight-singing.Beginning with Sol-Mi, students gradually build their sight-reading skills to include the complete pentatonic scale. Therhythmic content progresses similarly, beginning with thequarter note, and gradually adding additional note values.Because we tend to become “key-bound” if we spend too muchtime working in a single key before moving to a new tonalcenter, the author intentionally changes the position of Dofrequently. This volume also includes exercises centered on La(for minor mode practice), as well as other modal centers.Along with being verysingable and serving as anexcellent foundation forsight-singing, anotherbenefit of starting with thepentatonic scale is that thefive tones sound pleasantwhen sung in harmony

with one another. As a result you will find that a number of theexercises in this volume may be sung together as partner songs,and some as rounds, offering an effective means for developingvocal independence.175 Progressive Diatonic Exercises completes the progressionby systematically adding Fa and Ti.

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Folk songs have long been recognized as ideal tools forthe teaching of sight-singing. All the rough edges havebeen worn off by generation after generation passingthese songs on to their children.

Starting with the most basic interval (the minor third:so-mi), Dr. Sanders has organized this collection of170 folk songs into a gradual progression from songscontaining only these two notes through full pentatonicsongs by the end of Volume One. Volume Two adds fa,then ti, and progresses to full diatonic songs, acciden-tals, and various modes.

Because singers start learning to read music at differentages, this series is available in two editions: one withsong titles and lyrics for your younger students, and onewith just the music, for older students from middleschool on up. This wordless version is also morecompact, with more melodies per page, thus requiringfewer pages to be copied. (See inset on next page.)

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185 Unison Pentatonic ExercisesFirst Steps in Sight-Singing

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The exercises are purposely short and restricted tothe pentatonic scale because correct intonation canbetter be achieved if semitones are postponed untilwhole tone intervals are sung with sufficientassurance and accuracy.

This volume is intended for early steps in sight-singing at any age level, child or adult. Thebook’s overall purpose is to develop sight-singing skill and to build secure intonation byuse of short, easily mastered exercises, whichwill give an increasing sense of accomplishment.

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Aunt RhodyBluebirdBye, Baby BuntingBye, Bye BabyChrist Was BornCotton Eye Joe (two versions)Cradle HymnThe Deaf Woman's CourtshipDeedle, Deedle DumplingDo, Do, Pity My CaseDown in the MeadowGoodbye Girls, I'm Going to BostonGrandma GruntsHold My MuleHousekeeping

Hush Little MinnieHushabyeIda RedI'm Goin' Home on a CloudJohnny Has Gone for a SoldierMama, Buy Me a Chiney DollMary Had a BabyMay Day CarolMost Done Ling'ring HereMy Good Old ManMy Horses Ain't HungryMy Old HenMy PaddleOld Chisolm TrailOld Joe Clarke

The Old SowPhoebePoor RosyPourquoi ("Oh", Said the Blackbird)Rocky MountainSailing on the OceanSanty AnnaThe SwallowSweet WilliamThe Three RoguesTideoWhat'll We Do with the Baby?Who Killed Cock Robin?Who's That Tapping at the Window?The Wraggle, Taggle Gypsies

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Two Progressive Round Collectionsfrom sol-mi through full diatonic

Round singing is an effective and enjoyable way toteach singers to sing independent parts. Rounds helpsingers hear vertically, so participants can becomeskilled harmonizers in no time.

In these sets, the rhythms are simple and rangesare usually an octave or less.

Poor Richard’s Rounds, composed by Paul Sandersand based on the wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin’sPoor Richard’s Almanack, begins with a volume ofprogressively arranged pentatonic rounds, followedby a second volume that builds skills to include thefull scale.

The examples on the facing page—Wealth Is Not His& There Are No Gains—are a sampling of the sort ofdown-to-earth, home-spun wisdom that will makethis collection especially appealing to children.

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Happy Rap!

An exciting new approach to practicing rhythm…

Hank Beebe’s

Starts with simple rhythmic speech. This volume is intended to be attractivelysimple, using 3/4, 4/4, and cut time meters, and employing only quarter, half,dotted half, and whole notes. Wit and humor abound. (30 pgs.)

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Your choir will thoroughly enjoy this break from the routine. Youdon’t even have to tell them that they are improving their rhythmskills, as they challenge themselves to keep together in perfectlyunison speech, through humorous, miniature dramatic scenes inwhich they become the characters.Audiences will love this, too! Each composition is entertainingenough and of sufficient duration to include in your concerts as anovelty number.The texts are little rhythmic encounters from everyday life. HankBeebe’s remarkable sense of humor shows through on every page.Drawing on his over 40 years of writing musical comedy forBroadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre and network television,Hank has created in Happy Rap! an innovative, FUN approach topracticing rhythm and improving rhythmic sight-singing skills.Starting with the simple Malone the Monotone, the series graduallyprogresses to challenging rhythmic excursions for up to four voiceparts. Each book contains approximately 30 pages.

