SIGHT SINGING

Pitch • Interval • Rhythm

by SAMUEL ADLER, Eastman School ofMusic
This new and innovative sight-singing text is addressed to the
young musician of today who faces a real problem in dealing
with a rapidly expanding, exceedingly demanding repertory.
The increasing popularity of "old music" requires proficiency
in unfamiliar modes and rhythms, and the vast repertoire of
twentieth-century works presents grave problems to ears tuned
to traditional tonal systems. Therefore, new techniques are
needed in order to deal with the practical realities of per-
formance.
In the carefully graded exercises, music is reduced to its basic
elements: intervals and rhythm. The student learns to sing all
intervals without reference to the harmonic implications of the
music itself. Similarly, rhythmic skills are introduced in a
progression from the simplest to the most complex combina-
tions without reference to common practice patterns. The result-
ing skills will free both instrumentalist and singer for the per-
formance of music of all periods.
Samuel Adler is well known as a composer whose catalogue
includes more than 120 works, many of which have been re-
corded on major labels.

W-WNORTOI ISBN 0-393-95052-2

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