Ethier, Glen - Ear Training and Sight Singing
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Ear Training and Sight Singing is an introductory text designed to present a wealth of material suitable for use in ear training and sight singing courses for a 4-semester university or college programme anywhere in North America.
Publisher's Preface
Part I Basic Diatonic and Rhythmic Material
1
Scales
The major scale
The solfege system
Movable do
Singing major scales using solfege
Curwen hand signs
Intervals
Seconds and thirds
Singing melodic intervals: scale-degree patterns and referential melodies
Hearing harmonic seconds and thirds
Melody
Transcribing scalar melodies
Singing scalar melodies using solfege
Triads
The major triad
Singing major triads from the root
Rhythm
Simple meter: notation and transcription
Reading and performing rhythms in simple time
Conducting patterns
Vocalizing strategies
Harmony
Tonic dominant: getting the bass line
Assignments
Assignment 1
Online assignment 1
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Rhythms
2
Scales
The minor scales
Singing the natural minor scale
The harmonic form of the minor scale
Singing the harmonic minor scale
Intervals
Perfect fourths,fifths, and octaves
Melody
The tonic triad (I/i)
Singing melodies with tonic arpeggios
Triads
The minor triad
Singing minor triads from the root
Rhythm
Simple: rests
Simple: tied notes
Transcribing rests and tied notes in simple meter
Harmony
I, IV, V, and V7 in root position
Subdominant harmony (IV and iv)
Assignments
Assignment 2
Online assignment 2
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies and duets
Rhythms
3
Scales
The melodic form of the minor scale
Singing the melodic minor scale
Intervals
Major and minor sixths
Melody
The dominant triad (V) and dominant-seventh chord (V7)
Singing melodies with dominant and dominant-seventh arpeggios
Triads
Singing major and minor triads from the third and fifth
Rhythm
Compound meters: notation, transcription, and reading
Harmony
I, IV, V in root position and first inversion, V7 in root position
Assignments
Assignment 3
Online assignment 3
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
4
Scales
More practice with the major scale and all forms of minor scales
Intervals
Major and minor sevenths
Three Methods for Singing Sevenths
Melody
The subdominant triad (IV and iv)
Singing melodies with subdominant arpeggios
Triads
Isolating outer voices (factors) in major and minor triads
Rhythm
Compound meter: tied notes and rests
Harmony
Linear progression: the viio6 harmony
Focus: the bass voice
The Minor Dominant (v6) in Minor Keys
Assignments
Assignment 4
Online Assignment 4
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
5
Scales
The jazz melodic minor scale
Intervals
Tritones
Singing tritones: referential melodies
Melody
Tritone leaps
Singing melodies with tritone leaps and supertonic arpeggios
Triads
Outer voices in major and minor triads: alternative doublings
Rhythm
The anacrusis (upbeat)
Compound and simple meters:new beat and division values
Harmony
Supertonic harmony: ii, ii6, and iio6
Submediant (vi/VI) and mediant (iii/III) harmonies
The minor supertonic in minor keys
Assignments
Assignment 5
Online assignments 5 and 6
Repertoire
Scale degrees exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
6
Scales
The church modes
The Lydian mode
Intervals
More practice with intervals to the perfect octave
Melody
Practice melodies for transcription
Practice melodies for sight-singing
Triads
The diminished triad
Singing the diminished triad
Rhythm
More practice with rhythmic transcription
Harmony
Review of root position and first inversion harmonies
Passing and neighbouring tones
Special harmonies in minor keys and the subtonic
diminished submediant
Assignments
Assignment 6
Online assignment 7 (review) and 8
Repertoire
Scale-Degree Exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
Part II Intermediate Diatonic and Rhythmic Material
7
Scales
More practice with Lydian mode
Intervals
Melodic intervals in series
Melody
The leading-tone triad (viio)
Singing melodies with leading-tone arpeggios
Triads
The augmented triad
Singing the augmented triad
Rhythm
Simple meter: beat division into four
Harmony
The passing six-four (P6/4) harmony
Assignments
Assignment 7
Online assignment 9
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
8
Scales
The Mixolydian mode
Intervals
Harmonic intervals in series
Melody
Practice melodies for transcription and singing
Triads
Singing major and minor triads in root position given the third or fifth
Identifying outer voices in diminished triads
Rhythm
Harmony
