Melodic Sight-Reading (♭2): Warm up with the examples below, then try the melodies in the "Neapolitan" section of the anthology. Additional melodies are linked below for extra practice. 

• Warmups: 

  • • Steps for Singing a Neapolitan Chord: Image | PDF | MuseScore (from Integrated Aural Skills)

    • Warmups and Pitch Patterns (from Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, p. 348)

• Additional Melodies for Sight-Singing 

  • • Solos, Duets, and Sing & Play (from Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, pp. 379–386)

    • ♭2 Chord Outlines (SFCM Sight Singing Textbook)

Rhythm Sight Reading (Small Subdivisions): Sight-read rhythms in the “small subdivision” section of the anthology. 

• • Additional Rhythms for Study: 

    • • Developing Musicianship Through Aural Skills, pp. 340–344

      • Integrated Musicianship Rhythm Worksheet

      • Rhythm: Advanced Studies, See various examples on pp. 15–59 with a review of other simple and compound meters from Unit 2.  

Online Worksheets (from Multimodal Musicianship)

• • Chord ID & Dictation

    • • Exercise 41-6: Listen and ID Neapolitan chords in a playlist of examples. Answers included. 

      • Exercise 41-7: Transcription and guided questions (Radiohead, “A Wolf at the Door”)

  • Melodic Dictation with ♭2: See Exercise 41-5 in the text

    • • The exercises include a setup (key, clef, time signature, no. of measures), an audio file, and a solution (click the right arrow on the image). 

Theory & Aural Anthology: See examples incorporating Neapolitans in the theory and aural anthologies for chord ID, chord dictation, and transcription practice. For additional practice examples, see also: 

• • Paula Maust, Expanding the Music Theory Canon: Neapolitan

  • Diverse Music Theory Examples: Neapolitan Sixth Chords

  • Open Music Harmony Anthology: See the section “Neapolitan Sixth Chords”