Sight-Singing and Ear-Training Application Tutorial

Author: Sun Xiaojie
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This textbook is designed for the public compulsory course in music programs at art academies. The content mainly includes three aspects: aural training, rhythmic training, and sight-singing. Aural training covers single-tone dictation, interval dictation, chord connection, four-part harmonic progression, single-voice melody dictation, harmonic two-voice dictation, and polyphonic two-voice dictation. Rhythmic training includes single-voice simple rhythm exercises and multi-voice complex rhythm exercises, combined with rhythm identification in musical works. Sight-singing includes single-voice exercises and two-voice exercises ranging from C major to keys with three sharps and three flats. The content of sight-singing selects outstanding music and folk songs from both China and abroad, as well as some classic opera music and arias, allowing students to expand their musical horizons while learning various techniques. This textbook is a single volume with thirty-two lessons, divided into four units with eight lessons each. The first two units focus on training within one sharp and one flat, including major and minor modes as well as pentatonic and pentatonic-septatonic modes. The last two units focus on training within two sharps and two flats, as well as major and minor modes, including pentatonic and pentatonic-septatonic modes. Scope and purpose of this textbook: To guide students with a certain musical foundation from art academies and university music departments to systematically study aural analysis, rhythmic training, and sight-singing.