The neighbouring six-four (N6/4) harmony
The circle of fifths
Assignments
Assignment 8
Online assignment 10
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
9
Scales
More practice with Mixolydian mode
More practice with major and minor scales
Intervals
Singing melodic intervals in series
More practice hearing series of harmonic intervals
Melody
Introduction to two-part melodic dictation
Review of supertonic and leading-tone arpeggios
Review of Mixolydian Mode
Triads
Singing major and minor triads in inversion
Rhythm
More challenging exercises with ties and rests
Introduction to two-part rhythm reading
Harmony
The cadential six-four (C6/4) harmony
Longer harmonic progressions
Assignments
Assignment 9
Online assignment 11
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
10
Scales
The Dorian mode
Intervals
Longer series of melodic and harmonic intervals
Melody
Transcription and singing in different modes
More two-part melodic transcription
Triads
Singing the diminished triad in first inversion
Rhythm
More practice with simple and compound meters Reading two-part rhythms with rests and ties
Harmony
The arpeggio six-four (A6/4) harmony
Review of All Six-Four Harmonies
Assignments
Assignment 10
Online assignments 12 and 13
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
11
Scales
Review of major and minor scales
Lydian, Mixolydian, and Dorian modes
Intervals
Review of all intervals up to the perfect octave
Melody
Eight-measure melodies for transcription, part 1
Review of major and minor melodies with wide-interval leaps
Triads
Review of all triads
Rhythm
Harmony
Outer-voice transcriptions in musical notation
Inverted harmony: the V6/5 chord
Clefs
Alto and tenor clefs
Assignments
Assignment 11
Online assignments 14 (review) and 15
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
Part III Advanced Diatonic and Rhythmic Material
12
Scales
The Phrygian mode
Intervals
Compound intervals: ninths and tenths
Melody
Eight-measure melodies for transcription, part 2
More practice melodies for singing
Chords
Chords out of context: the major-minor-seventh chord (Mm7)
Rhythm
More practice with Compound and simple time meters
Two-part rhythmic transcription
Harmony
Inverted dominant-seventh harmony: the V4/2 chord
Non-harmonic tones: unaccented NHTs
Assignments
Assignment 12
Online assignment 16
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-Part Rhythms
13
Scales
The Locrian mode
Intervals
Compound intervals: perfect elevenths, twelfths, and fifteenths
Singing elevenths, twelfths, and fifteenths
Melody
Eight-measure melodies for transcription: sentence structure
Singing melodies: focus on cadences
Chords
Chords out of context: the minor-seventh chord (mm7) and the major-seventh chord (MM7)
Rhythm
Borrowed division: triplets in simple meter
More practice with second-level division in compound meter
Harmony
Inverted dominant-seventh harmony: the V4/3 chord
Non-harmonic tones: accented NHTs
Assignments
Assignment 13
Online Assignment 17
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
14
Scales
More practice with scales and modes
Intervals
Compound intervals: thirteenths,fourteenths and the compound tritone
Melody
Eight-measure melodies for transcription: period structure
Singing melodies: focus on structure
Chords
More practice with mm7 and the MM7 chords
Rhythm
Syncopation from sixteenth-notes
Simple meter: Two-part rhythmic dictation using triplets
Harmony
Other seventh-chords: I7, IV7, and II7 (root position only)
Sequence: the circle of fifths
Assignment 14
Assignment 14
Online assignment 18
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
15
Scales
The pentatonic scale
Intervals
More practice with compound intervals
Melody
More melodies for transcription and singing
Chords
Hearing the upper voice in Mm7, MM7, and mm7
Rhythm
Borrowed division: duplets in compound meters
Compound meters: other dotted-rhythm cells
Harmony
Inverted predominant sevenths: ii6/5 and iiO6/5
Assignments
Assignment 15
Online assignment 19 and 20 (review)
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
16
Scales
The whole-tone scale
Intervals
Multiple compound intervals, Part 1
Simple melodic and harmonic intervals in series
Melody
Melodies with chromaticism
Singing melodies with chromaticism
Chords
Chords out of context: the half-diminished-seventh chord (dm7 or O7)
Mm7 chords as V7: identifying the upper voice and the inversion
Rhythm
Irregular meters : 5/4 and 7/8
Harmony
All diatonic harmonies review
Modal mixture
Assignments
Assignment 16
Online assignment 21 (review) and 22
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
17
