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	Sight reading - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sight reading is the reading and performing of a work—typically, a piece of music, but sometimes also linguistic texts like drama—without having seen it before.
		An experiment on sight reading using an eye tracker indicates that highly skilled musicians tend to look ahead further in the music, storing and processing the notes until they are played; this is referred to as the eye–hand span.
		Sight reading also depends on familiarity with the musical idiom being performed; this permits the reader to recognize and process frequently occurring patterns of notes as a single unit, rather than individual notes, thus achieving greater efficiency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sight_reading (569 words)

	Numerical sight-singing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A drawback often pointed out is that numerical numbers are not always "singable," for example, scale degree 7 (ti, in solfege) contains vowels that are hard to tune.
		Numerical sight singing is not the same as integer notation derived from musical set theory and used primarily for sight singing atonal music.
		Nor is it the same as rhythmic numerical singing, a technique popularized by Robert Shaw in which the numbers sang represent the rhythms of a piece in accordance with the beat of a measure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Numerical_sight-singing (292 words)

	Sight-Singing Practicum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Having learned to sight sing using the piano keyboard as a reference point, I now understand that to sight sing most efficiently the best approach is to use only the musical staff as the point of reference.
		The Sight Singing Made Simple Course and the companion courses for use as well in a class or choir setting (The Jenson Sight Singing Courses I and II) were developed by David Bauguess, a choir director who has taught middle school choirs for a number of years in Colorado.
		In the Sight Singing Simple Course, the CD serves to keep the student on track as far as pitch and rhythm and serves as "training wheels" that are to be discarded as the student progresses.
	www.pacificnet.net /~m_rubinn/sightsinger/methods.htm (15870 words)

	Paul Renz
		Sight singing is seldom taught during the early stages of music appreciation or study, so when it's finally offered at the high school or college level, students find it intimidating rather than enjoyable.
		Sight singing, or solfege, is a wonderful way to enhance musicianship.
		This book should be used in conjunction with other sight singing and sight reading materials to insure a comprehensive and varied exposure to written music.
	www.paulrenz.com /sale_SightSinging.html (165 words)

	19-171 Beginning Sight Singing and Ear Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The goal of sight singing is the ability to sing AT FIRST SIGHT, with correct rhythm and pitch, a piece of music previously unknown to the performer.
		In addition to the rationale for the course and its general goals, Sight Singing and Ear Training is an integral component in the goals of the Music Department.
		The department is especially committed to excellence in public school music by providing intensive instruction in private study, music theory [which includes, tacitly, sight singing and ear training] and literature, and methodology applicable to instruction at the elementary and secondary levels.
	info.nwmissouri.edu /~STOWN/19-171.htm (1734 words)

	Tips for Sight Singing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This is a check list for ABRSM Singing Grades 1 to 5, and for general aural tests in Grades 6 to 8 (tests 6b, 7b and 8b).
		Sing a scale or arpeggio in the key of the piece:
		This is the only book I have come across that begins with a fifth (rather than a second) as the first interval to learn and memorise.
	www.fergusblack.com /html/tips_ss.html (272 words)

	Ear Training and Sight Singing - A2Z Ear Training - Ear Training and Sight Singing
		Singing musical exercises helps you to be a strong "in tune" singer in the same way that physical exercises make you into a strong, flexible person.
		This is a new ear training and sight singing book which takes a different approach by utilizing single line and part singing; where one voice is played while another is sung.
		Sight Singing Made Simple is a combination book and audio CD--75 minutes of explanations, musical examples, instruction in a method of reading music, and exercises to practice.
	a2z-ear-training.com (2632 words)

	Sight Singing - Forums
		I am a singing teacher and any mention of sight singing with my pupils brings about a chorus of groaning...
		Regarding the melody...if she is given the starting note, she could try to count the notes up the stave and try to hear the intervals in her head.
		In the AB singing exams, many of my pupils lose marks in the sight-singing section after gaining so many marks in their pieces - which is such a pity!
	forums.abrsm.org /index.php?showtopic=441 (620 words)

	Singing Lessons Melbourne - AML Golden Voice Studio
		Are you tired of feeling compelled to constantly search for the ‘right’ singing lessons, singing teacher, teaching method or vocal technique.
		Their singing techniques, ever so similar, respecting scientific laws of natural singing physiology and acoustic principles are what have made them originals and immortals.
		During our singing lessons every student experiences a journey of exciting vocal discovery learning to sing with one’s entire body vibrations and resonances.
	www.goldenvoicestudio.com.au (641 words)

