Sight singing Practice Online
There are not many online lessons on how to sight read music. The ones that are there usually try the subject logic approach or they are talking about playing an instrument such as a piano or guitar. A Suzuki violin or piano teacher will separate the skills of learning to play the instrument from learning to read the music.
Would it not be grand if we had someone who could not just to tell us how, but instead, would teach us how by doing it with us. We need someone who can communicate small attainable objectives. Maybe 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.
Choral parts practice will go much faster when we the choir members can actually sight sing our parts without having to have it played for us on the piano. Maybe we could eliminate sectionals altogether. Do you think that would save time?
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.
Learning takes time, which means that we have to set aside a time each day to discover something new about music and to review previous musical elements. With the right teacher, this should be easy enough. We need someone who teaches in the lesson and not one that says, "Take it home and learn it." Each lesson should build on the earlier one.
When we need to learn new elements, we can revisit some of the familiar songs that we learned earlier or we can learn new songs. Everyone can learn to sing in the same way that we learned to talk. The whole process in a capsule is to hear first, then sing, then understand, then read, then write and finally create!
Has a teacher ever told you that you cannot sing? I hope not, because it just is not true. That comment would only be a reflection on the teachers' poor ability to teach! I hope no teacher or choir leader has ever asked you, not to sing. How could they know more than God, who commands us to 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. - 18423
Would it not be grand if we had someone who could not just to tell us how, but instead, would teach us how by doing it with us. We need someone who can communicate small attainable objectives. Maybe 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.
Choral parts practice will go much faster when we the choir members can actually sight sing our parts without having to have it played for us on the piano. Maybe we could eliminate sectionals altogether. Do you think that would save time?
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.
Learning takes time, which means that we have to set aside a time each day to discover something new about music and to review previous musical elements. With the right teacher, this should be easy enough. We need someone who teaches in the lesson and not one that says, "Take it home and learn it." Each lesson should build on the earlier one.
When we need to learn new elements, we can revisit some of the familiar songs that we learned earlier or we can learn new songs. Everyone can learn to sing in the same way that we learned to talk. The whole process in a capsule is to hear first, then sing, then understand, then read, then write and finally create!
Has a teacher ever told you that you cannot sing? I hope not, because it just is not true. That comment would only be a reflection on the teachers' poor ability to teach! I hope no teacher or choir leader has ever asked you, not to sing. How could they know more than God, who commands us to 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. - 18423
About the Author:
Victor King is an expert at teaching sight singing . Victor has a B.Mus. from Philadelphia College of Bible and is now offering his expertise to help you improve your sight singing and inner musicianship. For a FREE six part mini course on musical literacy go to sight singing instructions.
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