Progressive Sight Singing

Carol Krueger is Director of Choral Studies at Valdosta State University.

Progressive Sight Singing is thorough and comprehensive and gives equal importance to rhythm and melody. It is the best ear training text I have come across that helps students build fundamental skills and also tackle complex exercises.

• Preface for the Instructor Preface for the Student An Introduction to the Musical Literacy Process Strategies for Successful Sight Singing Building Musicianship and Independence Part I Rhythmic Reading1. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Undivided Beat 1.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 1.2 Symbolic Association 1.3 Rhythm Patterns 1.4 Exercises1.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 2. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat 2.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 2.2 Symbolic Association 2.3 Rhythm Patterns 2.4 Exercises 2.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 3. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Slur, Tie, and Extension Dot 3.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 3.2 Symbolic Association 3.3 Rhythm Patterns 3.4 Exercises 3.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 4. Terms and Symbols 4.1 Symbolic Association: Performance Markings 4.2 Exercises4.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 5. Compound Meter: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beats5.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 5.2 Symbolic Association 5.3 Rhythm Patterns 5.4 Exercises5.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 6. Simple Meter: Half Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat 6.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 6.2 Symbolic Association 6.3 Rhythm Patterns 6.4 Exercises 6.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 7. Simple Meter: Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat 7.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 7.2 Symbolic Association 7.3 Rhythm Patterns 7.4 Exercises 7.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 8. Compound Meter: Dotted Half Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat 8.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 8.2 Symbolic Association 8.3 Rhythm Patterns 8.4 Exercises 8.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 9. Compound Meter: Dotted Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat 9.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 9.2 Symbolic Association 9.3 Rhythm Patterns 9.4 Exercises 8.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 10. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Borrowed Beat Division 10.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 10.2 Symbolic Association 10.3 Rhythm Patterns 10.4 Exercises 10.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 11. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Syncopation 11.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 11.2 Symbolic Association 11.3 Rhythm Patterns 11.4 Exercises 11.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 12. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Subdivided Beats 12.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 12.2 Symbolic Association 12.3 Rhythm Patterns 12.4 Exercises12.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 13. More Terms and Symbols 13.1 Symbolic Association: Performance Markings 13.2 Exercises 13.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 14. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms with Borrowed Beat Division 14.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 14.2 Symbolic Association 14.3 Rhythm Patterns 14.4 Exercises 14.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 15. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms with Syncopations 15.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 15.2 Symbolic Association 15.3 Rhythm Patterns 15.4 Exercises 15.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 16. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms with Subdivided Beats 16.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 16.2 Symbolic Association 16.3 Rhythm Patterns 16.4 Exercises 16.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 17. Simple Meter: Half Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms 17.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 17.2 Symbolic Association 17.3 Rhythm Patterns 17.4 Exercises 17.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 18. Simple Meter: Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms 18.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 18.2 Symbolic Association 18.3 Rhythm Patterns 18.4 Exercises 18.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 19. Compound Meter: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms 19.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 19.2 Symbolic Association 19.3 Rhythm Patterns 19.4 Exercises 19.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 20. Compound Meter: Dotted Half Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms 20.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 20.2 Symbolic Association 20.3 Rhythm Patterns 20.4 Exercises 20.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 21. Compound Meter: Dotted Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms 21.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 21.2 Symbolic Association 21.3 Rhythm Patterns21.4 Exercises21.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 22. Simple Meter: Irregular Division of Beat 22.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 22.2 Symbolic Association 22.3 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit 22.4 Exercises: Other Simple Meters 22.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 23. Compound Meter: Irregular Division of Beat 23.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 23.2 Symbolic Association 23.3 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit 23.4 Exercises: Other Compound Meters 23.