Scales
The Octatonic scale
Intervals
Multiple compound intervals, Part 2: further exercises
Melody
More practice with hearing chromaticism in melodies
More practice with singing chromaticism in melodies
Chords
All triads: adding inner voices
Chords out of context: the fully-diminished-seventh chord (dd7 or o7)
Rhythm
Irregular meter: 8/8
Borrowed division: more tuplets
Harmony
Hearing viiO7 and viio7
Assignments
Assignment 17
Online assignment 23
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
Part IV Chromatic and Atonal material
More advanced rhythmic material
18
Scales
The blues scale
Intervals
Melodic atonal intervals in series
Singing melodic atonal intervals in series
Melody
Modulating melodies
Singing modulating melodies
Simple chromaticism in two-part melodies
Chords
Mm7 chords: adding upper voices
Rhythm
Changing meters
Harmony
Chromatic harmony: the Neapolitan sixth chord (bII6)
Assignments
Assignment 18
Online assignment 24
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
19
Scales
Non-traditional scales
Intervals
Harmonic compound intervals in series
More practice with melodic atonal intervals in series
Melody
More modulating melodies
Modulating melodies with chromaticism
More chromaticism in two-part melodies
Chords
Other seventh chords: adding inner voices
Rhythm
More practice with triplets, tuplets, and duplets Further levels of beat division
Borrowed divisions: the subtriplet and the supertriplet
Harmony
Chromatic harmony: the augmented sixth chords
Assignments
Assignment 19
Online assignment 25
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
20
Scales
Olivier Messiaen's modes of limited transposition
Intervals
More practice with harmonic compound intervals in series
More practice with melodic atonal intervals in series
Melody
Melodies that modulate to other key areas
More chromaticism in modulating melodies
Chords
Chords out of context: the dominant-ninth chord (V9)
Singing dominant-ninth arpeggios
The mM7 chord
Rhythm
Advanced rhythm transcription and reading
Harmony
V9 in harmonic progressions
Applied dominants: [V7] and [V6/5]
Assignments
Assignment 20
Online assignment 26, 27, 28
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
Appendix I: Curwen hand signs
Appendix II: Referential melodies
Appendix III: Rhythmic shorthand
Appendix IV: Chromatic variants of the movable-do Solfege system
Glossary of musical terms
Index
CONTENTS
Author's Preface and AcknowledgementsPublisher's Preface
Part I Basic Diatonic and Rhythmic Material
1
Scales
The major scale
The solfege system
Movable do
Singing major scales using solfege
Curwen hand signs
Intervals
Seconds and thirds
Singing melodic intervals: scale-degree patterns and referential melodies
Hearing harmonic seconds and thirds
Melody
Transcribing scalar melodies
Singing scalar melodies using solfege
Triads
The major triad
Singing major triads from the root
Rhythm
Simple meter: notation and transcription
Reading and performing rhythms in simple time
Conducting patterns
Vocalizing strategies
Harmony
Tonic dominant: getting the bass line
Assignments
Assignment 1
Online assignment 1
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Rhythms
2
Scales
The minor scales
Singing the natural minor scale
The harmonic form of the minor scale
Singing the harmonic minor scale
Intervals
Perfect fourths,fifths, and octaves
Melody
The tonic triad (I/i)
Singing melodies with tonic arpeggios
Triads
The minor triad
Singing minor triads from the root
Rhythm
Simple: rests
Simple: tied notes
Transcribing rests and tied notes in simple meter
Harmony
I, IV, V, and V7 in root position
Subdominant harmony (IV and iv)
Assignments
Assignment 2
Online assignment 2
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies and duets
Rhythms
3
Scales
The melodic form of the minor scale
Singing the melodic minor scale
Intervals
Major and minor sixths
Melody
The dominant triad (V) and dominant-seventh chord (V7)
Singing melodies with dominant and dominant-seventh arpeggios
Triads
Singing major and minor triads from the third and fifth
Rhythm
Compound meters: notation, transcription, and reading
Harmony
I, IV, V in root position and first inversion, V7 in root position
Assignments
Assignment 3
Online assignment 3
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
4
Scales
More practice with the major scale and all forms of minor scales
Intervals
Major and minor sevenths
Three Methods for Singing Sevenths
Melody
The subdominant triad (IV and iv)
Singing melodies with subdominant arpeggios
Triads
Isolating outer voices (factors) in major and minor triads
Rhythm
Compound meter: tied notes and rests
