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Old 08-07-2010, 04:59 AM
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Default What's the best solfege book in the world?

Well, the best at a reasonable price, mind you?
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Old 08-07-2010, 09:45 AM
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Why do you need a book on solfege? It's a pretty simple concept - doesn't seem to warrant an entire book to me. In school we just learned it by rote.
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Modus Novus is pretty much the mainstay.

It's all atonal though
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I recommend sitting through "The Sound Of Music"
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Ear training core curriculum, graduated melodies, that kind of thing.
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Modus Novus is pretty much the mainstay.

It's all atonal though

Oh, a serious answer. Thank you. Ok, it actually sounds like the kind of strictly intervallic-by-intervallic process that I'm looking for too. I will check into this further.
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I think I may be better off with Modus Vetus first though.

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Modus Vetus
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Alright, it was a badly formulated question. My fault. Sorry.
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Hard to find on old Italia. Any alternatives along similar lines?
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There are no other sight-singing booklets at all? That's amazing!!
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This is the one I used in school, it does a good job but is expensive. You could probably find it cheap used:

Amazon.com: Sight Singing Complete (9780073127064): Maureen Carr, Bruce Benward: Books

And when you get a bit more advanced this is great and cheap (199 4 part chorales for $11, you practice each part so that's 4 * 196 = 794 melodies to sing):

http://www.amazon.com/Bach-371-Chora...1204664&sr=1-1

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ahem, the correct number is 784 melodies

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This is the one I used in school, it does a good job but is expensive. You could probably find it cheap used:

Amazon.com: Sight Singing Complete (9780073127064): Maureen Carr, Bruce Benward: Books

And when you get a bit more advanced this is great and cheap (199 4 part chorales for $11, you practice each part so that's 4 * 196 = 794 melodies to sing):

Amazon.com: Bach / 371 Chorales / Volume 2 (Kalmus Edition) (0029156030891): Johann Sebastian Bach: Books

Alright, looks good. Thanks Fep.
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We used the Bach Reimenschneider in college. Divided the class into four sections...works so great and the music is stunning!!

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