“Sight Reading Solved Comprehensive Beginning Music Reading Course”
Sight Reading Solved Comprehensive Beginning Music Reading Course
This “Sight Reading Solved” is a multi-facet course. Sight Reading Solved is a comprehensive beginning music reading course for those who haven’t learned how to read music. It is also a method that a more advanced student could use for mastering sight reading in other clefs, ledger line reading, ear training development through singing each example as well as working on reading with 22 of the most used scales in music.
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Comprehensive Beginning Music Reading Course from the Ground Up!
The scales and the rhythms used starts super simple and then over the course of 22 sections gets increasingly more complex. You are encouraged to look at the same pages below to see the progression from easy to difficult. All exercises in midi files so a student can play along with an audio at a tempo of their choosing.
This Comprehensive Beginning Music Reading Course has Other Uses
As mentioned, Intermediate to advanced students will also find this comprehensive beginning music reading course useful because it helps them work on ledger line reading and reading using other clefs. The obvious two clefs that any musician should be able to sight read with are the treble and bass clefs. Since most scores use these two clefs they are important to master. Five other clefs are included which can be used for sight transposition on any music to another key. There is an example below to show you how this works. Using clef transposition opens up worlds of new possibilities where not only can you play something in any key but you can also transpose melodies so that you are playing spur of the moment harmonizations. This is a fantastic and immense tool for a professional musician.
Sight Reading, Sight Singing and Key Center Development
The exercises in this course can be used in many ways. Besides being a great course for sight reading it also helps a student build their ability to sight sing through 22 of the most used scales in music. By working with these exercises a student also exposes themselves to the inherent sound of the 22 most used key centers in popular music. If you are student with limited exposure to the modes of Melodic Minor Ascending and other modes that are commonly used in music then this is an excellent place for you to start learning these sounds.
Comprehensive Beginning Music Reading Course Content
The exercises start with super simple rhythms and grow in complexity throughout the course. You can use this course on many levels. A beginning student can just read through the clef of their choice and have each exercise slowly gain in complexity. An intermediate student can play exercises at a quicker tempo and really hone their ability with various rhythms. Intermediate to advanced students can work on multiple octave transpositions and ledger lines above and below the staff. They can also work on clef transposition at a graduated pace.
Although this is the beginning level of “Sight Reading Solved” it should be pointed out that ANY of reading examples can be hard depending on:
- Tempo
- Range
- Tessatura
- Key Signature
- Clef
- Ledger Line Usage
- Intervallic Content
An experienced sight reader knows that many different scenarios can present themselves to make a piece of music more difficult. Approaching “Sight Reading Solved” with this type of forethought can help a student get the most out of each level.
Each section of the “Sight Reading Solved Beginning Level” uses only one rhythm. This helps a complete beginner to slowly develop rhythm knowledge while helping more advanced students who are working on clef transposition, extreme tempos or ledger line comprehension. You will find an example of clef transposition further down this page. Clefs that are included in this course are:
- Treble Clef
- Bass Clef
- Baritone Clef
- Tenor Clef
- Alto Clef
- Mezzo Soprano Clef
- Soprano Clef
This comprehensive beginning music reading course also has Midi files of each exercise to help promote accuracy. Midi files can be played at any tempo which allows for extreme flexibility when working with this course.
A PDF is also included in this course which presents many concepts on how to improve your reading skills as well as primers to help a student understand the basics of music notation as well as a primer course on rhythm. The rhythm primer course teaches students how to count and subdivide rhythms and midi files so that a student can hear each example.
Many other concepts are presented in the PDF such as:
- “Beat Reading” which is an exercise to get your eye moving ahead of the music
- “Long Line Rhythm®” is also covered in-depth. This is the secret ingredient to playing fast.
- Examples of common uses of clef transposition (You will find an example of clef transposition further down this page.)
- A chart showing the relationship of all notes to a guitar fret board
- Advice on how to integrate sight reading into your daily practice regimen
You will see all the modes used in the “Sight Reading Solved” course listed below. This course has everything you need to get started with sight reading or to expand your ability with various exercises.
The Complete Beginning Level Course
Contains 22 scales as you move through each scales you will see the course get more difficult. This gradual approach is key to helping you master so many aspects of this course.
