Alfred Publishing

Foundations in Choral Sight-Singing

Authors: Andy Beck, Karen Farnum Surmani, Brian Lewis
Format: Book
Version: Choral Voices

Sing at First Sight is a sequential sight-singing curriculum for all choirs! This Level 2 book opens with a comprehensive Rhythm Review and Pitch Practice reinforcing the concepts studied in Sing at First Sight, Level 1. Each of the four units that follow features a helpful Getting Ready page, progressive Rhythm Readiness exercises, and thorough music-reading Lessons with practice Exercises, useful Hints, and motivating Challenge Exercises. Unit summary and assessment is easily achieved with choral excerpts from Alfred's Choral Designs series, fun-filled Review games, and Evaluating Your Performance questions. Plus, Alfred has included a full-length Performance Piece to measure and celebrate your choir's sight-singing progress, and then perform in concert. Includes:

• Singing in Minor
• Chromatics
• 2-Part, 3-Part, and 4-Part Harmony
• Major and Minor Intervals
• Changing Meter
• Sixteenth-Note Patterns

Contents:
UNIT 1

• A Minor
• D Minor
• E Minor
• Half and Whole Steps
• Accidentals
• Natural Minor Scale
• Singing in Minor: La, Ti, Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, High La, Fi, Si

UNIT 2

• G Minor
• B Minor
• C Minor
• Four-Part Harmony
• Harmonic Minor Scale
• Di, Ri, Li, Te

UNIT 3

• F Minor
• F Minor
• C Minor
• 5/4 Time
• Quarter Note Triplet
• Melodic Minor Scale
• Le, Se, Me, Ra

UNIT 4

• B Minor
• G Minor
• E-flat Minor
• 12/8 Time
• Sixteenth/Eighth Note Patterns
• Chromatic Scale
• Major and Minor 2nds
• Major and Minor 3rds
• 4ths and 5ths (Perfect, Augmented, and Diminished)
• Major and Minor 6ths and 7ths
• Curwen Hand Signs
• Minor Key Signatures
• Major, Minor, and Chromatic Scales
• Sixteenth/Eighth Note Patterns