Listen and Sing. Lessons in Ear-Training and Sight-Singing

Designed as the core text for a comprehensive two-year tonal ear-training and sight-singing program, "Listen and sing" systematically develops the aural, vocal, and rhythmic skills required of all music students. Emphasising analytical thinking over rote drill, the text enriches traditional exercises in singing and dictation with a variety of innovative lessons that enhance individual musical skills. Beginning with drills in C major using only the treble clef and progressing chromatic harmony in four clefs, Damschroder develops basic listening and singing skills necessary to a professional musician or music educator.

Employing music from the 18th and 19th centuries, the text gradually presents the vocabulary of tonal music while encouraging students to think critically about the music they experience; to this end emphasis is given to activities that students may undertake alone or in groups, without supervision. Additionally, because the text demonstrates various systems of solmization and harmonic analysis, the instructor is free to employ his or her systems of choice.