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 24. Hemiola and Cross-Rhythms 24.1 Symbolic Association: Hemiola, 2:3, 3:2 24.2 Exercises: Hemiola, 2:3, 3:2 24.3 Symbolic Association: 3:4, 4:3, 2:5 24.4 Exercises: 5:4, 4:5, 2:5 24.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 25. Asymmetrical Meters 25.1 Symbolic Association 25.2 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Beat Constant 25.3 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Beat Division Constant 25.4 Dictation and Improvisation Skills26. Mixed Meters 26.1 Symbolic Association 26.2 Exercises 26.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills Part II Melodic Reading1. Tonic Pentachord in Major Mode; Simple Meters, Undivided Beat 1.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps 1.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps 1.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps 1.4 Exercises: Diatonic Steps 1.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Tonic Triad 1.6 Symbolic Association: Tonic Triad 1.7 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 1.8 Exercises: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 1.9 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 2. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Major Scale; Simple Meters, Undivided Beat 2.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps 2.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps 2.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps 2.4 Exercises: Diatonic Steps 2.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 2.6 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 2.7 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 2.8 Exercises: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 2.9 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 3. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Natural Minor Scale; Simple Meters, Undivided Beat 3.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 3.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 3.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 3.4 Exercises: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad 3.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 4. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Major Scale; Simple Meters, Divided Beat 4.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode 4.2 Symbolic Association: Major Mode 4.3 Melodic Patterns: Major Mode 4.4 Exercises: Major Mode 4.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 5. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Major Scale; Simple Meters, Dotted Quarter Notes 5.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode 5.2 Symbolic Association: Major Mode 5.3 Melodic Patterns: Major Mode 5.4 Exercises: Major Mode 4.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 6. Natural Minor Scale; Simple Meters, Eighth and Dotted Quarter Notes 6.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Natural Minor Scale 6.2 Symbolic Association: Natural Minor Scale 6.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Natural Minor Scale 6.4 Exercises: Natural Minor Scale 6.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 7. Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales; Simple Meters, Eighth and Dotted Quarter Notes 7.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Harmonic Minor Scale 7.2 Symbolic Association: Harmonic Minor Scale 7.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Harmonic Minor Scale 7.4 Exercises: Harmonic Minor Scale 7.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Melodic Minor Scale 7.6 Symbolic Association: Melodic Minor Scale 7.7 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Melodic Minor Scale 7.8 Exercises: Melodic Minor Scale 7.9 Exercises: Intervals in Tonic Triad (i) and Mediant Triad (III)/Relative Major 7.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 8. Major and Minor Modes; Compound Meters: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit 8.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode 8.2 Symbolic Association: Major Mode 8.3 Melodic Patterns: Major Mode 8.4 Exercises: Major Mode 8.5 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Minor Mode 8.6 Symbolic Association: Minor Mode 8.7 Melodic Patterns: Minor Mode 8.8 Exercises: Minor Mode 8.9 Exercises: Intervals in Tonic Triad (i) and Major Triad (III)/Relative Major 8.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 9. I and V7 in Major Mode; Simple and Compound Meters 9.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Triad, Major Mode 9.2 Symbolic Association: Dominant Triad, Major Mode 9.3 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Triad, Major Mode 9.4 Exercises: Dominant Triad, Major Mode, Simple Meters 9.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode 9.6 Symbolic Association: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode 9.7 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode 9.8 Exercises: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode, Simple Meters 9.9 Exercises: Dominant and Dominant Seventh, Major Mode, Compound Meters 9.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 10. i and V7 in Minor Mode; Simple and Compound Meters 10.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode 10.2 Symbolic Association: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode 10.3 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode 10.4 Exercises: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode, Simple Meters 10.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode 10.6 Symbolic Association: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode 10.7 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode 10.8 Exercises: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode, Simple Meters 10.9 Exercises: Dominant and Dominant Seventh, Minor Mode, Compound Meters 10.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 11. I and V7 in Major Mode; Other Rhythms in Simple Meters 11.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode 11.2 Symbolic Association 11.