This collection of original tunes presents 193 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles. Taking an approach based on self-learning, the 11 sections of the book focus on developing different key technical skills as well as introducing the student to a plethora of musical terms. Each section of the book contains solos, as well as horn duets and pieces with piano accompaniment for practising ensemble sight-reading. Suitable for preliminary, to advanced level students. Part of the comprehensive Sight-Reading series published by Schott and edited by John Kember.
Contents
To the pupil: why sight-reading?
Section 1: Notes C and D
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 2: Notes C-G, 4/4 und 2/4 time, introducting slurs
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 3: Notes E and F, new keys G major, C und E minors. Introducing 3/4 time and the dotted rhythm
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 4: Range A-A, new keys E and D minor, D major, introducting, 3-time, quavers and dotted rhythms
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 5: Range A-C. New Notes C and D. Keys of A minor, A major, F major and B major
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 6: New Keys: E and A major. New time signatures of 3/8, 6/8 and 9/8
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 7: All keys up to 4's and 4's. Triplets in simple time. 5/4, 5/8, 7/4 and 3/2
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 8: Transposing down a tone as for Horn in E. Semiquavers and some chromatic movement
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 9: Further transposition. Syncopation
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 10: Transpositons of a minor 3rd and perfect 5th. Chromatic and modal tonalities
Solos
Duets Accompanied pieces
Section 11: Baroque to Atonal. Double sharps abd double flats