Welcome to Sight Singing 101 Sight Singing 101 is the basics of reading music. We will learn the three main parts of reading music. Notes as Rhythm Notes as pitch Notes as both

What is Sight Singing Being able to look at musical notation and sing what is written Music in written notation has been around for at least 1500 years and some scholars believe written music could be as old as 4000 years. Singing requires pitches and rhythms. In the next slides, you will learn both. Rhythm is the duration of how long you sing or rest from singing. Pitch is how high or low the voice produces the note (high or low does not mean volume). Notes as Rhythm Notes as pitch Notes as both

Notes as the rhythm Notes have a value just like money. Rests have an equal value to the notes but without noise. B Whole note 4 counts  Half note 2 counts  Quarter note 1 count  Eighth note ½ count  Sixteenth note ¼ count t Whole rest 4 counts u Half rest 2 counts W Quarter rest 1 count X Eighth rest ½ count Y Sixteenth rest ¼ count

This is a pyramid of notes This is a pyramid of notes. This shows how the notes relate to each other with beats. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes. A half note is equal to 2 quarter notes. A quarter note is equal to 2 eighth notes and an eighth note is equal to 2 sixteenth notes.

Above are examples of notes and rests as rhythms Click on the play buttons to hear what they sound like.

Let’s test your skills. Listen to the example and click on the correct rhythm.

Correct! Move on

Let’s try again

Let’s test your skills. Listen to the example and click on the correct rhythm.

Correct! Move on

Let’s try again

Let’s test your skills. Listen to the example and click on the correct rhythm.

Correct! Move on

Let’s try again

Let’s test your skills. Listen to the example and click on the correct rhythm.

Correct! Move on

Let’s try again

Congratulations! Let’s move on to Notes as Pitch

Where do the notes go? Notes go on, below, or above a Staff Staffs have 5 lines 4 spaces 1 2 3 4 5

Here is another way of looking at line and space notes Treble clef line notes from the bottom up are: E, G, B, D, & F Every Good Boy Does Fine Treble clef space notes from the bottom up are: F, A, C, & E This spells FACE Bass clef line notes from the bottom up are: G, B, D, F, & A Good Boys Do Fine Always Bass clef space notes from the bottom up are: A, C, E, & G All Cows Eat Grass or All Cars Eat Gas

Notes for choral music goes on a grand staff

Notes for choral music goes on a grand staff Click on the numbers to go back to the previous examples 1 2 3 4

The next 4 slides are to test you on your note naming ability The next 4 slides are to test you on your note naming ability. You can click the back button to look at the grand staff for help

1 If these notes are in the treble clef staff what would the letter names of the notes be? A & B G & C B & C B & E

Correct! Move on

Let’s try again

2 E E G G E G G B B G E G B D F G B D F A If these notes were in the treble clef staff what would the letter names of the notes be? E E G G E G G B B G E G B D F G B D F A

Correct! Move on

Let’s try again

3 If these notes were in the treble clef staff what would the letter names of the notes be? A B C D A C E G F A C E C D E F

Let’s try again

Correct! Move on

4 If these notes were in the treble clef staff what would the letter names of the notes be? F A C E G F E D C D E F G A B C

Let’s try again

Correct! Move on

Notes as Pitch And Rhythm combined Congratulations! Let’s move on to Notes as Pitch And Rhythm combined

Sight-Singing Pitch Rhythm

You have seen each of these as separate examples You have seen each of these as separate examples. Putting them together makes a musical phrase or melody. Sight-singing enables a musician to read all of the notes below keeping a steady beat.

Play each example of the notes by clicking the button under each measure of notes

Together they make a melody. Click the play button

Now let’s test your listening skills Now let’s test your listening skills. Listen to the examples below and find the one that is exactly as the Sight-Singing example. Click the number under the correct melody 1 2 3 4

Correct! Move on

Let’s try again

Thank you for using Sight Singing 101 Thank you for using Sight Singing 101. I hope you will find more helpful information on our website WWW.Chorus101.com. Please come back again. More Sight Singing coming soon.