Tips for Singers to script read music

W.J.Pais Music Study - Vocal Music & Sight Reading FAQ
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In order to gain fluency in reading music, first learn the names of notes that come on the stave in a Natural Scale, i.e. without sharps or flats.

scale

C: Do,  D:  Re,  E: Mi,  F: Fa   G: Sol,   A:  La,   B: Si  

 

Once you are able to do so easily, then take a music score which is written in the natural scale.

Try a piece you already know - that is to say, you know the tune of this piece.  For example Hail Queen of Heaven.  

Read the top line, which is in the soprano range, and name the notes.  Only name them.  When you can do so well, then sing the tune along with the names.  Try this for fifteen minutes a day, for a period of fifteen days.   You should have develoed an association of sound and name.   Take a new piece every day.

voc/singex/angelswehave.pdf
voc/singex/angelswehave.mus
voc/singex/hailqueen.pdf
voc/singex/hailqueen.mus
voc/singex/ibread.pdf   

voc/singex/inbread.mus

voc/singex/comeallye.mus
voc/singex/comeallye.pdf

VOCAL MUSIC EXERCISES

You need to download a Free Notepad software from their websit.  See link below.
voc/singex/vocexer.mus
voc/singex/voceder.pdf

 

I shall add new exercises, if there is interest in this.  The more people want to learn, the more motivation will I have.  Best of luck to you.   Click on the above links to download the score as well as a pdf file.  If you have downloaded the Finale Reader, which is a free download, you can see the music, as it plays and you can learn to sing with it  Please make sure you have learnt the note names before hand.

To download Finale Software go to:  http://www.finalemusic.com

 

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