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Learn to sight sing
What sight singing actually is, how to train your ear, how intervals, chords and voice leading work, and the specific faults that keep singers stuck. Written by teachers, free to read.
Free sight singing exercises825 graded melodies you can actually sing, in the browser, with every note marked as you sing it. No sign-up, no trial, no tiers.5 min read
Sight reading vs sight singingMostly the same thing, with one difference that matters enormously — and it is the reason singers find it harder than pianists do.4 min read
What is sight singing?Reading music with your voice, at first sight, without an instrument to lean on. It is the most useful musical skill almost nobody practices.6 min read
How to practice sight singing on your ownTwenty minutes, three times a week, done properly, beats two hours on a Sunday. Here is what “properly” means.7 min read
Why singers go flatThe most common fault in sight singing, the hardest to hear in yourself, and one of the easiest to fix once you can see it.5 min read
Movable do vs fixed doThree systems for naming notes, one long argument, and a clear answer for anyone whose goal is reading music with their voice.6 min read
Sight singing for choirsChoir rehearsal is the worst possible place to learn to read — everyone else is carrying you. Here is what to do in the six days in between.5 min read
Ear training for singersSight singing is ear training you can see. Here is the listening half of the skill — what to train, in what order, and how to know it is actually working.6 min read
How to hear and sing every intervalIntervals are the vocabulary of melody. Here is each one — how it looks on the stave, how it sounds, and a reliable way to find it with your voice.8 min read
Chords for singersYou sing one line, but you sing it inside harmony. Knowing the chord is the difference between hitting a note and belonging to it.7 min read
Voice leading, explained for singersHymn parts are not arbitrary. A few old, sensible rules decide almost every note — and once you know them, you can predict your line before you sing it.7 min read
Music theory for singersNot the whole of theory — just the working set: what the page is telling you, and how to decode it fast enough to sing from it.8 min read
Then go and do it
Reading about sight singing improves your sight singing about as much as reading about swimming keeps you afloat. The studio is free, needs no account, and the first unit is deliberately easy.