Sing At First Sight (Paperback)

by Beck (Author), Farnum-Surmani (Author), Lewis (Author)
Key Phrases: natural minor scale, new syllable, Challenge Exercise, Scarborough Fair, Alfred's Choral Designs (more...)

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Product Description
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

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing (December 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739049240
• ISBN-13: 978-0739049242
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #372,049 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Sight-Reading Practice!, November 10, 2006

By	Dwight Gingrich (NYC, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sing at First Sight (Paperback)

First, the positive points:
This book provides a great selection of sight-reading exerpts, guiding you through 24 sequenced lessons that gradually increase in difficulty. Each lesson contains three parts: a brief explanation of a new musical idea or two, rhythm practice samples, and pitch practice samples (which are also set to rhythms). The lessons are arranged into 6 units, with each unit containing review questions and a song for that level.

Be sure to also consider purchasing the Reproducible Companion/CD for this book! This reproducible companion contains many more practice samples, another song for each unit, and (very useful for classroom application)review pages and an assessment page for each unit. The CD contains tracks used for assessment, as well as piano accompaniments for songs in both books.

Lastly, one weakness:
All sight-singing examples are in the treble clef. Mature male voices are given no practice reading from the clef they will likely use in normal choral singing. This is my only reason for giving the product 4 stars rather than 5.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, July 21, 2008

By	A. Bailey (Cottonwood, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sing at First Sight (Paperback)

I am a middle school choir teacher and I just love Sing at First Sight. It breaks sight reading down into two parts, rhythm reading and note reading and builds on each chapter. I recently started giving private voice lessons at home as well and decided to pick up these books for my students. It has an companion book w/cd, which I use occasion. These are not sight reading books for someone that has little to no experience with sight reading unless they have someone who can "guide" them along. They work well in a classroom setting and with my private voice lessons at home. But the one reason that I gave it 4 stars is that it doesn't address the bass clef until later in the book, everything is written in the treble clef until then.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Sight-Singing Material I have Found, April 28, 2008

By	Allison Ross (Gorham, NH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sing at First Sight (Paperback)

This is definitely the best sight-singing material I have found for beginner voice/music students. It progresses slowly enough so that the students can learn solfege without getting frustrated. I would love to see a volume II!