Harmony
Linear progression: the viio6 harmony
Focus: the bass voice
The Minor Dominant (v6) in Minor Keys
Assignments
Assignment 4
Online Assignment 4
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
5
Scales
The jazz melodic minor scale
Intervals
Tritones
Singing tritones: referential melodies
Melody
Tritone leaps
Singing melodies with tritone leaps and supertonic arpeggios
Triads
Outer voices in major and minor triads: alternative doublings
Rhythm
The anacrusis (upbeat)
Compound and simple meters:new beat and division values
Harmony
Supertonic harmony: ii, ii6, and iio6
Submediant (vi/VI) and mediant (iii/III) harmonies
The minor supertonic in minor keys
Assignments
Assignment 5
Online assignments 5 and 6
Repertoire
Scale degrees exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
6
Scales
The church modes
The Lydian mode
Intervals
More practice with intervals to the perfect octave
Melody
Practice melodies for transcription
Practice melodies for sight-singing
Triads
The diminished triad
Singing the diminished triad
Rhythm
More practice with rhythmic transcription
Harmony
Review of root position and first inversion harmonies
Passing and neighbouring tones
Special harmonies in minor keys and the subtonic
diminished submediant
Assignments
Assignment 6
Online assignment 7 (review) and 8
Repertoire
Scale-Degree Exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
Part II Intermediate Diatonic and Rhythmic Material
7
Scales
More practice with Lydian mode
Intervals
Melodic intervals in series
Melody
The leading-tone triad (viio)
Singing melodies with leading-tone arpeggios
Triads
The augmented triad
Singing the augmented triad
Rhythm
Simple meter: beat division into four
Harmony
The passing six-four (P6/4) harmony
Assignments
Assignment 7
Online assignment 9
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
8
Scales
The Mixolydian mode
Intervals
Harmonic intervals in series
Melody
Practice melodies for transcription and singing
Triads
Singing major and minor triads in root position given the third or fifth
Identifying outer voices in diminished triads
Rhythm
Harmony
The neighbouring six-four (N6/4) harmony
The circle of fifths
Assignments
Assignment 8
Online assignment 10
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
9
Scales
More practice with Mixolydian mode
More practice with major and minor scales
Intervals
Singing melodic intervals in series
More practice hearing series of harmonic intervals
Melody
Introduction to two-part melodic dictation
Review of supertonic and leading-tone arpeggios
Review of Mixolydian Mode
Triads
Singing major and minor triads in inversion
Rhythm
More challenging exercises with ties and rests
Introduction to two-part rhythm reading
Harmony
The cadential six-four (C6/4) harmony
Longer harmonic progressions
Assignments
Assignment 9
Online assignment 11
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
10
Scales
The Dorian mode
Intervals
Longer series of melodic and harmonic intervals
Melody
Transcription and singing in different modes
More two-part melodic transcription
Triads
Singing the diminished triad in first inversion
Rhythm
More practice with simple and compound meters Reading two-part rhythms with rests and ties
Harmony
The arpeggio six-four (A6/4) harmony
Review of All Six-Four Harmonies
Assignments
Assignment 10
Online assignments 12 and 13
Repertoire
Scale degree exercises
Solfege melodies
Solfege duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
11
Scales
Review of major and minor scales
Lydian, Mixolydian, and Dorian modes
Intervals
Review of all intervals up to the perfect octave
Melody
Eight-measure melodies for transcription, part 1
Review of major and minor melodies with wide-interval leaps
Triads
Review of all triads
Rhythm
Harmony
Outer-voice transcriptions in musical notation
Inverted harmony: the V6/5 chord
Clefs
Alto and tenor clefs
Assignments
Assignment 11
Online assignments 14 (review) and 15
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
Part III Advanced Diatonic and Rhythmic Material
12
Scales
The Phrygian mode
Intervals
Compound intervals: ninths and tenths
Melody
Eight-measure melodies for transcription, part 2
More practice melodies for singing
Chords
Chords out of context: the major-minor-seventh chord (Mm7)
Rhythm
More practice with Compound and simple time meters
Two-part rhythmic transcription
Harmony
Inverted dominant-seventh harmony: the V4/2 chord
Non-harmonic tones: unaccented NHTs
Assignments
Assignment 12
Online assignment 16
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-Part Rhythms
13
Scales
The Locrian mode
Intervals
