333 Elementary Exercises in Sight Singing

By Zoltan Kodaly

As a private voice teacher, several high school students wishing to build sight singing skills for all-state auditions, or for college auditions have used this method with great results! The teacher needs to be able to also sight read using this method to help.

I have been searching for this book for years. My mentor in the choral world used this text religiously to teach her students sight reading skills and the results were phenomenal. When the gods of left-over money in the budget and the location at a reasonable price came together...

, I jumped at this opportunity for my students. They love it and have seen the results of their efforts in a few short weeks. They understand the need for sight reading skills and pursue it daily with enthusiasm and interest.

Although I have my degree in Music Education, I found that this book is a bit to fast-paced for my elementary students. There are excerpts I can use, which is helpful, but you really can't start at the beginning and build on these exercises without adding a good...

deal more rhythm and theory. Also, the book uses movable Do right from the start - tricky for first grade.