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Triplets, Tonic Only 11.4 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Syncopation, Tonic Only 11.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Subdivided Beat, Tonic Only 11.6 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic Only 11.7 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic and Dominant 11.8 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 12. i and V7 in Minor Mode; Other Rhythms in Simple Meters 12.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Minor Mode 12.2 Symbolic Association 12.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Triplets, Tonic Only 12.4 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Syncopation, Tonic Only 12.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Subdivided Beat, Tonic Only 12.6 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic Only 12.7 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic and Dominant 12.8 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 13. I and V7 in Major and Minor Modes; Half Note 5 Beat Unit 13.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major and Minor Modes 13.2 Symbolic Association 13.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic Only 13.4 Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic and Dominant 13.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic Only 13.6 Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic and Dominant 13.7 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 14. I and V7 in Major and Minor Modes; Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit 14.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major and Minor Modes 14.2 Symbolic Association 14.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic Only 14.4 Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic and Dominant 14.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic Only 14.6 Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic and Dominant 14.7 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 15. I and V7 in Major and Minor; Compound Meters, More Rhythms 15.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major and Minor Modes 15.2 Symbolic Association 15.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic Only 15.4 Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic and Dominant 15.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic Only 15.6 Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic and Dominant 15.7 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 16. The Moveable C Clefs 16.1 Symbolic Association 16.2 Exercises: Major and Minor Modes, Tonic and Dominant 16.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 17. I, IV, and V7 in Major Mode; Simple and Compound Meters 17.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Subdominant Triad, Major Mode 17.2 Symbolic Association 17.3 Tonal Patterns: Subdominant Triad, Major Mode 17.4 Exercises: I, IV, V7, Major Mode, Simple Meters 17.5 Exercises: I, IV, V7, Major Mode, Compound Meters 17.6 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 18. i, iv, and V7 in Minor Mode; Simple and Compound Meters 18.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Subdominant Triad, Minor Mode 18.2 Symbolic Association 18.3 Tonal Patterns: Subdominant Triad, Minor Mode 18.4 Exercises: i, iv, IV, and V7, Minor Mode, Simple Meters 18.5 Exercises: i, iv, IV and V7, Minor Mode, Compound Meters 18.6 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 19. Other Diatonic Triads and Seventh Chords in Major and Minor Modes 19.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Triads and Seventh Chords in Major Mode 19.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Seventh Chords, Major Mode 19.3 Tonal Patterns: ii, iii, vi, vii°, Major Mode 19.4 Exercises: ii, iii, vi, vii°, Major Mode 19.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Triads and Seventh Chords in Minor Mode 19.6 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Seventh Chords, Minor Mode 19.7 Tonal Patterns: ii°, III, VI, VII, Minor Mode 19.8 Exercises: ii°, III, VI, VII, Minor Mode 19.9 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 20. Chromaticism: Nonharmonic Tones 20.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 20.2 Symbolic Association 20.3 Tonal Patterns 20.4 Exercises 20.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 21. Chromaticism: Secondary Dominants 21.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 21.2 Symbolic Association 21.3 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Fourth Scale Degree, Major Mode 21.4 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Fourth Scale Degree, Minor Mode 21.5 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Lowered Seventh Scale Degree, Major Mode 21.6 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Tonic, Major Mode 21.7 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Second Scale Degree, Major Mode 21.8 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Third Scale Degree, Minor Mode 21.9 Exercises: Secondary Dominants and Nonharmonic Tones 21.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 22. Chromaticism: Modulation 22.1 Symbolic Association 22.2 Exercises: Modulation to the Dominant 22.3 Exercises: Modulation to Closely Related Keys 22.4 Exercises: Modulation to Remote Keys 22.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills23. Chromatic Alterations: Modal Mixture and Neapolitan Sixth 23.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 23.2 Symbolic Association 23.3 Tonal Patterns: Modal Mixture 23.4 Exercises: Modal Mixture 23.5 Exercises: The Neapolitan Sixth 23.6 Dictation and Improvisation Skills 24. Modes 24.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills 24.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Seven-Tone Scales 24.3 Exercises 24.4 Dictation and Improvisation Skills AppendicesA. Rhythm Reading Systems B. Tonal Reading Systems C. Dictation D. ImprovisationE. Vertical Harmony/Chord Progressions F. Conducting Patterns G. Glossary of Foreign Terms Index