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Choral Sight Reading provides a practical and organic approach to teaching middle school to college level choral singing and sight-reading according to the Kodály Concept of Music Education, through a series of step-by-step practical lesson plans and instructions that can be used in choral rehearsals.
List of contents
- Unit 1 Phrase and Form
- Unit 2 Beat, Meter, Rhythm
- Unit 3 Simple Melodic Patterns
- Unit 4 Simple Rhythm Patterns: First Division of the Beat
- Unit 5 Orientation to the Pentatonic Scale: Trichord 1
- Unit 6 Orientation to the Pentatonic Scale: Trichord 2
- Unit 7 Simple Meter: Second Division of the Beat and Basic Patterns
- Unit 8 Major Pentatonic Melodies
- Unit 9 Simple Meter: Second Division of the Beat and More Complicated Patterns
- Unit 10 The Extended Pentatonic Scale
- Unit 11 Upbeats
- Unit 12 Syncopation
- Unit 13 Minor Pentatonic Melodies
- Unit 14 Dotted Notes
- Unit 15 Orientation to the Major Scale Pentachord and Hexachord Melodies
- Unit 16 Simple Meter: Second Division of the Beat and Dotted Note Combinations
- Unit 17 Major Scale
- Unit 18 Triple Meter and Changing Meter
- Unit 19 Orientation to Minor Scales
- Unit 20 Compound Meter: First Division of the Beat
- Unit 21 Natural Minor Scale
- Unit 22 Compound Meter: Second Division of the Beat
- Unit 23 Harmonic Minor Scale
- Unit 24 Compound Meter: Second Division of the Beat and Dotted Notes
- Unit 25 Melodic Minor Scale
- Unit 26 Renaissance Style Compositions
- Unit 27 Baroque Style Compositions
- Unit 28 Classical Style Compositions
- Unit 29 Romantic and Twentieth Century Style Compositions
About the author
Micheál Houlahan is Professor of Music Theory and Aural Skills and Chair of the Tell School of Music at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He is also a visiting professor of music at the China Conservatory of Music, Beiijing.
Philip Tacka is Professor of Music at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He is also currently a grant evaluator on the American Fellowship Panel for the American Association of University Women.
Summary
Choral Sight Reading provides a practical and organic approach to teaching middle school to college level choral singing and sight-reading according to the Kodály Concept of Music Education, through a series of step-by-step practical lesson plans and instructions that can be used in choral rehearsals.
