Ear Training and Sight Singing

Glen Ethier has taught music theory and aural skills at UBC, the British Columbia Conservatory of Music, University of Alberta, Queen's University, and McGill University. Since 2002 he has been Professor of Music at Vanier College in Montreal.

"The author is not only a music expert-he is also an excellent communicator. . . . He understands that the journey to knowledge involves leading the student to discover, rather than simply using recitation and regurgitation of preset information." --Jennifer Knelman, University of Guelph"The integrated approach is very effective: written exercises within reading assignments and references to repertoire excerpts and pop music are included directly in the text, rather than in an accompanying anthology or another appendix. Addressing various musical aspects (i.e., melody, harmony, rhythm) in each chapter works well, and the ready-made drills and dictation exercises will be appreciated by instructors." --Heather Harty Scott, Douglas College

• AUTHOR'S PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; PUBLISHER'S PREFACE ; PART I BASIC DIATONIC AND RHYTHMIC MATERIAL ; SCALES ; THE MAJOR SCALE ; THE SOLFEGE SYSTEM ; MOVABLE DO ; SINGING MAJOR SCALES USING SOLFEGE ; CURWEN HAND SIGNS ; INTERVALS ; SECONDS AND THIRDS ; SINGING MELODIC INTERVALS: SCALE-DEGREE PATTERNS AND REFERENTIAL MELODIES ; HEARING HARMONIC SECONDS AND THIRDS ; MELODY ; TRANSCRIBING SCALAR MELODIES ; SINGING SCALAR MELODIES USING SOLFEGE ; TRIADS ; THE MAJOR TRIAD ; SINGING MAJOR TRIADS FROM THE ROOT ; RHYTHM ; SIMPLE METER: NOTATION AND TRANSCRIPTION ; READING AND PERFORMING RHYTHMS IN SIMPLE TIME ; CONDUCTING PATTERNS ; VOCALIZING STRATEGIES ; HARMONY ; TONIC DOMINANT: GETTING THE BASS LINE ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 1 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 1 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE DEGREE EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES ; RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE MINOR SCALES ; SINGING THE NATURAL MINOR SCALE ; THE HARMONIC FORM OF THE MINOR SCALE ; SINGING THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE ; INTERVALS ; PERFECT FOURTHS,FIFTHS, AND OCTAVES ; MELODY ; THE TONIC TRIAD (I/I) ; SINGING MELODIES WITH TONIC ARPEGGIOS ; TRIADS ; THE MINOR TRIAD ; SINGING MINOR TRIADS FROM THE ROOT ; RHYTHM ; SIMPLE: RESTS ; SIMPLE: TIED NOTES ; TRANSCRIBING RESTS AND TIED NOTES IN SIMPLE METER ; HARMONY ; I, IV, V, AND V7 IN ROOT POSITION ; SUBDOMINANT HARMONY (IV AND IV) ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 2 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 2 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE DEGREE EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES AND DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE MELODIC FORM OF THE MINOR SCALE ; SINGING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE ; INTERVALS ; MAJOR AND MINOR SIXTHS ; MELODY ; THE DOMINANT TRIAD (V) AND DOMINANT-SEVENTH CHORD (V7) ; SINGING MELODIES WITH DOMINANT AND DOMINANT-SEVENTH ARPEGGIOS ; TRIADS ; SINGING MAJOR AND MINOR TRIADS FROM THE THIRD AND FIFTH ; RHYTHM ; COMPOUND METERS: NOTATION, TRANSCRIPTION, AND READING ; HARMONY ; I, IV, V IN ROOT POSITION AND FIRST INVERSION, V7 IN ROOT POSITION ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 3 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 3 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE DEGREE EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES ; SOLFEGE DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; MORE PRACTICE WITH THE MAJOR SCALE AND ALL FORMS OF MINOR SCALES ; INTERVALS ; MAJOR AND MINOR SEVENTHS ; THREE METHODS FOR SINGING SEVENTHS ; MELODY ; THE SUBDOMINANT TRIAD (IV AND IV) ; SINGING MELODIES WITH