Embedded Files
Rhythm Solmization
Rhythm Solmization
Takadimi Cheat Sheet.pdfTakadimi “Cheat Sheet”
PDFTakadimi “Cheat Sheet”
Gordon Cheat Sheet.pdfGordon Rhythm Syllables “Cheat Sheet”
PDFGordon Rhythm Syllables “Cheat Sheet”
Note Relationships Chart
Note Relationships Chart
Meter Signatures Chart
Meter Signatures Chart
Rhythm Skills Sequence
Rhythm Skills Sequence
When introducing new rhythms, be sure not to skip steps in the sequence. Students need to master less complex rhythm skills before moving on to more advanced ones. Unfamiliar rhythms should be taught by rote as rhythm skills are developed sequentially.
Pitch Solmization
Pitch Solmization
Tonal Ladder (Traditional).pdfTonal Ladder
(Traditional)
PDFTonal Ladder
(Traditional)
Tonal Ladder.pdfTonal Ladder
(Modified)
PDFTonal Ladder
(Modified)
Tonal Ladder (Traditional, Extended)
Tonal Ladder (Traditional, Extended)
Tonal Ladder (Traditional,
One-Octave)
Tonal Ladder (Traditional,
One-Octave)
Tonal Ladder (Modified, Extended)
Tonal Ladder (Modified, Extended)
Tonal Ladder (Modified,
One-Octave)
Tonal Ladder (Modified,
One-Octave)
Tonal Skills Sequence
Tonal Skills Sequence
When introducing new tonal concepts, be sure not to skip steps in the sequence. Students need to master less complex intervals before moving on to more advanced ones. Unfamiliar tonal material should be taught by rote as tonal skills are developed sequentially.
Sight-Singing Anthologies
Sight-Singing Anthologies
Krueger’s web site is the companion to her textbook, but the exercises can be used independently of the book.
Phelps used to charge $60 for purchase of his Manual in digital format, but his website is no longer active. The Manual has now been published elsewhere online.
Available free of charge online:
Available free of charge online:
Regardless of the text chosen, it is highly effective to project the musical examples onto a screen for group reading. In this way, the conductor can better monitor individual student attentiveness, nonverbal feedback, and guide all students’ eyes to the correct place in the notation with a pointer (either physical or laser). After students have mastered this group-reading process, transferring the same skills to octavos is a cinch!
Curriculum Maps
Curriculum Maps
Curriculum maps isolate on a single document the rhythm patterns, tonal/melodic patterns, and tonal lines from specific selections of repertoire being studied. By mastering these patterns separately from their musical context, singers (a) increase in musical independence and literacy and (b) learn repertoire more quickly. Click here for a collection of sample curriculum maps.
In the Templates section of this website, there are files that will empower any music educator to produce well-formatted curriculum maps of their own. See the Curriculum Maps page.
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