Summer Sight-Singing Seminar

Week Two-Daily Routine
Lesson Archive
1. Warm-up:
  • Sing up and down the scale on solfege syllables. Try it with handsigns. (Your folder has both on the back cover.)
  • Choose a pitch for do, then sing the tonic-establishing pattern--  d m s f r t, d s, d . Try each exercise with 2 or 3 different tonics, establishing the new do each time
  • Sing the two exercises below. Memorize.
3rds by step
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3rds by leap
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2. Prepare the Steps to Harmony exercises 1 (d-m) and 2(r-f). Do a 3-part exercise each day. Be ready to sing them in class on Wednesday.
Use the steps we've discussed before singing the melody.
  • Look at the piece, noticing the form and structure and any obvious places which might be tricky.
  • Look for patterns--repetition, leaps, step-wise stretches, turns
  • Read(tap) through the rhythm
  • Write in syllables as necessary, remembering that C is "do".
  • Sing the melody
  • Notice relationships between the parts and repeat with the other two lines.
  • Check your work against the videos below.
3. Work on the assigned drills at tonesavvy.com  and the rhythm section at  musicca.com
4. Try the daily challenge. If you get stuck, let me know and I'll send a clue.