SUBDOMINANT ARPEGGIOS ; TRIADS ; ISOLATING OUTER VOICES (FACTORS) IN MAJOR AND MINOR TRIADS ; RHYTHM ; COMPOUND METER: TIED NOTES AND RESTS ; HARMONY ; LINEAR PROGRESSION: THE VIIO6 HARMONY ; FOCUS: THE BASS VOICE ; THE MINOR DOMINANT (V6) IN MINOR KEYS ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 4 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 4 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE DEGREE EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES ; SOLFEGE DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE JAZZ MELODIC MINOR SCALE ; INTERVALS ; TRITONES ; SINGING TRITONES: REFERENTIAL MELODIES ; MELODY ; TRITONE LEAPS ; SINGING MELODIES WITH TRITONE LEAPS AND SUPERTONIC ARPEGGIOS ; TRIADS ; OUTER VOICES IN MAJOR AND MINOR TRIADS: ALTERNATIVE DOUBLINGS ; RHYTHM ; THE ANACRUSIS (UPBEAT) ; COMPOUND AND SIMPLE METERS:NEW BEAT AND DIVISION VALUES ; HARMONY ; SUPERTONIC HARMONY: II, II6, AND IIO6 ; SUBMEDIANT (VI/VI) AND MEDIANT (III/III) HARMONIES ; THE MINOR SUPERTONIC IN MINOR KEYS ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 5 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS 5 AND 6 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE DEGREES EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES ; SOLFEGE DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE CHURCH MODES ; THE LYDIAN MODE ; INTERVALS ; MORE PRACTICE WITH INTERVALS TO THE PERFECT OCTAVE ; MELODY ; PRACTICE MELODIES FOR TRANSCRIPTION ; PRACTICE MELODIES FOR SIGHT-SINGING ; TRIADS ; THE DIMINISHED TRIAD ; SINGING THE DIMINISHED TRIAD ; RHYTHM ; MORE PRACTICE WITH RHYTHMIC TRANSCRIPTION ; HARMONY ; REVIEW OF ROOT POSITION AND FIRST INVERSION HARMONIES ; PASSING AND NEIGHBOURING TONES ; SPECIAL HARMONIES IN MINOR KEYS AND THE SUBTONIC; DIMINISHED SUBMEDIANT ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 6 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 7 (REVIEW) AND 8 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE-DEGREE EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES ; SOLFEGE DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; PART II INTERMEDIATE DIATONIC AND RHYTHMIC MATERIAL ; SCALES ; MORE PRACTICE WITH LYDIAN MODE ; INTERVALS ; MELODIC INTERVALS IN SERIES ; MELODY ; THE LEADING-TONE TRIAD (VIIO) ; SINGING MELODIES WITH LEADING-TONE ARPEGGIOS ; TRIADS ; THE AUGMENTED TRIAD ; SINGING THE AUGMENTED TRIAD ; RHYTHM ; SIMPLE METER: BEAT DIVISION INTO FOUR ; HARMONY ; THE PASSING SIX-FOUR (P6/4) HARMONY ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 7 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 9 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE DEGREE EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES ; SOLFEGE DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE MIXOLYDIAN MODE ; INTERVALS ; HARMONIC INTERVALS IN SERIES ; MELODY ; PRACTICE MELODIES FOR TRANSCRIPTION AND SINGING ; TRIADS ; SINGING MAJOR AND MINOR TRIADS IN ROOT POSITION GIVEN THE THIRD OR FIFTH ; IDENTIFYING OUTER VOICES IN DIMINISHED TRIADS ; RHYTHM ; HARMONY ; THE NEIGHBOURING SIX-FOUR (N6/4) HARMONY ; THE CIRCLE OF FIFTHS ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 8 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 10 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE DEGREE EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES ; SOLFEGE DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; MORE PRACTICE WITH MIXOLYDIAN MODE ; MORE PRACTICE WITH MAJOR AND MINOR SCALES ; INTERVALS ; SINGING MELODIC INTERVALS IN SERIES ; MORE PRACTICE HEARING SERIES OF HARMONIC INTERVALS ; MELODY ; INTRODUCTION TO TWO-PART MELODIC DICTATION ; REVIEW OF SUPERTONIC AND LEADING-TONE ARPEGGIOS ; REVIEW OF MIXOLYDIAN MODE ; TRIADS ; SINGING MAJOR AND MINOR TRIADS IN INVERSION ; RHYTHM ; MORE CHALLENGING EXERCISES WITH TIES AND RESTS ; INTRODUCTION TO TWO-PART RHYTHM READING ; HARMONY ; THE CADENTIAL SIX-FOUR (C6/4) HARMONY ; LONGER HARMONIC PROGRESSIONS ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 9 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 11 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE DEGREE EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES ; SOLFEGE DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE DORIAN MODE ; INTERVALS ; LONGER SERIES OF MELODIC AND HARMONIC INTERVALS ; MELODY ; TRANSCRIPTION AND SINGING IN DIFFERENT MODES ; MORE TWO-PART MELODIC TRANSCRIPTION ; TRIADS ; SINGING THE DIMINISHED TRIAD IN FIRST INVERSION ; RHYTHM ; MORE PRACTICE WITH SIMPLE AND COMPOUND METERS READING TWO-PART RHYTHMS WITH RESTS AND TIES ; HARMONY ; THE ARPEGGIO SIX-FOUR (A6/4) HARMONY ; REVIEW OF ALL SIX-FOUR HARMONIES ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 10 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS 12 AND 13 ; REPERTOIRE ; SCALE DEGREE EXERCISES ; SOLFEGE MELODIES ; SOLFEGE DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; REVIEW OF MAJOR AND MINOR SCALES; LYDIAN, MIXOLYDIAN, AND DORIAN MODES ; INTERVALS ; REVIEW OF ALL INTERVALS UP TO THE PERFECT OCTAVE ; MELODY ; EIGHT-MEASURE MELODIES FOR TRANSCRIPTION, PART 1 ; REVIEW OF MAJOR AND MINOR MELODIES WITH WIDE-INTERVAL LEAPS ; TRIADS ; REVIEW OF ALL TRIADS ; RHYTHM ; HARMONY ; OUTER-VOICE TRANSCRIPTIONS IN MUSICAL NOTATION ; INVERTED HARMONY: THE V6/5 CHORD ; CLEFS ; ALTO AND TENOR CLEFS ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 11 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS 14 (REVIEW) AND 15 ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; PART III ADVANCED DIATONIC AND RHYTHMIC MATERIAL ; SCALES ; THE PHRYGIAN MODE ; INTERVALS ; COMPOUND INTERVALS: NINTHS AND TENTHS ; MELODY ; EIGHT-MEASURE MELODIES FOR TRANSCRIPTION, PART 2 ; MORE PRACTICE MELODIES FOR SINGING ; CHORDS ; CHORDS OUT OF CONTEXT: THE MAJOR-MINOR-SEVENTH CHORD (MM7) ; RHYTHM ; MORE PRACTICE WITH COMPOUND AND SIMPLE TIME METERS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMIC TRANSCRIPTION ; HARMONY ; INVERTED DOMINANT-SEVENTH HARMONY: THE V4/2 CHORD ; NON-HARMONIC TONES: UNACCENTED NHTS ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 12 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 16 ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE LOCRIAN MODE ; INTERVALS ; COMPOUND INTERVALS: PERFECT ELEVENTHS, TWELFTHS, AND FIFTEENTHS ; SINGING ELEVENTHS, TWELFTHS, AND FIFTEENTHS ; MELODY ; EIGHT-MEASURE MELODIES FOR TRANSCRIPTION: SENTENCE STRUCTURE ; SINGING MELODIES: FOCUS ON CADENCES ; CHORDS ; CHORDS OUT OF CONTEXT: THE MINOR-SEVENTH CHORD (MM7) AND THE MAJOR-SEVENTH CHORD (MM7) ; RHYTHM ; BORROWED DIVISION: TRIPLETS IN SIMPLE METER ; MORE PRACTICE WITH SECOND-LEVEL DIVISION IN COMPOUND METER ; HARMONY ; INVERTED DOMINANT-SEVENTH HARMONY: THE V4/3 CHORD ; NON-HARMONIC TONES: ACCENTED NHTS ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 13 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 17 ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; MORE PRACTICE WITH SCALES AND MODES ; INTERVALS ; COMPOUND INTERVALS: THIRTEENTHS,FOURTEENTHS AND THE COMPOUND TRITONE ; MELODY ; EIGHT-MEASURE MELODIES FOR TRANSCRIPTION: PERIOD STRUCTURE ; SINGING MELODIES: FOCUS ON STRUCTURE ; CHORDS ; MORE PRACTICE WITH MM7 AND THE MM7 CHORDS ; RHYTHM ; SYNCOPATION FROM SIXTEENTH-NOTES ; SIMPLE METER: TWO-PART RHYTHMIC DICTATION USING TRIPLETS ; HARMONY ; OTHER SEVENTH-CHORDS: I7, IV7, AND II7 (ROOT POSITION ONLY) ; SEQUENCE: THE CIRCLE OF FIFTHS ; ASSIGNMENT 14 ; ASSIGNMENT 14 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 18 ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE PENTATONIC SCALE ; INTERVALS ; MORE PRACTICE WITH COMPOUND INTERVALS ; MELODY ; MORE MELODIES