	Vocalist.org.uk - Sight Reading and Singing
		Sight Reading and Singing are the terms used for the ability to read and sing a piece of music previously unseen and unrehearsed.
		Many vocalists sing by ear and never find the need to learn to sight read, but 'Session' and 'Classical' Singers will need to be able to read sheet music on first sight.
		A competent sight reader can use their skills to learn songs faster, deputise with any band and gain session work with producers and studios so it's definately worth learning and regardless of the form of singing you choose, learning to read and sing music can be fun as well as useful!
	www.vocalist.org.uk /sight_reading.html (2970 words)

	Amazon.com: Sight Singing: Pitch, Interval, Rhythm: Books: Samuel Adler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		If you want to learn sight singing on your own this is not going to be of great help.
		If you want to sight sing then you are probably already an amateur singer of some description who would like to have this valuable skill.
		It starts by asking the student to sing the whole tone scale which is extremely difficult for those of us familiar with the major and minor scales...
	www.amazon.com /Sight-Singing-Pitch-Interval-Rhythm/dp/0393970728 (1148 words)

	A Program to Teach Sight-Singing
		Amplitude segmentation is simpler, but depends on the user’s separating each note by singing da or ta–the consonant causes a drop in amplitude of 60 ms duration or more at each note boundary.
		This allows the user to sing in any key without penalty, so long as he or she sings the correct intervals.
		A third solution is to allow the teacher to sing melodies into the system–but that will still require some rudimentary editing capability in order to make corrections to the transcribed melody.
	music.utsa.edu /tdml/conf-III/III-Smith&McNab/III-Smith&McNab.html (2347 words)

	New Page 1
		Sight singing means singing through a song that you’ve never seen before on solfege syllables.
		Sight singing can be done as a solo or with a whole choir.
		Sing through the major and minor scales on solfege and become very familiar with how they sound.
	www-scf.usc.edu /~currey/mued452/students/singing.htm (442 words)

	Oxler: Elementary Ear Training and Sight Singing: Musi 1117 - Tyler Junior College
		DESCRIPTION OF COURSE: The continued study of rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dictation in the major and minor keys, and sight singing in the treble and bass, alto and tenor clefs.
		Given sight singing exercises in any major or minor key, sing at sight nonmodulating melodies in simple and compound meters which contain scalewise motion and skips in the tonic and dominant triads, using the movable "do" system of solfege.
		Weekly sight singing and rhythm exercises will be given during regular class time.
	www.tyler.cc.tx.us /Music/oxler/elementary-ear-sight-musi1117.htm (676 words)

	minstrel: Sight-Singing Tests
		The problem for me was that hearing another voice disoriented me -- in singing, one has far less muscle memory to use than playing an instrument, so one has to rely on auditory feedback.
		So when someone else was singing a different part, it washed out my "landmarks".
		I suspect this is why there are more amateur women than men, statistically, in choruses: men who are not up to singing under another voice don't have that "out", in an SATB chorus.
	www.pbm.com /pipermail/minstrel/2002/005508.html (783 words)

	Singing School 2006
		We are pleased to invite you to the 2006 Singing School in Wilburton, Oklahoma.
		Sight Singing - Students will be taught the principles of singing unfamiliar songs by sight using exercises and drills.
		An advanced sight singing course taught by Richard Morrison is offered to men and women.
	home.houston.rr.com /jscarbor/singingschool (985 words)

	Amazon.com: A New Approach to Sight Singing: Books: Sol Berkowitz,Gabriel Fontrier,Leo Kraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In this text the authors place sight singing in the context of musicianship as a whole, offering readers a coordinated body of carefully graded melodies, duets, and short pieces for voice and piano while reinforcing their comprehension of tonal and post-tonal harmony.
		Sight Singing: Pitch, Interval, Rhythm by Samuel Adler
		Exercises are written in all the major and minor keys, including the harmonic and melodic scales, in the treble, alto, and bass clefs, and there are even exercises that revert to the Greek modes.
	www.amazon.com /A-New-Approach-Sight-Singing/dp/0393969088 (1522 words)

	Sight-Singing: Learn Sight Singing for singers
		The Reproducible Companion is highly effective when used with Sing at First Sight; on a routine basis after each of the 24 sequential lessons; as needed to master challenging musical concepts; or as a general review following the completion of the original textbook.
		A sequential sight singing curriculum for all choirs.
		Unlike most other sight singing books, it is specially geared to the singer of pop music.
	www.singers.com /instructional/sightsinging.html (1405 words)

	Schicchi.com - Professor - SS & ET I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sight singing private hearings 1 and 2: second and forth week of class
		Each class will consist of a variety of activities, including: dictation work as a group, group singing drills, some introduction of new material, and individual singing.
		You can play and sing examples for each other and accomplish more faster than if each of you works alone.
	www.schicchi.com /professor/sset.htm (654 words)