- Includes the Following:
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- Major Mode
- Dorian Mode
- Phrygian Mode
- Lydian Mode
- Mixolydian Mode
- Aeolian Mode
- Locrian Mode
- Melodic Minor Ascending Mode
- Dorian b2 Mode
- Lydian #5 Mode
- Lydian b7 Mode
- Mixolydian b6
- Locrian Natural 2
- Altered
- Diminished Mode
- Symmetrical Diminished Mode
- Whole Tone Mode
- Harmonic Minor Mode
- Mixolydian b2, b6 Mode
- Major Pentatonic Mode
- Minor Pentatonic Mode
- Blues Scale Mode
- Excerpt from Book One. C Major Mode using treble clef with whole notes
- Book One only uses whole note rhythm for all exercises. Exercises are presented in all 12 keys with and without key signature, 7 clefs plus 8va, 15va and 22va for treble and 8va, 8vb for bass clef.
- Excerpt from “Sight Reading Solved Beginning Level Dorian Scale.”
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- Bb Dorian Mode using bass clef
- Book Two uses only half note rhythms for all exercises. Exercises are presented in all 12 keys with and without key signature, 7 clefs plus 8va, 15va and 22va for treble and 8va, 8vb for bass clef.
- Excerpt from “Sight Reading Solved Beginning Level Phrygian Scale.”
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- Gb Phrygian Mode using treble clef and 8va
- Book Three uses only dotted half and quarter note rhythms for all exercises. Exercises are presented in all 12 keys with and without key signature, 7 clefs plus 8va, 15va and 22va for treble and 8va, 8vb for bass clef.
- Excerpt from “Sight Reading Solved Beginning Level Lydian Scale.”
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- A Lydian Mode using alto clef.
- Book Four uses only quarter and dotted half note rhythms for all exercises. Exercises are presented in all 12 keys with and without key signature, 7 clefs plus 8va, 15va and 22va for treble and 8va, 8vb for bass clef.
- Excerpt from “Sight Reading Solved Beginning Level Mixolydian Scale.”
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- Db Mixolydian using bass clef and 8va
- Book Five uses only half and two quarters rhythms for all exercises. Exercises are presented in all 12 keys with and without key signature, 7 clefs plus 8va, 15va and 22va for treble and 8va, 8vb for bass clef.
- Excerpt from “Sight Reading Solved Beginning Level Aeolian Scale.”
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- F Aeolian using treble clef and 8va
- Book six uses only two quarters and half note rhythms for all exercises. Exercises are presented in all 12 keys with and without key signature, 7 clefs plus 8va, 15va and 22va for treble and 8va, 8vb for bass clef.
- Excerpt from “Sight Reading Solved Beginning Level Locrian Scale.”
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- G Locrian using tenor clef
- Book seven uses only quarter half quarter note rhythms for all exercises. Exercises are presented in all 12 keys with and without key signature, 7 clefs plus 8va, 15va and 22va for treble and 8va, 8vb for bass clef.
Example of Clef Transposition
The “Sight Reading Solved Beginning Level Courses” has exercises in all 7 clefs. Various clefs are used by some instruments. For example a viola uses an alto clef while a cello uses both the then or and bass clefs. Clefs can also be used by contemporary musicians to sight transpose any music into any other key. This is a very powerful tool through the use of the “Sight Reading Solved Beginning Level Courses” you can spend only a few minutes a day mastering one clef at a time and within a year being sight transposing any music.
- Example of clef transposition of a Bb part into concert
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- Example of transposing a Bb part into concert using the tenor clef
- Mastering clef transposition can also be a useful tool if you want to harmonize a melody. Constant 3rd, 4ths or 5ths are often used to create interesting harmonies
- Additional Information for Sight Reading Solved Course:
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- Digital Edition 978-1-59489-393-3
- 3168 Pages of exercises in PDF format without key signature
- 3168 Pages of exercises in PDF format with key signatures
- 3168 Midi files for each exercise
- 40 Page PDF giving sight reading advice as well as examples of various sight reading concepts.
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What people are saying:
I’ve been waiting for this beginning sight reading/ear training course for awhile. This is really a comprehensive beginning music reading course and I love the fact that each book only uses one rhythm and that each book concentrates on one mode. B. Franks
The “Beat Reading” exercise is worth the cost of the entire collection. I’ve doubled my speed at sight reading in two weeks. This is awesome! R. Anderson
I’m using this course mostly for sight singing. I haven’t read music before so I’m just using the treble clef versions and find them easy to read. T. Watts
This is the first course that I’ve found that teaches clef transposition. A super powerful idea that let’s you read any piece of music in any key. Really appreciate you making this course. Y. Tyler