Keys To Sight Reading Success Book II 50 EASY FOUR-PART EXERCISES SATB JOHN HEMMENWAY AMC Publications a division of Alliance Music Publications, Inc. ‘ P. O, Box 131977, Houston, TX 77219-1977 © Copyright 1983A thorough knowledge of “Key to Sightreading Success, Book |" should precede the use of this book. ‘Assolid, basic knowledge of unison sightreading is needed before the reading of four-part material begins. ‘This text is intended to provide beginning choirs with short, easy, four-part reading exercises. Hopefully, it will help make sightreading a pleasure rather than a ask. Our experience has been that short, daily reading experiences produce the best results. ‘The chord progression on the first page serves as a warm-up exercise to precede the daily reading lesson. Have each choir section sing its own numbers or syllables until the sequence is memorized. Then the choir may repeat the exercise several times, varying its key up and down by hall steps. Once the progression is ‘thoroughly memorized, a choir may sing chord numbers instead of pitch syllables or numbers, For example, everyone sings |, IV, |, V, etc. This will aid in the development of chord feelings “This book is designed to be sung without texts on syllables or numbers, We believe that syllables or numbers ccan serve equally as good vehicles for gradual development of keener pitch sense. Wealso fel tis of great importance that each student learn to find his/her own beginning pitch. This is @ major factorin the successful sightreading choir. These exercises should be read unaccompanied. This is the reason for their brevity. Small dally successes will produce the desired long-term result, the deveipment of increasedsightreading ability Vocal ranges are for the Junior High School/Middle School ages; however, the book can also be used by high school and adult singers. Exercises 1-24 are written in an easy hymn style with a minimum of rhythmic difficulty. Exercises 25-28, ‘explore 6/8 meter. Exercises 29 and 90 brielly address 3/2 meter. Exercises 37-40 introduce the minor mode. These should be preceded by the necessary study of half-step scale degrees. Also, they can be ‘simplified by the use of “Ia” or "100" in place of numbers or syllables. Exercises 41-43 are intended to foster greater independence of each voice line. Exercises 44-48 concentrate on the dotted-quarter/6th-note figure. The final exercises (49 and £0) touch briefly on parallel triads and mild dissonance. Iis our hope that this book may bea helpful key to successful sightreading for the baginning mixed chorus. SH Copyright 1982 Acchord may be seale on which |2 OF this book. begins Bises. Hopefully, Sut short, daily, ' Jysading lesson. 2 Thenthechoir se progression is rs. Forexample, \6ies or numbers Meelitis of great iethesuccesstul p&beevily.Smal Mevading ability aatso be used by Exercises 25-28 ‘duce the minor bso, they can be ended to foster wearier/Bth-note \gmixedchorus. LESSON 1 A scale is made up of 7 tones. 5 » ‘A chord may be built upon an 'y of the seven tones of the scale. Each chord is named for the degree of the’ scale on which itis built CHORD PROGRESSION WARM UP EXERCISE° i I T \ tt mt l ll | t | t I i il ' oa oe See ene eee enee tee ee ee ee eepai Boat> oS — i o PUCUCUCESEEKEREETEEECEERC EERE EEEPo oded ten dededeCeceeceeeceer| 1 | £35) 234i 244)TOUS SSSSARAR ASAE RRR RAR RRR ARR RROD 2 @, 2 kh ddep ode dk od Drom os 565 SRLS E coeers COTY etOeE 2 a aw. — a a ee eee D1 boat a = SS —j] .- les w= — ee 7 i iF aan -/ eet Gadd wo | a z one ee eel nh ee em ee mREREETEEEE REL EERE ERE RE RERERERERE_ +A 16 ®, , wn s BERRERRERRRRRDRRRRRRRRRRRRRREREREESING SYLLABLES OR NUMBERS (MAJOR)Dds Doo 4 JIN RE HEE | Me EW OF i hh lin = a | Sm MS NS | SOME HE HIE MIE Sam ih AE AS . iv R= ae = i | : Ti " | i gett mr e oe < Fo oS LER ELE ELEEEEEEEEEEELEREEEEEELEELEELEE SE@ SS oS BURR EEREERREEREEREREREREEREEEREE