	Sheet music at JW Pepper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Leck and a choir of young male singers from the Indianapolis Children's Choir and the Indianapolis Youth Chorale as they explore the historical, physical, emotional, and individual musical perspective of the boy's changing voice as well as how the process affects the choral ensemble as a whole.
		Two of America's most respected choral educators have combined their years of experience to design a powerful, effective sight reading method for treble voices in elementary and early middle school.
		The concepts of rhythm and pitch are introduced separately at the beginning, but always within the context of measures so that exercises are musically interesting.
	www.jwpepper.com /Elementary_Classroom_Games_Activities_Sight_Singing_Voice_Building.list (1010 words)

	Cora Jean Oxler: Instructor, Voice and Ear Training/Sight Singing - Tyler Junior College
		She continues to sing in these styles, performing with the Tyler Junior College Jazz Band and directing and playing piano for a youth music ministry team at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler.
		Oxler was a finalist at the National Association of Teachers of Singing regional convention in Muncie, Indiana, where she received honorable mention.
		Her high school students have received superior ratings at UIL State Solo and Ensemble contest, and her college students are finding much success at their transfer institutions, in both vocal competitions and school performances.
	www.tyler.cc.tx.us /music/oxler/cora_jean_oxler.htm (641 words)

	First steps to sight-singing : ABRSM.org - News Articles
		Try this: tap a pulse and then sing the opening phrase of the song, asking your pupil to continue the song in his head until the final line, ‘Happy birthday to you’, which he then sings out loud.
		Give the key note and ask your pupil first of all to sing it out loud, and then to sing it in his head.
		Now ask him to sing two or three notes, starting easily with, for example, 3 - 4 – 5, moving on to skipped notes, 2 – 4 – 6 or 8 – 5 – 8, and then extending to more complicated patterns.
	www.abrsm.org /?page=newsArticles/item.html&id=30 (1570 words)

	Sight-singing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This course is recommended for experienced choral musicians.This is your opportunity to improve your vocal technique, increase your breath control and strengthen your sight reading skills, all under the tutelage of a professional singer.
		This entertaining course provides amateur singers, and others who want to improve their skills, a grounding in basic vocal technique and sight-reading, making the learning of new music easier and more enjoyable.
		We encourage those who already sing in a Choir, but have not participated previously in this course, to take advantage of this opportunity to refresh and consolidate your vocal technique and sight-reading abilities.
	www.allthekingsvoices.ca /Events.htm (229 words)

	MUSIC LINKS
		Good sight singing skills allow you to focus more energy on adding feeling to your delivery, because you are able to quickly learn the notes.
		This will help you become better at sight reading and also it will help you if you have an interest in performing in the music industry.
		It is the part of sight singing that determines the length of a note.
	www-scf.usc.edu /~jessicdm/sightsinging.htm (302 words)

	Mandy Lagan - Teaching: Sight Singing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		I encourage my students to use their voice while at the piano.
		The sight singing exercises use the Solfege syllables to aid in reading a melody without using the keyboard.
		I have the student warm up first by singing up and down the C major scale and four note chord, naming each scale degree with the appropriate Solfege syllable.
	teach.lagan.ca /263.0.html (153 words)

	Singing Tips
		Here are some basic, but valuable tips on "How To Improve Your Singing Voice Instantly." All of us have to sing at some point, even if it's just a simple 'Happy Birthday'.
		It seems I end up increasing the length that the A is played, decreasing the G and/or D. So that kind of ruins the feel of the song.
		Loud singing, for example, can increase the number of blood vessels that protect against various viruses.
	singingtips.fondsinging.com (2692 words)

	books about: vocal (sight-singing introduction contemporary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It is not meant to be read from ront to back at any given time, but rather, it should be opened up randomly to any section, and be read to get an idea to keep in mind while singing.
		I sing with a group, and have had many of the common problems such as inconsistency in the voice, some days note perfect, other days cracking and straining on the higher notes.
		I'm sorry lady but you obviously cannot sing if you are straining over 4 measly scales.
	www.very-clever.com /books/vocal (1339 words)

	Sight Singing for Success!
		Sight Singing for Success — Volume 1, Grades 1-5
		This new collection of progressive sight singing examples in different keys is a highly effective resource for university, college and private vocal teachers as well as conductors of professional and amateur choirs.
		Created by Dr. Joan B. Heels, the collection reflects her extensive experience as a singer, international adjudicator, member of the College of Examiners of the Royal Conservatory of Music and music director of many prize-winning choirs and bands.
	www.sightsinging.ca /books/books.asp (225 words)

	Course Instructor-Sight Singing for Singers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sight Singing for Singers, Beginner and Intermediate levels - Teach course curriculum during the academic year, commencing September 2006
		Beginner level students in the Sight Singing for Singers course learn the skills that will set them on the path to sight-singing.
		Intermediate level students gain confidence and security as they continue to develop their sight-reading skills.
	www.rcmusic.ca /ContentPage.aspx?name=Course_Instructor_Sight_Singing_Singers (199 words)

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