Music for Sight Singing, authored by Nancy Rogers and published by Pearson in its 9th edition on January 2, 2013, stands out as the most engaging and musical text for sight-singing. Structured around organized melodies drawn from a rich tapestry of composed music and diverse world folk songs, this book offers real music exercises that allow readers to practice sight singing and develop their “mind’s ear”—the ability to imagine how music sounds without first playing it on an instrument.

The ninth edition continues the tradition of introducing important musical considerations beyond pitch and rhythm. These include dynamics, accents, articulations, slurs, repeat signs, and tempo markings. The book’s carefully arranged exercises, progressing from simple to complex, lay a solid foundation for success in sight-singing.

Upon completion of this book, readers will be able to:

• Fluently read rhythms in simple and compound meters, including those in relatively unusual, irregular, or changing meter signatures.
• Sight sing melodies in any major or minor key, and in any diatonic mode.