FOR TRANSCRIPTION AND SINGING ; CHORDS ; HEARING THE UPPER VOICE IN MM7, MM7, AND MM7 ; RHYTHM ; BORROWED DIVISION: DUPLETS IN COMPOUND METERS ; COMPOUND METERS: OTHER DOTTED-RHYTHM CELLS ; HARMONY ; INVERTED PREDOMINANT SEVENTHS: II6/5 AND IIO6/5 ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 15 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 19 AND 20 (REVIEW) ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE WHOLE-TONE SCALE ; INTERVALS ; MULTIPLE COMPOUND INTERVALS, PART 1 ; SIMPLE MELODIC AND HARMONIC INTERVALS IN SERIES ; MELODY ; MELODIES WITH CHROMATICISM ; SINGING MELODIES WITH CHROMATICISM ; CHORDS ; CHORDS OUT OF CONTEXT: THE HALF-DIMINISHED-SEVENTH CHORD (DM7 OR O7) ; MM7 CHORDS AS V7: IDENTIFYING THE UPPER VOICE AND THE INVERSION ; RHYTHM ; IRREGULAR METERS : 5/4 AND 7/8 ; HARMONY ; ALL DIATONIC HARMONIES REVIEW ; MODAL MIXTURE ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 16 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 21 (REVIEW) AND 22 ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; THE OCTATONIC SCALE ; INTERVALS ; MULTIPLE COMPOUND INTERVALS, PART 2: FURTHER EXERCISES ; MELODY ; MORE PRACTICE WITH HEARING CHROMATICISM IN MELODIES ; MORE PRACTICE WITH SINGING CHROMATICISM IN MELODIES ; CHORDS ; ALL TRIADS: ADDING INNER VOICES ; CHORDS OUT OF CONTEXT: THE FULLY-DIMINISHED-SEVENTH CHORD (DD7 OR O7) ; RHYTHM ; IRREGULAR METER: 8/8 ; BORROWED DIVISION: MORE TUPLETS ; HARMONY ; HEARING VIIO7 AND VIIO7 ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 17 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 23 ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; PART IV CHROMATIC AND ATONAL MATERIAL; MORE ADVANCED RHYTHMIC MATERIAL ; SCALES ; THE BLUES SCALE ; INTERVALS ; MELODIC ATONAL INTERVALS IN SERIES ; SINGING MELODIC ATONAL INTERVALS IN SERIES ; MELODY ; MODULATING MELODIES ; SINGING MODULATING MELODIES ; SIMPLE CHROMATICISM IN TWO-PART MELODIES ; CHORDS ; MM7 CHORDS: ADDING UPPER VOICES ; RHYTHM ; CHANGING METERS ; HARMONY ; CHROMATIC HARMONY: THE NEAPOLITAN SIXTH CHORD (BII6) ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 18 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 24 ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; NON-TRADITIONAL SCALES ; INTERVALS ; HARMONIC COMPOUND INTERVALS IN SERIES ; MORE PRACTICE WITH MELODIC ATONAL INTERVALS IN SERIES ; MELODY ; MORE MODULATING MELODIES ; MODULATING MELODIES WITH CHROMATICISM ; MORE CHROMATICISM IN TWO-PART MELODIES ; CHORDS ; OTHER SEVENTH CHORDS: ADDING INNER VOICES ; RHYTHM ; MORE PRACTICE WITH TRIPLETS, TUPLETS, AND DUPLETS FURTHER LEVELS OF BEAT DIVISION ; BORROWED DIVISIONS: THE SUBTRIPLET AND THE SUPERTRIPLET ; HARMONY ; CHROMATIC HARMONY: THE AUGMENTED SIXTH CHORDS ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 19 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 25 ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; SCALES ; OLIVIER MESSIAEN'S MODES OF LIMITED TRANSPOSITION ; INTERVALS ; MORE PRACTICE WITH HARMONIC COMPOUND INTERVALS IN SERIES ; MORE PRACTICE WITH MELODIC ATONAL INTERVALS IN SERIES ; MELODY ; MELODIES THAT MODULATE TO OTHER KEY AREAS ; MORE CHROMATICISM IN MODULATING MELODIES ; CHORDS ; CHORDS OUT OF CONTEXT: THE DOMINANT-NINTH CHORD (V9) ; SINGING DOMINANT-NINTH ARPEGGIOS ; THE MM7 CHORD ; RHYTHM ; ADVANCED RHYTHM TRANSCRIPTION AND READING ; HARMONY ; V9 IN HARMONIC PROGRESSIONS ; APPLIED DOMINANTS: [V7] AND [V6/5] ; ASSIGNMENTS ; ASSIGNMENT 20 ; ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 26, 27, 28 ; REPERTOIRE ; MELODIES ; DUETS ; RHYTHMS ; TWO-PART RHYTHMS ; APPENDIX I: CURWEN HAND SIGNS ; APPENDIX II: REFERENTIAL MELODIES ; APPENDIX III: RHYTHMIC SHORTHAND ; APPENDIX IV: CHROMATIC VARIANTS OF THE MOVABLE-DO SOLFEGE SYSTEM ; GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS ; INDEX