Have you ever sung in a choir where they told you to sing up when the notes go up and sing down when the notes go down? If you would like to learn how to sing well, you need to understand that music is not nebulous. When the notes go up one needs to know how far to go up and that is where "knowing intervals" is very significant.
Did you ever have someone tell you that if you want to learn the intervals all you need to do is match the interval with the opening notes of a well-known song? If you can respond yes to any of these questions, I have one more for you, "Do any of these things work?"
Intervals are very clear-cut. You must be able to perceive sound and sing intervals. Singing music is poles apart from just singing one interval at a time. Especially when sight-singing, one must be able to sing each interval after another without stopping. How could anyone execute sight singing exercises if one has to be constantly thinking about the first phrase of a song?
Sight singing practice should be done just like language. Originally, you hear the words or the music, and afterward you say the words or sing the song! The way that you learned language was to speak first and then read and then to put it in writing.
Music is the same way. Initially, you listen, then you sing, then you are educated as to what the music "looks like" that you have been singing. That is the first step to reading. Then you can write the tune and then you can begin to go back and "sight read" or "sight sing" that which is already known to you!
Now, as long as the music lessons are designed for your level and as long as they progress in sequence, you can easily learn how to sing better. Usually in a vocal music lesson, one does not get sequential sight singing practice. Every now and then, a singing teacher may suggest certain sight singing volumes, but how can one hear what one is looking at unless they have first been trained? That would be like saying to a Mexican, here is a Chinese book, go and read it.
Have you ever been told to get your first note from the piano then sing the next note before playing it on the piano to confirm it? In fact, do you know of anybody who could say that worked for them?
Do you know that some people make a living by sight singing? That means they do not have much time to study the music. It also can be assumed that they have in all probability, experienced the sight reading and sight sing of similar music beforehand.
So is it possible to get sight reading lessons? Is it possible to get sight singing lessons online? Just consider how much it costs to take private lessons. Thirty dollars for a half hour lesson is probably a normal price. If you were to take a lesson once a week for thirty nine weeks, (one school year) that would cost you $1,170.00. Would you like to be earning that much per student? Just imagine if you had forty, fifty or sixty students!
Would you enjoy having your teacher available 24/7 so you could have a lesson every day? What if you wanted to repeat a lesson? You could if you took lessons online. What if your teacher tells you she was only going to charge you forty seven dollars for the whole semester? Would you take her up on the offer? You would be foolish not to!
Not only could you save travel time, but also you could take quite a lot of lessons in one day! The speed is up to you! How soon could you turn out to be the coach and be making sixty bucks per hour?
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Victor King has a B.S. in Bible and a B.Mus. from Philadelphia College of Bible and has studied conducting at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and The Kodaly Musical Training Institute. Victor has personally studied with Betty Bertaux of the Children's Chorus of Maryland, has twelve plus years of teaching experience and is an expert at teaching people sight reading music singing. Through a variety of media including online video tutorials, live webinars, telesinginars and live web cam he seeks to further the kingdom of God by promoting good Christian music and encouraging Christians to sing His praises. To sign up for a five part mini course on musical literacy go to Singing Instructions
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