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Music for Sight Singing

Music for Sight Singing

zoom enlarge 		Authors: Thomas E. Benjamin, Michael Horvit, Robert S. Nelson
Publisher: Schirmer
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 2 reviews
Sales Rank: 132943

Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.6

ISBN: 0495505005
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9780495505006
ASIN: 0495505005

Publication Date: January 8, 2008
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Product Description
Designed for the "musicianship" portion of the freshman theory sequence, Benjamin/Horvit/Nelson MUSIC FOR SIGHT SINGING, Fifth Edition, presents music that is carefully chosen to challenge--not overwhelm--you.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars not the best choice   November 1, 2003
 23 out of 23 found this review helpful

Of the three texts I have used to teach college-level ear training, this is definitely the weakest. Most of the material is composed by the authors, and it is often ugly, awkward stuff. The chapters could be definitely be sequenced in a more reasonable way (the minor mode, for example, is not introduced until Ch 6) and the level of difficulty is very poorly managed. Indeed, it doesn't seem like the authors have many good ideas about how students actually learn to sight-sing - many of their primitive early exercises (rhythms without meters, melodies that wander randomly up and down the scale) are actually much more difficult than later ones.

I would strongly recommend either Richard's Ottman's "Music for Sight-Singing" or Berkowitz-Fontrier-Kraft's "A New Approach to Sight Singing" over this book.


4 out of 5 stars Music fo Sight Singing   March 27, 2000
 1 out of 10 found this review helpful

Love it, just great. superior book for serious musician wanting to improve their sight singing skill!

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