Titles include: Malone the Monotone • Practicing the Trombone • Camping Trip • Heading forthe Movies • Road Race • Don’t Read Me My Horoscope • Whale Watch • Part-Time Job •Auditioning for the Play • A Day at the Mall • Pool Party • Dental Appointment • Volleyball Game• Talk Radio • Giving Directions • Eight-Hundred Number • At Bat • Finding a Lost Wallet • NotSo Fast Food • Surprise Party • Wedding Reception • Seeking an Autograph • Super Coaster •

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Volume Four advances to three parts, and employs 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, and 6/4 time.(34 pages)

Volume Three moves to two parts, with segments that are built on dialogues inwhich two people or two groups get humorously entangled in familiar situations.(30 pages)

Volume Two introduces eighth notes and 9/8 time. (30 pgs.)

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Compound Meter: 3/8 Time • First and Second Endings • 6/8 Time • Hemiola • SixteenthNotes and RestsSyncopation: Eighth Note Syncopation in 4/4 Time • Four Notes in a Beat • Sixteenth NoteSyncopation • Eighth Notes in 2/2 Time • Eighth Note Syncopation in 2/2 Time

Simple Meter: Quarter Notes • Half Notes • Rests • Whole Rests • Dotted Half Notes •Whole Notes • The Pickup • Ties • Sycopation with ties • Syncopation without ties • Repeats •Eighth Notes • Eighth Rests • Dotted Quarter Notes • 2/2 Time

Tuplets, Double Dots: Eighth Note Triplets • Double Dots • QuarterNote Triplets •Duples in Compound Meter • Odd TupletsIrregular and Shifting Meters: Suspended Meter and the Breve • No Meter • 5/8 Time •5/4 Time • 7/8 Time • 10/8 Time • Shifting Meters

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This series starts with basic notation, then, through over 150 pages,progresses, step-by-step, to the most advanced rhythmic skills.With elegance and humor, You’ve Got Rhythm turns the frustration ofrhythm problems into an enjoyable musical and literary experience.

“You’ve Got Rhythm is the most innovative and logical approach to teaching rhythm I’ve encountered. Mystudents enjoy the subtle humor in the texts and references to famous (and not-so-famous) composers. Theaccessible layout makes the material fun and easy to use. The use of words instead of nonsense syllablesprepares students well for ‘real’ sight-singing, and encourages accurate note length. This series will becomea regular part of my curriculum.”

—Margaret Martin Kvamme, Conductor, Concert Choir, andInstructor, Music FundamentalsUniversity of California at Santa Cruz

“You’ve Got Rhythm is just what I’ve been looking for. At last—a methodthat makes rhythm concrete! My students love it. Thank you! Thank you!”

—Melissa Sweet, flute teacher, Saugerties, NY

“You’ve Got Rhythm … not only avoids boredom, but actually makesrhythmic training fun!” —Dr. Jon Ensminger, Piano Faculty, Northland College, Dunbar, WI

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Round singing is an effective and enjoyable way toteach singers to sing independent parts. Rounds helpus hear vertically, so that participants can becomeskilled harmonizers in no time.

In these sets, the rhythms are simple and rangesare usually an octave or less. Forty-eight of therounds in each volume are completely diatonic (noaccidentals). The few chromatics that do occur in theremaining five are limited to easy, stepwise patterns.

The example on the facing page—Sounds of theSinging School—is one of the longest rounds inthe collection. Shorter rounds are convenientlyorganized two per page.

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This series was designed to be useful in all teaching situations,transcending both age and sex. The range is limited to one octave—C to C—so everyone sings in a comfortable range throughout.Beginning with stepwise, diatonic quarter notes, this series puts youin control of how far your students progress. Its flexible, modulardesign allows you to concentrate on just the levels of complexity youwant— ideal for use in a music curriculum spanning several gradelevels.

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Each exercise is written to be performed in any of three ways:unison, 2-part, or 3-part. The top two lines of each exercise aredesigned for 2-part singing. Each exercise also can be sung in any3-part voicing. Since the lines of each exercise are interchangeable,each exercise can be sung three times, each voice singing a differentline each time. An optional bass clef version allows basses toparticipate fully in the exercises. For actual SAB & TTB versions,see pgs 42-43.

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Stepwise (no skips). Diatonic (no accidentals). This volume introduces allstandard rhythmic values, starting with quarter notes, and graduallyadvances through 16th notes and rests. Abundant practice material issupplied along the way to ensure mastery. 47 pages.

Continues where Volume 1 left off, by including skips of the Third. Eachthird in the diatonic scale is given individual attention, at first with easyrhythms. Later, thirds are used with increased freedom and frequency.30 pages.

Continues where Volume 2 left off, by including skips of the Fourth. Eachfourth in the diatonic scale is given individual attention, at first with easyrhythms. Later, thirds and fourths are used with increased freedom andfrequency. 30 pages.

Continues where Volume 3 left off, by including skips of the Fifth. Each fifthin the diatonic scale is given individual attention, at first with easy rhythms.Later, thirds, fourths, and fifths are used with increased freedom andfrequency. 30 pages.

Continues where Volume 4 left off, by including skips of the Sixth. Each sixthin the diatonic scale is given individual attention, at first with easy rhythms.Later, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, and 6ths are used with increased freedom andfrequency. 30 pages.

