Learn how to SIGHT SING. Interactive singing lesson!

This is an incredible way to train your ear, your sense of melody and, of course, learn new music super fast! Literally at first sight. Work with the techniques in this video regularly and you'll master sightsinging in no time.

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OK! This is an excellent introduction to sight singing. Practice with this until you're solid, and you'll be ready for the next singing lesson in the series. Any questions, let me know.

[jinni]

Him: "that's a seriously great start"


Me: off pitch literally 80% of the time

[a.i.]

This is very hard!!! All my life, I've heavily relied on my ears... I hated reading music because I could just hear it and play/sing it without the sheet. Now that I am joining a professional choir, I have to do sight-singing and I am terrified!! I understand the importance of sight-singing, but I just can't break this bad habit of listening to music and memorizing it. Any advice on how to break this bad habit? Loved your lesson btw!! Keep up the good work!!

[miomoyotimetime]

This is absolutely fantastic stuff, as not everybody has access to music education, this is so well worked out with gradual progression. Thank you

[JohnnyASan]

Exercises (by Included Scale Degrees)
03:38 - 1, 2, 3
06:03 - 1, 2, 3, 4
08:45 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (With Accompaniment 9:32)
11:36 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
13:38 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
15:52 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1 (with Accompaniment 16:37)

[Olivman]

I can confirm that I also consider this to be top notch music education. I like that it is interactive, clear, good quality video and sound, and accessible to all. Looking forward for more advanced levels of that subject of study and others.

[asmrtimestamps]

I GOTTA LEARN HOW TO SIGHT SING IN A DAY. I HAVE FESTIVAL TMR!!

[markgregoryholmes]

I am a high school choir teacher. I teach my students to sight-sing using the number system. This is an excellent video which I have incorporated into my lessons. Thanks for such a fantastic

[ASH-xkci]

I've been playing music for years and I have never found these fundamental skills presented as clearly as on this channel. Thank you very much.

[gelissadenise]

I want to become to a singer and I finally realized its more than just singing so I will definitely be practicing this as often as possible 😅

[vivianacastro]

This was incredible. I loved how you left the screen completely black so the focus was a hundred percent on sound. You only showed the images that were absolutely necessary. Thank you SO MUCH. Such great content!!

[ZarahBee]

THANK YOU! I have been singing all my life, but always struggled with notation, and am *finally* learning it- and I am a professional singer! Your videos are so helpful and encouraging, and really support my process; I am very grateful.

[Marco_Fabian]

I remember in music class the teacher would give us songs as example of every step for each set of notes. Like “somewhere over the rainbow” was an example of an octave jump. From the note “some” to the octave jump “where”. You should give us examples like that. Might be easier to remember how the degrees between notes sound like.

[aeew]

I'd love to see a bunch of these, like several hours of these small, simple pieces to practice. I'm having trouble with steps 2-4-6, since for some reason I'm used to 1-3-5. I do love the format of this video though, a very simple step by step build up to the full octave. Great work!

[remmars]

I had to repeat the beginning a lot and probably took two hours to complete this video, but every time I was surprised by how much closer I'd get site reading it as a whole. Very good tutorial. I appreciate it a lot.

[gibbonschip]

Another great lesson. The simple orchestration you add to the background of these basic melodies gives so much life and depth to them.

[DanaBeigay]

I am 47 years old. I just made the decision to go to college and get my masters in music. ( am I crazy?!) 😊
Part of my entrance/ application involves an audition where I am required to sight read. Im a self taught guitar player and my voice is God given. Im excited to find this video to hopefully be at least a little more knowledgeable about sight reading!!! Thank you!!! Love and light!!!!❤️✨🤘

[averyjefferson]

the times you said nice actually felt really rewarding. thanks you're a good teacher

[carbondiam]

Band kid here, decided to join choir this year as well, as I was able to fit it into my schedule. Having mostly had a reference point for singing along to music before, sight singing presented something new and potentially difficult. I thank you for this straightforward and very helpful video, and am glad I have something I can use to easily learn and improve at home. I have watched your stuff before, but now I'll have a better place to apply it. Thanks again!

[DonVueltaMorales]

This is an outrageously excellent video. Back in the mid 70s, I was in Education 101 in college, and we had to take 15 minutes to "teach" something to the class. I taught them solfege (do-re-mi-fa ... as opposed to 1-2-3-4 ...). People think it's an impossibility, but it's clear and somewhat simple, if you just stick to the basics. After the initial lesson, you then need to practice every day and practice in different keys. The staff is the first graphing system. All the relationships stay the same as you move from key to key. So C is x and D, Eb, F, etc. are all f(x). The melodic contour and the rhythm stay the same. The graph just begins at a different point. Obviously, the minor mode, accidentals, and modulation provide some challenges, but take it slowly, one step at a time. And PRACTICE every day!!

[gracesu]

Thank you 🙏, now I know I have learned the music theory is "Sight singing " music theory. I can heard the music and quickly to write it down. Sight music is easy to learn and understand.