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Sight Singing is Super Fun!
Okay, learning to read music takes time and effort - but when
you break it down into small, simple activities, include visual
play-based music games, and cheer your students to victory -
it can be a fun time! And your young singers will become sight
singing superheroes in no time!

Start with basic skills training:

Tonic Sol-fa: DO - MI … 3
Confident Singing Tonic Sol-fa: DO - SO … 4
Tonic Sol-fa is a method that allows singers to sing Tonic Sol-fa: DO - DO’ … 5
unaccompanied and quickly build confidence. Start with simple Tonic Sol-fa: Triads … 6
warm-ups using the tonic sol-fa scale and let them sing without
Rhythm Reading: Notes … 7
piano accompaniment. Encourage your singers to sing scales,
triads, and arpeggios without singing the notes with them. Singing & Counting Rhythms … 8/9
Rhythm Reading: Rests … 10
Rhythm Reading Singing & Counting Rhythms with Rests … 11
Superhero singers can learn the note values and practice simple Time Signatures … 12
rhythms by clapping and counting aloud. Encourage your
singers to keep a slow and steady tempo. Counting Rhythms with Time Signatures … 13
Eighth Notes … 14
Notes on the Staff Food Rhythms … 15
Just like piano students, our singers need to be able to read Rhythm Reading Drills … 16/17
notes on the music staff. This resource includes mini note flash
Music Staff & Treble Clef … 18
cards to make learning music fun. Writing activities help too!
Notes on Lines/Notes on Spaces … 19
Interval Study Note Naming Training … 20/21
Young singers can use scales, triads and arpeggios to hear and Singing Major Scales … 22
sing simple intervals. They don’t know it yet, but they have Sight Singing … 23
supersonic listening skills already!
Sight Singing Steps & Repeated Notes … 24/25
Putting It All Together Intervals … 26
Once future superheroes have developed strong music skills, Singing Ascending Intervals … 27
simple two bar sight singing drills can help to put it all together. Descending Intervals … 28
Encourage singers to keep a super slow tempo and try exercises
Interval Discovery … 29
more than once.
Singing & Identifying Intervals … 30
C Major Sight Singing Drills: DO to MI … 31
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C Major Sight Singing Drills: DO to LA … 33
C Major Sight Singing Drills: DO to DO’ … 34
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 1. � Sing and sign the entire scale ascending and descending.
� Sing and sign the following.
TONIC
Sol- fa:
2.

a)

b)
Do - so
3. � Sing the following. DO’
RE RE MI FA
a) DO DO
TI
MI FA SO SO
b) DO RE
LA
MI FA SO
c) DO RE DO
SO
SO FA MI FA SO
d) DO
FA
MI FA SO FA
e) DO RE
MI
SO FA MI SO
f) RE DO
RE
MI MI SO MI
g) DO RE
DO

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SINGING & counting rhythms
1. � Sing the sol-fa using the correct rhythm.

a) b)

DO RE DO RE
DO RE MI RE MI

c) d)

DO RE DO RE
DO RE DO RE MI

e) q q q q w f) w h h
FA SO MI SO
DO RE MI DO

g) h)

DO MI DO SO
DO MI SO MI SO

i) q h q q w q q q q h.
MI FA SO DO’ DO’ SO MI
DO RE DO

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counting rhythms with time signatures
1. � Clap and count the rhythms aloud.

a) �

b) �

c) �

d) �

e) �

f) �

Superhero Tips: Look over the music before you begin. Always
start slowly and keep a steady beat when you are counting rhythms.

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Sight singing steps & repeated notes
Watch out Superhero! These sight singing exercises may look
similar, but they have slight differences. Watch the music carefully!

1. � Sight sing the melodies. Keep your eyes on the music!

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

f)

g)

h)

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Intervals
An interval is the distance between two
notes. Singing and identifying intervals is an
important exercise for all vocalists.

Superhero tip: If you can sing the simple exercises below, without assistance,
then you can use these familiar melodies to sing and identify intervals.

1. � Sing the following exercise slowly

using tonic sol-fa.

The distance between A Major 2nd sounds like:

DO and RE is called
the beginning ofa scale.
____________________________
a Major 2nd.
DO RE

The distance between A Perfect 4th sounds like:

DO and FA is called _____________________________
a Perfect 4th.
DO FA

2. � Sing the following exercise slowly

using tonic sol-fa.

The distance between A Major 3rd sounds like:

DO and MI is called
An ascending triad/arpeggio
____________________________
a Major 3rd.
DO MI
The distance between
A Perfect 5th sounds like:
DO and SO is called ____________________________
a Perfect 5th.
DO SO

The distance between A Perfect octave sounds like:

DO and High DO’ is
_____________________________
called a Perfect octave.
DO DO’

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C Major sight singing drills: DO - MI
1. � Look at each example carefully and answer the questions aloud.
2. � Clap and count the rhythms.
3. � Sight sing the melodies slowly.

i) how many beats is this note held for?

a)

ii) What kind of rest is this?

i) What is the starting note?_____

b)

ii) What is the ending note?

iii) How many beats is this note held for?

4. � Sight sing the following melodies slowly.

a) � b) �

c) � d) �

e) � f) �

g) � h) �

i)
� j) �

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