Melodies for sight-reading - davesmey.com

1 D K , X" X"DDDDD DD Melodies for sight-reading The "sight-singing bonanzas" came about because I couldn't find enough materials that would be quick and easy enough to simply sight-read in class. Most of the material was written by myself, with some contributions from Aaron Liu-Rosenbaum (a colleague at William Paterson '03-'04.)A. Melodies that basically stick to the tonic triad, in major 2003-5 Smey and Liu-Rosenbaum except where noted. Reproduction and classroom use freely permitted.

2 D " , , " "DDDD X" , DDD X" X K K K K "DD , , , , X K DD X "DD , , K K "DDD " D " " , , , , " DDDD , , K , , , , , , DDD K O K DDDD K O , O O " !

3 DDDDD OX DDD DDD O "DD "DD , K Minor Melodies that basically stick to i37."D "D D K K DDDDD "DDDD " , , , , DDDD O O O DD DD O "DDDD , O, O K , , D O K DDD O " DDDD , , "DDD K O (some mild V)Descending Do - Ti - La - Sol (because of the V chord)

4 Do - Te - Le - DDD O K OK K K "DDD "DDD DD , "D , Verdi, La Traviata, Act II, Scene 3 - The "Gypsies'" Tune, , K , K K K K K K K DDD . / /X. "DD . / . / / . "DDD , . / / ./. Major keys with more exploration of " . / /. /.

5 " D " " , , , , " Schubert, "Unfinished" Symphony (No. 8 in B Minor), 1st movt 2nd theme , , " & N K / N / N DDDDD O O N/N NO/N DDDDD O N / DDDDD O N ON/ N" , , , , , " , , , , , Minor Melodies with some V"D , O DD K K " , ".

6 "DDD O K "DDD O O D O K D DDD Melodies with Wicked V7 Action. Major keys." , DDDD - Scott Cumberbatch (WP Student) K "DD , X"DD , X D K "DDDDD K K " DDD DDD "D K K Minor-mode V7 (or viiR )

7 "DD K , K K K K "DD K , , K K DDDD O O O "D " K K DDDDD O DDDDD O O "& D DDDDDD K OK K K DDDDDD K O O "DD "DD "DDD& O O "DDD O O DDDD O "DD . , ./ , / ./. D K . NN K / . , . , ./ K / ." ./ ../.Z/X. DD ../ /.

8 "DD , . / .// ." , ../ ../ . / .G. Melodies with I-IV-V-I and similar progressions. Major DDD ../..// . DDD ../../. / ."DDD ../..NN / ./. / ../. / ./. / . DD ../ /../ /. DD ../ /../ /../ / ./ . "DD , ../. , . / ." ../..// ./. D& ../ .. / . DDD NNO O O /N DDDDD O O N/ NO/ N"DDD N NO O O / N DD , N NO , / K N"D N / N NO / Minor-mode i - iv - V - DD K , N , , , NO N DD , K NO , K N K K / N" , NNO , /N NNO /N N NO N / N / N"DDDDD N NO O / N"DDDDD N NO NZ/ N DDD NNO O /N NONZ O / N"& N NO N N / N/ DD NNO N/N NNO N/N / N O /N" , N , NON K , / N.

9 /N N /N NON K / N NNON/ NNNRA/N DDD N NO O/ N"D NNO $ /N NNO