What's the best solfege book in the world?

**franco6719** · 08-07-2010, 05:59 AM

Well, the best at a reasonable price, mind you?

**FatJeff** · 08-07-2010, 10:45 AM

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.

**gravitas** · 08-07-2010, 11:03 AM

Modus Novus is pretty much the mainstay.

It's all atonal though

**BigDaddyLoveHandles** · 08-07-2010, 11:07 AM

I recommend sitting through "The Sound Of Music"

**franco6719** · 08-07-2010, 11:45 AM

Ear training core curriculum, graduated melodies, that kind of thing.

**franco6719** · 08-07-2010, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by gravitas

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.

**franco6719** · 08-07-2010, 12:13 PM

I think I may be better off with Modus Vetus first though.

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Modus Vetus

**franco6719** · 08-07-2010, 12:20 PM

Alright, it was a badly formulated question. My fault. Sorry.

**franco6719** · 08-07-2010, 01:30 PM

Hard to find on old Italia. Any alternatives along similar lines?

**franco6719** · 08-07-2010, 01:47 PM

There are no other sight-singing booklets at all? That's amazing!!

**fep** · 08-07-2010, 02:10 PM

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