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handy little device is a great tool for singers and it is conveniently
designed to fit on a key ring. a) Practice pitch matching - everyone can use practice on matching pitches. Play the tone and then sing the pitch. Be sure to record yourself to make sure what you hear when you are singing is what others hear too! b) Practice developing relative/perfect pitch - Can you do it? Can you look at the pitch name and hear the correct tone in your head? This little item is a great way to accomplish this development. It's on your keychain so when you find yourself with a spare minute anywhere you can work on singing the pitch first and then checking yourself with the tones. c) Learn a melody line. If you don't have access to a piano, you can pick out the pitches on the Pocket Tone to help you learn a melody from sheet music. d) Have a chance to sing somewhere but there's no music? Make sure you get started on the right pitch! e) Barbershop or other group of harmony singers, get your starting pitches. f) Practice and learn intervals between notes..... I think you get the idea. It really is handy and each of us claimed at least one of them. Order yours today too! The C Chromatic is recommended for women and the F Chromatic is recommended for men. Ready
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Ear Training Sight-Singing Tip "Establish the Tempo" Always establish the “tempo”, the speed of the beat, before you begin to sing. To establish the tempo you must determine the Time Signature. The TIME SIGNATURE is located at the front of piece of music and is represented by numbers, one over top of the other, resembling a fraction. The TOP NUMBER tells you how many beats per measure. So if the number is 3, you would count the measures like this: 1,2,3 - 1,2,3 – 1,2,3. Or if the number is 4 you would count the measures like this: 1,2,3,4 – 1,2,3,4 – 1,2,3,4, etc., with each beat being evenly spaced. The BOTTOM NUMBER tells you what type of note gets one beat. If the bottom note is 4, then a quarter note gets one beat. If the bottom note is 2, a half note gets one beat. Let’s examine this further. The
most common time signature is 4/4 time. In fact, it is so “common”
that it is often referred to as “Common Time” and
denoted on sheet music as “C”. The top note says 4
– so there are four beats to a measure. The bottom note
says 4 – so a quarter note gets one beat. Close your eyes
and try to visualize 4 quarter notes per music measure. Count
1,2,3,4 – 1,2,3,4 – 1,2,3,4. Additional Practice: 3/4 Time has 3 beats to the measure and the quarter note gets the beat. Close your eyes and visualize three quarter notes per measure and count 1,2,3 – 1,2,3 – 1,2,3. Another common time signature is 2/2 time. It is also so common that it has a special symbol of a straight line drawn through a “C” from top to bottom. The top number is 2 so there are two beats for every measure. The bottom note is 2 so the HALF NOTE gets one beat. Close your eyes and picture 2 half notes in every measure. Count 1,2 – 1,2. (In written music a half note looks like an open circle note-head with a straight stem.) Before
sight reading any piece of music, be sure to get the TEMPO or
speed of the beat in your head. Literally, count yourself off:
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and name all twelve pitches within a key center. Through this method
a student gains the ability to identify sound based on it's relationship
to a key and not the relationship of one note to another i.e. interval
training as commonly taught in many texts. All note groupings from
one to six notes are presented giving the student a thesaurus of
basic note combinations which develops sight singing and note recognition
to a level unattainable before this Guide's existence. Muse-eek
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Which notes other musicians are playing. These are all invaluable tools for both playing and composing music. This Complete Method can be used by beginners who have little or no music training or by advanced students seeking to improve their ear training ability. This compilation book and CD contains all the information found in the following books: Ear Training One Note Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced. It also includes three accompanying CDs which allow a beginning student to build up their ability gradually and the advanced student to prepare for the next level. By working through each CD the student will refine their pitch perception and their response time will steadily speed up. The ability to quickly and accurately identify pitches positively affects all aspects of musicianship, and the beginning student will find this book and 3 CDs to be the most economical way to work through this method. Muse Eek Publishing Company hosts two on-line resources in conjunction with this book. A "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) page has been set up, where students can ask the author questions that may arise as they work. There is also a free "Member's Section" where book owners can download other files specific to this book and/or other help files to further their music education. Unlike traditional situations where the reader is left on their own after purchase of a text, Muse-Eek Publishing seeks to keep the reader/ student engaged and interactive with the author. With each book you are beginning a relationship in which help and direction are always available to make sure you are learning correctly. This book is a required text at New York University and Princeton University, and is recommended for beginning music students ages 13 and up. |
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Volume One: Sight Reading and Sight Singing Exercises ($31.50) This
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approach by utilizing single line and part singing; where one voice
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