Rise Up and Read Music : Techniques of Sight-Singing

This book details the process of sight singing using a specific process to: Do it - experience the concept in the body; Write it; Read it - read what is written; Name it - put a name to what is experience This book lays out lesson plans along with musical illustration on nearly every page. Contents: (main headings only) Section 1: Beat. Beat activities Section 2: Moving from beat to rhythm *Rhythm activities *Meter Section 3: Let's read rhythm *Reading rhythm activities Section 4: Melody *Learning the arm signals *Pre-notation Section 5: Melody reading *Melody reading activities Section 6: Song Reading *Song reading activities Section 7: The keyboard *Keyboard activities Appendix: Student worksheets