Sight Singing Your Way to Musical Literacy

There are not many online lessons on how to sight read music. Have you found any? The ones that are there usually try the subject logic approach. Do you know the difference between the subject logic approach and the developmental / sequential approach? It is as if no one even knows about how to teach developmentally or sequentially.

What we need is for someone not just to tell us how but instead, we need someone who is going to teach us how by doing it with us. We need someone who can break each step down into small achievable goals. If we could hear examples and sing with the example then we could learn.

Are you only able to sing the melody? Can you sing a harmony part like alto, tenor or bass? Good vocal training is training that helps us to be able to read the music so we can sing harmony. Amazingly enough, in order for one to sing intervals accurately, one must hear harmonically, but this does not mean that we need to practice dry interval dictation. Interval learning can be interesting and intriguing.

Sectionals will go much smoother or be eliminated altogether if choir members could sight sing, Just think how much time that would save, when we the choir members can actually sight sing our parts without having to have it played for us on the piano.

Moreover, if the choir director actually had the skill to sing it for us that might save some time and be somewhat better because a voice is better support for the voice than a piano. However, even this should not be necessary if choir members can sight sing. In one sense, the piano is quicker but in reality, it is much slower than if everyone knew how to sing on sight. So taking the time to learn would be worth it in the end.

If we are going to learn, then we have to set aside a time each day to discover something new about music and to review previous musical elements. What we need is someone that teaches in the lesson and not one that says, “Take it home and learn it.” Each lesson should build on the preceding one.

When it is time to learn a new element, we can return to previously learned songs or learn new songs form which we can derive the new elements. We can all learn to sing in a similar way that we learned to talk. The entire procedure in a concisely is to hear first, then sing, then comprehend, then read, then write and finally create!

Have you ever met someone who was told that they could not sing? Because it just is not true. I hope your teacher or choir leader has never asked you, not to sing. How could they know more than God, who commands us to sing! It really is just a matter of learning to control our own voice. If one can talk then one can sing.

Everyone who is willing to work at it can learn to sight sing. All instrumentalists should learn to sight sing before they ever pick up and instrument. Even the blind and the deaf can sing! Online sight singing lessons are possible and everybody can learn to sing over the internet. All you need to do is involve yourself, participate! How essential is music to you? If you are a teacher who wants to teach music successfully – you can! If you are a student who wants to learn music to sight sing, be musically literate and sing beautifully – you can.

Victor King is an expert at teaching sight singing . Victor has taught from kindergarten to college and is now offering his expertise to help you improve your sight reading and inner musicianship. For a FREE six part mini course on musical literacy go to sight singing instructions.

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