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The Practice Room

Learn to Sight Sing.

Rhythmic Reading 

Sight Singing 

Two Part Reading 

60 Examples

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Level 1

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Stu!  to know

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Music Basics

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Basic Count Singing

Count singing can help you understand where you are in time in a piece

of music. Here are some basic guidelines.

First look at the time signature. In this book, we!ll be focusing on 3 time

signatures.

The bottom number means the quarter note gets the beat. The top

number tells us how many beats are in a measure.

Count Singing just means we will sing the rhythm we see. If we see four

quarter notes we sing:

  1 2 3 4

A half note lasts for two beats, so if we had a measure with one half

note and one quarter note, we!d sing:

  1 - 2 3 4

Notice that I wrote a dash between beats one and two to indicate

holding the note lasts for two beats. But we!d still just be singing 1 2 3 4.

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Rhythmic Reading

One

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20 Exercises

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In Rhythmic Reading Level One we will cover:

• Quarter Notes• Half Notes

• Dotted Half Notes

• Whole Notes

The following time signatures will be used:

The four on the bottom represents a quarter. That’s the note that

“feels” the beat.

The number on the top represents how many beats are in a measure.

Quarter Note = 1 beat Half Note = 2 beats

 

Dotted Half Note = 3 beats Whole Note = 4 beats

 

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Example 1

Example 2

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Example 5

Example 6

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Example 9

Example 10

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Workbook Check Sheet

Name ________________________ Check # ______

Grade Completion Comprehension

A All examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts.

BMost examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts

with occasional minor errors.

C About half the

examples are

complete.

Student is struggling with

some major concepts.

D Less than half the

examples are

complete.

Student shows very little

understanding of major

concepts.

F Almost no examples

have been completed.

No comprehension is evident.

Grade __________________

Comments:

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Example 11

Example 12

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Example 13

Example 14

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Example 15

Example 16

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Example 17

Example 18

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Example 19

Example 20

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Workbook Check Sheet

Name ________________________ Check # ______

Grade Completion Comprehension

A All examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts.

BMost examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts

with occasional minor errors.

C About half the

examples are

complete.

Student is struggling with

some major concepts.

D Less than half the

examples are

complete.

Student shows very little

understanding of major

concepts.

F Almost no examples

have been completed.

No comprehension is evident.

Grade __________________

Comments:

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Sight Singing One

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In Sight Singing Level One we will continue to cover:

• Quarter Notes, Half Notes, Dotted Half Notes, Whole Notes

• 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4 time

We will add:

• Stepwise Motion - the only leap will be from Sol to Do

• C Major, F Major, and G Major

• Examples will start and end on Do.

C Major

F Major

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G Major

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Example 3

Example 4

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Example 5

Example 6

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Example 7

Example 8

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Example 9

Example 10

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Workbook Check Sheet

Name ________________________ Check # ______

Grade Completion Comprehension

A All examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts.

BMost examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts

with occasional minor errors.

C About half the

examples are

complete.

Student is struggling with

some major concepts.

D Less than half the

examples are

complete.

Student shows very little

understanding of major

concepts.

F Almost no examples

have been completed.

No comprehension is evident.

Grade __________________

Comments:

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Example 11

Example 12

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Example 13

Example 14

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Example 19

Example 20

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Workbook Check Sheet

Name ________________________ Check # ______

Grade Completion Comprehension

A All examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts.

BMost examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts

with occasional minor errors.

C About half the

examples are

complete.

Student is struggling with

some major concepts.

D Less than half the

examples are

complete.

Student shows very little

understanding of major

concepts.

F Almost no examples

have been completed.

No comprehension is evident.

Grade __________________

Comments:

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Two Part Reading One

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In Two Part Reading we will now sight sing in two

part harmony.

Women’s voices will be singing the treble clef:

Men’s voices will be singing the bass clef:

Both voices will start on Do and both voices will have identical rhythms.

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Example 1

Example 2

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Example 3

Example 4

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Example 5

Example 6

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Example 7

Example 8

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Example 9

Example 10

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Workbook Check Sheet

Name ________________________ Check # ______

Grade Completion Comprehension

A All examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts.

BMost examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts

with occasional minor errors.

C About half the

examples are

complete.

Student is struggling with

some major concepts.

D Less than half the

examples are

complete.

Student shows very little

understanding of major

concepts.

F Almost no examples

have been completed.

No comprehension is evident.

Grade __________________

Comments:

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Example 11

Example 12

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Example 14

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Example 16

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Example 18

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Example 19

Example 20

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Workbook Check Sheet

Name ________________________ Check # ______

Grade Completion Comprehension

A All examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts.

BMost examples are

complete.

Student shows clear

understanding of all concepts

with occasional minor errors.

C About half the

examples are

complete.

Student is struggling with

some major concepts.

D Less than half the

examples are

complete.

Student shows very little

understanding of major

concepts.

F Almost no examples

have been completed.

No comprehension is evident.

Grade __________________

Comments:

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Level One GlossaryBar Lines vertical lines in the music which separate it into measures.

Common Time 4/4 meter

Double Bar indicates end of a piece of music

Grand Sta!  the treble and bass clef combined

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Key Signature sharps or "ats written at the beginning of a sta#  line to

indicate which pitches are to be raised or lowered from their natural

state.

 

Measure the space between two bar lines

Sta!  the 5 horizontal lines upon which music is written; usually

including a clef, a time signature, and a key signature

Time Signature the numbers written on the sta#  indicating which type

of note gets the beat and how many beats are in a measure

Unison everyone on the same pitch

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