There are many resources online if you are looking to improve your sight-reading or music theory skills. Check out some of the links below, and then see the bottom for my sight-reading tips.
Sight-Readinghttp://thesightreadingproject.com/
http://www.practicesightreading.com/
http://www.bwoodchoir.org/SRPractice.html
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Music Theoryhttp://www.musictheory.net
http://www.emusictheory.com/
http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/
Circle of Fifths
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Ms. Pelligrino's Sight-Reading Tips
Here are some steps I take when I am sight-reading by myself:
1. Find where DO is, and sing your scale and/or the I chord.
If it's in a minor key, sing the minor triad.
2. Read the rhythm using eighth-note pulses on ta's and ti's.
Or whatever rhythmic value is the shortest sound.
3. Look through the music and figure out the solfege for each note.
Use your hand signs! Look for things like your highest note and your lowest note (the range.)
4. Speak the solfege in rhythm.
You can skip this step if you feel strong on your solfege, but it definitely never hurts to do!
5. Use the scale to sing through any difficult skips or leaps.
Taking this step ahead of time will make your sight-reading much easier to sing through the first time.
6. Sing through on solfege.
If you notice any errors, try again! For example: If you aren't quite getting an interval, go back to step 5. Or if you aren't quite getting the rhythm, go back to step 2.
1. Find where DO is, and sing your scale and/or the I chord.
If it's in a minor key, sing the minor triad.
2. Read the rhythm using eighth-note pulses on ta's and ti's.
Or whatever rhythmic value is the shortest sound.
3. Look through the music and figure out the solfege for each note.
Use your hand signs! Look for things like your highest note and your lowest note (the range.)
4. Speak the solfege in rhythm.
You can skip this step if you feel strong on your solfege, but it definitely never hurts to do!
5. Use the scale to sing through any difficult skips or leaps.
Taking this step ahead of time will make your sight-reading much easier to sing through the first time.
6. Sing through on solfege.
If you notice any errors, try again! For example: If you aren't quite getting an interval, go back to step 5. Or if you aren't quite getting the rhythm, go back to step 2.