Introduction: Using This Book

This book has three sections:

1. Solfège Practice

2. Sight-Singing Practice

3. Rhythm Practice

Musicians should practice exercises from all three sections at the same time rather than going through the book in order. The solfège and sight-singing exercises are related in the scale degrees and keys. For example, exercises 9-16 in Solfège Practice will use the same scale degrees and key centers as exercises 9-16 in Sight-Singing Practice.

Musicians eventually will work well beyond the exercises available here (especially in solfège and sight-singing), but these exercises are provided to focus on mastery of the fundamentals before advancing further in study.

In addition, below are links to many other free resources for more aural skills practice:

• Simple Sight Singing Exercises Online
• Open Music Theory Textbook Sight-counting and Sight-singing: Level 1
• Open Music Theory Textbook Sight-counting and Sight-singing: Level 2
• 700 Sight-Singing Exercises for Solo and Ensemble Singing
• Integrated Aural Skills Online Textbook
• Sight Singing – YouTube
• Rhythm Practice Sheets