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• Written polyphonically, so every part is melodious.• Great for developing part independence.• Virtually all keys are represented

Volume One remains stepwise and diatonic throughout,progressing gradually and systematically adding new rythmicvalues all the way down to 16th note patterns. Each volumeadds a single new skip concept per volume, e.g., the third inVolume Two, introducing, practicing and reviewing each skipinterval thoroughly before proceeding to the next.



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The High School Sight-Singer! The University Sight-Singer*

• Suitable for middle school through college• Challenging, yet logically organized for success• Information introduced in “need-to-know” order• Encourages self-correction

The High School Sight-Singer, by Anna Hamre, DMA, is a new toolto help older students develop independence in reading music.

Students at this age learn to read music in much the same way theylearn a new language: acquiring memories of sound patterns whilelearning the rules for manipulating the tools of the language.

The High School Sight-Singer drills are organized into a short-coursemethod that takes students through all pitches of the chromaticscale within a month, teaching them the essentials of decipheringnotation by showing them how to look for “handles” amongsurrounding notes.

Each drill is a day’s lesson focusing on the skips or steps surroundinga particular pitch level. Needed repetition can be acquired bydovetailing this course with supplementary choral music availablefrom Masterworks Press.

Even after classes have moved on to other sight-singing methods ordrills, you may choose to return to this course periodically to reviewconcepts.

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Reading Pitches (20 pages)

Reading Rhythms (20 pages)

Reading Key Signatures (20 pages)

Supplement** (20 pages)

The Minor Modes (20 pages)

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Volume 1. Reading Pitches1. Major scale: sound and appearance;

stepwise melodies2. Returning to do3. Skips to/from do, mi, and so4. Skips to/from la5. Skips to/from re6. Skips to/from fa7. Skips to/from ti8. Accidentals; use of fi9. Use of si

10. Use of ri11. Use of li12. Use of di13. Use of me14. Use of te15. Use of le16. Use of se17. Use of ra18. Review of accidentals using eighth notes19. Review of accidentals and more advanced rhythms

Volume 2. Reading Rhythms1. Counting sixteenth notes2. Bar lines dividing notes into measures;3. Eighth notes4. Eighth rests5. Rhythmic equivalencies for quarter notes6. Half notes and rests7. Whole notes8. Ties connecting quarter and half notes9. Dotted half notes and rests

10. Syncopation

11. Eighth note triplets12. Rests in eighth note triplet patterns13. Ties connecting eighth notes14. More examples with ties15. Ties connecting sixteenth notes16. Dotted eighth notes17. Quarter note triplets18. Adding rests to quarter note triplet patterns19. Review20. More review

Volume 3. Reading Key Signatures1. Locating do when key signature has flats2. Locating do when key signature has sharps3. Locating do when there are no sharps or

flats in key signature4. Names of lines/spaces on grand staff,

including ledger lines5. Spelling of accidentals6. Naming key signatures: C, F, G, D, A, E, B

major (treble clef)7. Naming key signatures: C, F, G, D, A, E, B

major (bass clef)8. Naming key signatures in

(bass and treble clefs)9. Naming key signatures in F# and C# (bass

and treble clefs)

10. Order and placement of flats (treble/bass)11. Order and placement of sharps (treble/bass)12. Drawing key signatures for

(treble clef)13. Drawing key signatures for

(bass clef)14. Drawing key signatures of F and C major

(treble/bass)15. Drawing key signatures for G, D, A, E, B

(treble/bass)16. Drawing key signatures for F#, C#

(treble/bass)17. Review: identifying key signatures18. Review: drawing key signatures

Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb



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Volume 4. SupplementThis volume is designed to reinforce the developmental work accomplished in the first two volumes of theseries. It combines the concepts introduced in Volumes 1 and 2 lesson by lesson. For example, Lesson 4of Volume 4 combines the concept of using eighth-note rests (introduced in Lesson 4, Volume 2) with anemphasis on singing LA (introduced in Lesson 4, Volume 1). You can use Volume 4 either as a review ofthe first two volumes or as a concurrent, lesson-by-lesson synthesis of Volumes 1 and 2. (19 lessons)

Volume 5. The Minor ModesThis volume focuses on minor modes: first natural, then harmonic, finally melodic. (20 lessons)


The Weekly Sight-SingerAn abbreviated and accelerated method

for church and community choirsthat meet only once a week*

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The Weekly Sight-Singer, by Anna Hamre, DMA,is a unique approach to teaching sight-singing.Using standard tunes that most adult singers alreadyknow, this method develops a connection betweenthese familiar melodies and the “language” ofsolfeggio. By building on already establishedknowledge, the singer can proceed with confidence.

• Economical, reproducible format

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• Intriguing assignments for practice at home

• Non-threatening, game-like learning activities

• Self-assessed assignments

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* This course is also useful to supplement other methods for choirs that meet daily.

These look AWESOME! I love her step-by-step, clearly scaffolded approach to sight-singing. Adding thewell-known melodies is brilliant; I believe it will convince even the most diehard "I don't read music"singers to give it another try. With this method they'll succeed!

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