Compound intervals: perfect elevenths, twelfths, and fifteenths
Singing elevenths, twelfths, and fifteenths
Melody
Eight-measure melodies for transcription: sentence structure
Singing melodies: focus on cadences
Chords
Chords out of context: the minor-seventh chord (mm7) and the major-seventh chord (MM7)
Rhythm
Borrowed division: triplets in simple meter
More practice with second-level division in compound meter
Harmony
Inverted dominant-seventh harmony: the V4/3 chord
Non-harmonic tones: accented NHTs
Assignments
Assignment 13
Online Assignment 17
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
14
Scales
More practice with scales and modes
Intervals
Compound intervals: thirteenths,fourteenths and the compound tritone
Melody
Eight-measure melodies for transcription: period structure
Singing melodies: focus on structure
Chords
More practice with mm7 and the MM7 chords
Rhythm
Syncopation from sixteenth-notes
Simple meter: Two-part rhythmic dictation using triplets
Harmony
Other seventh-chords: I7, IV7, and II7 (root position only)
Sequence: the circle of fifths
Assignment 14
Assignment 14
Online assignment 18
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
15
Scales
The pentatonic scale
Intervals
More practice with compound intervals
Melody
More melodies for transcription and singing
Chords
Hearing the upper voice in Mm7, MM7, and mm7
Rhythm
Borrowed division: duplets in compound meters
Compound meters: other dotted-rhythm cells
Harmony
Inverted predominant sevenths: ii6/5 and iiO6/5
Assignments
Assignment 15
Online assignment 19 and 20 (review)
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
16
Scales
The whole-tone scale
Intervals
Multiple compound intervals, Part 1
Simple melodic and harmonic intervals in series
Melody
Melodies with chromaticism
Singing melodies with chromaticism
Chords
Chords out of context: the half-diminished-seventh chord (dm7 or O7)
Mm7 chords as V7: identifying the upper voice and the inversion
Rhythm
Irregular meters : 5/4 and 7/8
Harmony
All diatonic harmonies review
Modal mixture
Assignments
Assignment 16
Online assignment 21 (review) and 22
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
17
Scales
The Octatonic scale
Intervals
Multiple compound intervals, Part 2: further exercises
Melody
More practice with hearing chromaticism in melodies
More practice with singing chromaticism in melodies
Chords
All triads: adding inner voices
Chords out of context: the fully-diminished-seventh chord (dd7 or o7)
Rhythm
Irregular meter: 8/8
Borrowed division: more tuplets
Harmony
Hearing viiO7 and viio7
Assignments
Assignment 17
Online assignment 23
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
Part IV Chromatic and Atonal material
More advanced rhythmic material
18
Scales
The blues scale
Intervals
Melodic atonal intervals in series
Singing melodic atonal intervals in series
Melody
Modulating melodies
Singing modulating melodies
Simple chromaticism in two-part melodies
Chords
Mm7 chords: adding upper voices
Rhythm
Changing meters
Harmony
Chromatic harmony: the Neapolitan sixth chord (bII6)
Assignments
Assignment 18
Online assignment 24
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
19
Scales
Non-traditional scales
Intervals
Harmonic compound intervals in series
More practice with melodic atonal intervals in series
Melody
More modulating melodies
Modulating melodies with chromaticism
More chromaticism in two-part melodies
Chords
Other seventh chords: adding inner voices
Rhythm
More practice with triplets, tuplets, and duplets Further levels of beat division
Borrowed divisions: the subtriplet and the supertriplet
Harmony
Chromatic harmony: the augmented sixth chords
Assignments
Assignment 19
Online assignment 25
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
20
Scales
Olivier Messiaen's modes of limited transposition
Intervals
More practice with harmonic compound intervals in series
More practice with melodic atonal intervals in series
Melody
Melodies that modulate to other key areas
More chromaticism in modulating melodies
Chords
Chords out of context: the dominant-ninth chord (V9)
Singing dominant-ninth arpeggios
The mM7 chord
Rhythm
Advanced rhythm transcription and reading
Harmony
V9 in harmonic progressions
Applied dominants: [V7] and [V6/5]
Assignments
Assignment 20
Online assignment 26, 27, 28
Repertoire
Melodies
Duets
Rhythms
Two-part rhythms
Appendix I: Curwen hand signs
Appendix II: Referential melodies
Appendix III: Rhythmic shorthand
Appendix IV: Chromatic variants of the movable-do Solfege system
Glossary of musical terms
Index
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