O4666 - An Introduction To Sight Singing

I am a music teacher, and I bought this to test out on my beginning choir class, based on positive reviews. I was sorely mistaken in this purchase - this is way too advanced and moves far too quickly for absolute beginners. I knew after glancing at only the first page that it wouldn't work for what I needed. I found that Sight Singing Made EZ volume 1 was a better fit for my complete beginners. Maybe after a while they will be ready for this book.

I was looking for a book to help my beginner voice students learn to sight sing. I bought a few different books because I wasn't able to tell from the reviews which would be most appropriate for a non-collegiate level beginner. This one was far and away the winner. I highly recommend it for ages 11-16 (it's most likely great for everyone, but that is the age range of the students I have taught with it). My one caveat, though, would be that it does require a teacher to lead the students through this book. I'm not sure how effective it would be for self-educating purposes.

This starts with the very basics and walks through small steps. This process of repetition and review provides a great foundation, especially for those who have little or no prior music theory knowledge.

Exactly what I needed to learn how to sight read.

Bought as a gift but I'm sure she will love it.

I had to get this book for school so I'm not all about it in any way, but the shipping was fast and the quality as expected so yay for that.

I have used this book for years and recently ordered a bunch from Amazon because my local music stores do not always have it in stock and they take forever to get things in. I love this book because it is set out with simple progressive lessons. I get students to work on a lesson a week - They may work on all the exercises in a lesson everyday or a few exercises at a time in rotatation. In a short time they are no longer just sight singing exercises, but also exercises to help engrain intervals and solfegge names. If students spend just 5-10 minutes a day on the assigned lesson for the week, they can learn to sight sing quite quickly and easily. I have had great success with this book and recommend it highly.

This book is a must-have for any elementary school music teacher. It not only teaches the basics, it does so in an easy- to-learn fashion.