| Title |
Composer |
| How to Use This Book |
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| The Importance of Sight-Singing |
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| Singing Posture |
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| Breathing |
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| Curwen Hand Signs |
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| BEFORE YOU BEGIN |
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| Beat, Rhythm, Notes, Rests, Staff, Treble Clef, Lines and Spaces, Ledger Lines, Flat, Sharp, Key Signature, Time Signature, Bar Lines, Measures, Double Bar Lines |
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| Getting Ready for Unit 1 |
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| 4/4 Time, Major Scale, C Major and F Major, Essential Exercise |
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| UNIT 1 |
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| Lesson 1 Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, Do, Re |
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| Lesson 2 Half Note, Half Rest, Mi, Fa |
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| Lesson 3 Whole Note, Whole Rest, Sol, La |
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| Lesson 4 Eighth Note, Eighth Rest, Ti, High Do |
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| Choral Designs "Song of Joy" |
Jay Althouse |
| Review Scavenger Hunt, Find the Wrong Note, Evaluating Your Performance |
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| Getting Ready for Unit 2 |
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| Repeat Sign, 1st and 2nd Endings, G Major and D Major, Essential Exercise |
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| UNIT 2 |
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| Lesson 5 Tie |
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| Lesson 6 Dotted Half Note, Low Ti, High Re |
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| Lesson 7 Dotted Quarter Note, Low La, Low Sol |
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| Lesson 8 Intervals, 2nds, 3rds |
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| Choral Designs "Sleep, My Child" |
Mary Donnelly and George L.O. Strid |
| Review Scavenger Hunt, Find the Wrong Note, Name That Tune, Evaluating Your Performance |
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| Getting Ready for Unit 3 |
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| Dynamic Signs (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, Crescendo, Decrescendo, B-flat Major and E-flat Major, Essential Exercise |
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| UNIT 3 |
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| Lesson 9 3/4 Time, 2/4 Time |
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| Lesson 10 8ths/Octaves |
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| Lesson 11 Eighth-Quarter-Eighth Note Pattern, 4ths |
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| Lesson 12 5ths |
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| Choral Designs "Where Go the Boats" |
Dave and Jean Perry |
| Review Scavenger Hunt, Find the Wrong Note, Name That Tune, Evaluating Your Performance |
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| Getting Ready for Unit 4 |
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| Bass Clef, Da Capo, Dal Segno, Fine, Coda, A Major and E Major, Essential Exercise |
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| UNIT 4 |
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| Lesson 13 6ths |
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| Lesson 14 7ths |
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| Lesson 15 Changing Meter, Pick-up Notes |
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| Lesson 16 Sixteenth Note, Sixteenth-Eighth Note Patterns |
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| Choral Designs "La Música" |
Jerry Estes |
| Review Scavenger Hunt, Find the Wrong Note, Name That Tune, Evaluating Your Performance |
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| Getting Ready for Unit 5 |
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| Articulation Marks (Slur/Legato, Staccato, Accent, Tenuto), A-flat Major and D-flat Major, Essential Exercise |
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| UNIT 5 |
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| Lesson 17 Rounds/Canons |
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| Lesson 18 Two-Part Harmony |
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| Lesson 19 Dotted Eighth Note, Dotted Eighth-Sixteenth Note Patterns |
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| Lesson 20 Triplet |
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| Choral Designs "Frozen December" |
Jackie O’Neill |
| Review Scavenger Hunt, Find the Wrong Note, Name That Tune, Evaluating Your Performance |
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| Getting Ready for Unit 6 |
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| Tempo Markings (Largo, Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, Presto, Ritardando/Rallentando, Accelerando, Molto, Poco a Poco), B Major and G-flat Major, Essential Exercise |
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| UNIT 6 |
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| Lesson 21 2/2 Time/Cut Time |
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| Lesson 22 6/8 Time, 9/8 Time |
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| Lesson 23 Three-Part Harmony (Treble) |
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| Lesson 24 Three-Part Harmony (Mixed) |
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| Choral Designs "Alleluia Madrigal" |
Donald Moore |
| Review Scavenger Hunt, Find the Wrong Note, |
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| Name That Tune, Evaluating Your Performance |
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| Performance Piece 1 "Sing Alleluia, Allelu!" |
Andy Beck |
| Performance Piece 2 "I Am a Small Part of the World" |
Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse |
