I was watching on my TV but had to come here to comment because I’m in tears 🤣 The power of flight part in the beginning got a good chuckle….but when you said you drop the “l” in “sol” because you’re a busy guy 😭🤣 that did it! Gotta subscribe now 🤣
I’m auditioning for a choir in my city on Monday and despite the fact I took all my aural skills years ago and I know I can frickin do this. Thank you for the refresher and the hard work you put in 🙏🏻
@@faperito2389 I used to think the opposite, but now I kind of understand both. Fixed do is like you're singing the name of the note, moveable do is like you're singing a syllable that relates to the functional scale degree. Moveable is a little more useful for ear training, while fixed do is more "conceptually" useful.
For sure! I’m very busy making a big 2 1/2 hour ear training video right now, but I do plan on returning to sight singing soon. The next video would probably be sight singing in minor keys.
Yes! I have several ideas. Next month I’m releasing all of these same exercises, but for the bass clef. Other ideas I have are one with 8 measures at a time, one entirely in minor keys, one that includes chromatic notes, and one that focuses on sung arpeggios. I have too many ideas and not enough time.
@@annabelle746Honestly it might take a few months. These hour long videos take several weeks of work and editing, and the next one on my list to do is one for melodic dictation.
Thanks! I’m releasing this same video next month with treble clef swapped out for bass clef. If they do well, I’ll do a more advanced version in the future.
Bass clef edition here: ua-cam.com/video/a6NDUC-vZ1k/v-deo.html Find your vocal range here: ua-cam.com/video/Zpz8zDrxoRk/v-deo.html LEVEL UP YOUR EAR TRAINING WITH MY COURSE: www.patreon.com/collection/878272 Q: WHY ARE ALL OF THE NOTES WRONG? A: This video displays the solfege for moveable do, which is common in the US. In this system, do is always the tonic, and this helps develop relative pitch. You might be used to fixed do if you are from Europe, where C is always do. Because I didn't record myself singing along to this, you can use any method you want, you just can't check your answers using the displayed solfege if you are used to fixed do. JOIN MY FREE NEWSLETTER FOR A PDF DOWNLOAD OF THESE EXERCISES: joe-luegers-music-academy.ck.page/281e5e2f4d FOLLOW ME FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON CONTENT Facebook: facebook.com/JoeLuegersMusicAcademy Instagram: instagram.com/joeluegersmusicacademy TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@joeluegersmusicacademy
Thanks for that. But i just don't get the reason for singing "do" when you read a D , and so on...I'm just about training my sight reading and it seems like a mess for me. Is it just about the fact that we can't sing the words "sharp" and "flat" ? I understand more the singing of degrees with numbers , which stands for a whole system that works on every tonality. Why do you prefer do ré ... with choirs ?
Yes it is kind of a mess. In some countries, Do-Re are just the names of the notes, so C is always Do and so on. But in the United States and a few other countries we used moveable Do, so Do is always the tonic of the key. Yes, numbers and moveable do solfège are really the same thing. The advantage with solfège is that the syllables are better for singing and can easily be adjusted for chromatic notes. It’s easier to sing “Me” than “flat 2.”
I agree! But I structured this in a way that would help college/choir students prepare for sight singing tests, which usually only give you a starting note in my experience. That would be a good idea for another video though!
@@joeluegersmusicacademy I have a degree in music that’s 15 years old. Life changes have given me time now to audition for a symphony chorus that has sight reading as a component of the audition - had to do some brushing up! I know you had a separate video but why not also just include bass clef here? Thanks again for putting this together!
@@Smitty23449Best of luck to you! My degree is in instrumental music ed, but I recognize sight-singing as one of the most valuable skills even for instrumentalists. I considered including bass clef, but if everyone using this for treble clef stopped watching when the bass clef was introduced it would hurt the analytics for this video.
chromatic solfege with intervals shown on the screen.display of note letter and or solfege. up arrows and down arrows. a human voice singing the solfege. or note letter.Just some suggestion ideas. kids songs in solfedge. public domain.
It depends on where you live. In the United States Moveable Do is common, where do is whatever the tonic is in each key. This helps with ear training and creates muscle memory for the function of the notes. Much of Europe uses fixed do, where c is always do. This system is pretty much the same as saying the letter names. I’d recommend using the numbers or just ignoring the written solfège.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy Ok, Joe Didn't know that. I found it so disturbing in my mind! Never heard of something like this. By the way, I really like your youtube channel. And yes, I'm from Argentina. I figure that any music teacher in my country will give me an F for me saying THAT note is a Do. But, hey!. Life's always changing apparently.
@@marimdqThanks! I have to be honest, I totally didn’t understand fixed do solfège until I realized that in some countries do is simply the name of the note instead of C-D and so on.
your lead in count off is very confusing to me ( 2 quarter notes then 3 8th notes) it seems. I would like just 4 beats counted out at tempo the 3 faster notes does not compute for me.
How come the choir voices have so much more meat to them? As in, when I sing along its just not as rich. Playing along with a tuner i'm within range, but, how do i match the timbre without singing a G3??
There’s no real way to watch the timbre of a midi choir sound. Do it while standing, get good breaths, and make sure there is a lot of room in your mouth (tall vowels.) It’s worth noting that boys will likely automatically sing all of these notes down an octave, which is totally fine. Other than that, if you’re singing fairly close the notes that serves the purpose of the exercise. I’m not the best person to give in-depth vocal technique advice.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy I'm not a singer! But I'm always curious about timbre, because it usually affects my ability to compare the same pitch. So just trying to sort that out! Thank you for your explanation!
@@mikeysplacesounds like you’re trying to match their octave. Try singing in chest voice down the octave. This is what tenors when reading treble clef. Baritones and basses don’t normally even read treble clef.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy You're right I am matching the octave 😀. That's a good point to go down and octave. I'm not sure what my vocal range is from a technical standpoint 😂. But when I play the midi choir voice on my own piano and check the tuner, my voice just doesn't have the same fullness. I don't know if that is a result of multiple voices singing and creating that resonant effect that I can't achieve on my own or that profesional choir voices just naturally have more timbre, or a combination of both 🤔👍?
This is a system of moveable solfège common in the US and Germany. I would use the numbers instead or just ignore the written solfège and use what you’re familiar with.
I find it really strange that we settled on this music notation that requires people to do all this mental arithmetics in order to read it. If you can sight read music by translating from notes-on-a-grid to solfege names, why not just write down the music as solfege names to begin with? Why hide the key as a seminote after the last sharp or the 2nd to last flat, when you could just write the key? Why make a graphic representation that advances semi-notes and whole-notes in a major pattern in changing places, rather than always advancing a seminote and having fixed intervals always look the same? How come all of humanity is using this lousy old quirky broken systems and teaching each other how to translate it in their heads to something that makes sense rather than fix the notation to make sense in the first place?
Those are fair questions, and I've had most of them myself. I think the short answer is that the current system of notation is the least-worst version we've come up with that works with every instrument. Any suggestion I've seen to make something easier actually makes something else a lot more confusing. In shape-note notation, you change the shape of the notehead according to which scale degree you're singing. This makes it really easy to sing in any key, but it makes it harder to notate anything chromatic. If you wrote the notes in a grid similar to what you see in MIDI composition programs, the grid would be really enormous for instruments like piano and make it almost impossible to sight-read. Rhythm is also harder to communicate on a grid, and more than 5 lines on a staff can confuse your eyes. I can't think of a reason to not simply write "key of G", but this also implies that you know which sharps or flats are in that key. In the end, traditional notation is about extremely precise communication, but it creates a high barrier to entry. Other genres like pop or rock have found easier ways to communicate, and although the barrier for entry is lower it also makes it hard to communicate specific musical ideas. I guess it's all about give and take, and hopefully someone comes up with something better.
def not watching this the night before the ap music theory test...........
SOOOO, HOW DID IT GO?
your videos are awesome, i learned to fly in a matter of days, thank you so much, will show this to all my students!!
Thank you for taking the time to make these insanely valuable videos.
Thanks!
Thank YOU!!!
Very good for practicing - thank you so much!
I was watching on my TV but had to come here to comment because I’m in tears 🤣 The power of flight part in the beginning got a good chuckle….but when you said you drop the “l” in “sol” because you’re a busy guy 😭🤣 that did it! Gotta subscribe now 🤣
My lawyers want me to tell you they any flight you experience after watching this video is purely coincidental.
I'd love to see more of these sight singing videos. This is so helpful!!
Thanks! I do plan on making more.
I’m auditioning for a choir in my city on Monday and despite the fact I took all my aural skills years ago and I know I can frickin do this. Thank you for the refresher and the hard work you put in 🙏🏻
I have found this video very helpful to me 🎉
Thank you very much
We need more like this 🥳
Thank you so much for this video ... I've just started to sight sing and it helps me a lot.
Thanks for watching! This is my favorite video that I’ve made. Nothing is more useful than sight singing.
Great video. As an European a fixed do edition would be greatly appreciated
Yes- it wouldn't be hard to take the same video and just change the displayed text, so expect a fixed do edition at some point in the future.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy Thats great Thank you
Thank you! My brain hurts with movable do, I can hear my music teacher in my head telling me I'm wrong
As a latin this was crazy until I read the comments. Movable do is blasphemy wtf.
@@faperito2389 I used to think the opposite, but now I kind of understand both. Fixed do is like you're singing the name of the note, moveable do is like you're singing a syllable that relates to the functional scale degree. Moveable is a little more useful for ear training, while fixed do is more "conceptually" useful.
Thank you so much! This is invaluable.
You're very welcome!
Thank you very much for producing these amazing videos 🏆
Glad you like them! My pleasure!
I love this for practice, thank you. I'm in an advanced stage of sight singing. So, I appreciate these videos.
Joe, you rock! Thanks so much.
You’re welcome! This is probably my favorite video I’ve made. There really is no better ear training than learning to sight sing.
This is another gem of a video! 😊
Thanks for all your positive comments!
Can you please do more videos of sight singing like this one?
For sure! I’m very busy making a big 2 1/2 hour ear training video right now, but I do plan on returning to sight singing soon. The next video would probably be sight singing in minor keys.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy thanks! ✨
been practicing everyday. Looking forward to the next one
how much did u improve?
Thank you, I am glad of knowing this video
Thank you so much it's so helpful 😊😊 God bless u
Great to hear! Thanks.
This is great for beginners! Could you please do an advanced one? Maybe with more measures for us college students😅
Yes! I have several ideas. Next month I’m releasing all of these same exercises, but for the bass clef. Other ideas I have are one with 8 measures at a time, one entirely in minor keys, one that includes chromatic notes, and one that focuses on sung arpeggios. I have too many ideas and not enough time.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy I would love to practice all of the above!! Are there any new sight singing videos planned in the near future?
@@annabelle746Honestly it might take a few months. These hour long videos take several weeks of work and editing, and the next one on my list to do is one for melodic dictation.
Thank you for this
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
This video is savinggg me in my musicianship class! Please make one for minor keys!!
I’m going to repurpose this video into a bass clef edition, and after that I plan on making one using the minor keys.
This is awesome
Glad you think so!
Great video, but still want to wait for the fixed do edition.
In the next sight-singing video, I’ll likely display both.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy Thank you!
Thank you
Would really like to have some other exercises, thanks for your content!!
Thanks! I’m releasing this same video next month with treble clef swapped out for bass clef. If they do well, I’ll do a more advanced version in the future.
“Don’t question me!” Reminds me of my Aural professor 😂
Can we have a version of this we can do while driving and also can you do an advanced version using modern rhythms and riffs
For sure! An eyes-free version would probably be more along the lines of melodic dictation since, but that’s definitely on my list.
Thank you for this!!!!
Thanks for watching!
Super. Dziękuję.
Thanks!!!
Bass clef edition here: ua-cam.com/video/a6NDUC-vZ1k/v-deo.html
Find your vocal range here: ua-cam.com/video/Zpz8zDrxoRk/v-deo.html
LEVEL UP YOUR EAR TRAINING WITH MY COURSE: www.patreon.com/collection/878272
Q: WHY ARE ALL OF THE NOTES WRONG?
A: This video displays the solfege for moveable do, which is common in the US. In this system, do is always the tonic, and this helps develop relative pitch. You might be used to fixed do if you are from Europe, where C is always do. Because I didn't record myself singing along to this, you can use any method you want, you just can't check your answers using the displayed solfege if you are used to fixed do.
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What's a good sight singing app for android?
Thanks for that.
But i just don't get the reason for singing "do" when you read a D , and so on...I'm just about training my sight reading and it seems like a mess for me.
Is it just about the fact that we can't sing the words "sharp" and "flat" ?
I understand more the singing of degrees with numbers , which stands for a whole system that works on every tonality.
Why do you prefer do ré ... with choirs ?
Yes it is kind of a mess. In some countries, Do-Re are just the names of the notes, so C is always Do and so on. But in the United States and a few other countries we used moveable Do, so Do is always the tonic of the key. Yes, numbers and moveable do solfège are really the same thing. The advantage with solfège is that the syllables are better for singing and can easily be adjusted for chromatic notes. It’s easier to sing “Me” than “flat 2.”
Would help to get a sense of key first, and then the starting note, and then one measure of rest, but this is a great video!
I agree! But I structured this in a way that would help college/choir students prepare for sight singing tests, which usually only give you a starting note in my experience. That would be a good idea for another video though!
@@joeluegersmusicacademy I have a degree in music that’s 15 years old. Life changes have given me time now to audition for a symphony chorus that has sight reading as a component of the audition - had to do some brushing up! I know you had a separate video but why not also just include bass clef here? Thanks again for putting this together!
@@Smitty23449Best of luck to you! My degree is in instrumental music ed, but I recognize sight-singing as one of the most valuable skills even for instrumentalists. I considered including bass clef, but if everyone using this for treble clef stopped watching when the bass clef was introduced it would hurt the analytics for this video.
part 13, exercise 1
part 8, exercise 5
Working in Part 5
chromatic solfege with intervals shown on the screen.display of note letter and or solfege.
up arrows and down arrows.
a human voice singing the solfege. or note letter.Just some suggestion ideas.
kids songs in solfedge. public domain.
Min 2.42 when he says D is solfa syllable DO but D is RE! And then at 2.47 he points out Do Re Mi When it is Re Mi Fa! Am I right??
It depends on where you live. In the United States Moveable Do is common, where do is whatever the tonic is in each key. This helps with ear training and creates muscle memory for the function of the notes. Much of Europe uses fixed do, where c is always do. This system is pretty much the same as saying the letter names. I’d recommend using the numbers or just ignoring the written solfège.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy Ok, Joe Didn't know that. I found it so disturbing in my mind! Never heard of something like this. By the way, I really like your youtube channel. And yes, I'm from Argentina. I figure that any music teacher in my country will give me an F for me saying THAT note is a Do. But, hey!. Life's always changing apparently.
@@marimdqThanks! I have to be honest, I totally didn’t understand fixed do solfège until I realized that in some countries do is simply the name of the note instead of C-D and so on.
He’s using movable do.
Okay, how about this? “Fixed Do” with “Movable Do” chromatics: Key of D major: Re Mi Fi Sol La Ti Di Re ( Is that a decent compromise?).
Part 5
your lead in count off is very confusing to me ( 2 quarter notes then 3 8th notes) it seems.
I would like just 4 beats counted out at tempo the 3 faster notes does not compute for me.
It’s a one-two-ready-go or 1-2-3@-4. I could leave out the eighth notes on the next one.
@joeluegersmusicacademy I kind of figured ready GO go for the 8ths but it left me wondering where to start.
I really hope this video teaches me how to fly
Happy to take credit if it works! If it doesn’t, then I accept no legal responsibility.
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How come the choir voices have so much more meat to them? As in, when I sing along its just not as rich. Playing along with a tuner i'm within range, but, how do i match the timbre without singing a G3??
There’s no real way to watch the timbre of a midi choir sound. Do it while standing, get good breaths, and make sure there is a lot of room in your mouth (tall vowels.) It’s worth noting that boys will likely automatically sing all of these notes down an octave, which is totally fine. Other than that, if you’re singing fairly close the notes that serves the purpose of the exercise. I’m not the best person to give in-depth vocal technique advice.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy I'm not a singer! But I'm always curious about timbre, because it usually affects my ability to compare the same pitch. So just trying to sort that out! Thank you for your explanation!
Could it be that the choir singers have a higher range chest voice or whatever? And I'm using a head voice, with no real colour to the sound 🤔?
@@mikeysplacesounds like you’re trying to match their octave. Try singing in chest voice down the octave. This is what tenors when reading treble clef. Baritones and basses don’t normally even read treble clef.
@@joeluegersmusicacademy You're right I am matching the octave 😀. That's a good point to go down and octave. I'm not sure what my vocal range is from a technical standpoint 😂. But when I play the midi choir voice on my own piano and check the tuner, my voice just doesn't have the same fullness. I don't know if that is a result of multiple voices singing and creating that resonant effect that I can't achieve on my own or that profesional choir voices just naturally have more timbre, or a combination of both 🤔👍?
Están mal las nota ?
This is a system of moveable solfège common in the US and Germany. I would use the numbers instead or just ignore the written solfège and use what you’re familiar with.
"in fact it is a requirement in most music classes at the collegiet level" Yeah Joe, why do you think I'm here?
My first sight singing test was definitely an eye opener for me.
You're Funny
I find it really strange that we settled on this music notation that requires people to do all this mental arithmetics in order to read it. If you can sight read music by translating from notes-on-a-grid to solfege names, why not just write down the music as solfege names to begin with?
Why hide the key as a seminote after the last sharp or the 2nd to last flat, when you could just write the key?
Why make a graphic representation that advances semi-notes and whole-notes in a major pattern in changing places, rather than always advancing a seminote and having fixed intervals always look the same?
How come all of humanity is using this lousy old quirky broken systems and teaching each other how to translate it in their heads to something that makes sense rather than fix the notation to make sense in the first place?
Those are fair questions, and I've had most of them myself. I think the short answer is that the current system of notation is the least-worst version we've come up with that works with every instrument. Any suggestion I've seen to make something easier actually makes something else a lot more confusing.
In shape-note notation, you change the shape of the notehead according to which scale degree you're singing. This makes it really easy to sing in any key, but it makes it harder to notate anything chromatic.
If you wrote the notes in a grid similar to what you see in MIDI composition programs, the grid would be really enormous for instruments like piano and make it almost impossible to sight-read. Rhythm is also harder to communicate on a grid, and more than 5 lines on a staff can confuse your eyes.
I can't think of a reason to not simply write "key of G", but this also implies that you know which sharps or flats are in that key.
In the end, traditional notation is about extremely precise communication, but it creates a high barrier to entry. Other genres like pop or rock have found easier ways to communicate, and although the barrier for entry is lower it also makes it hard to communicate specific musical ideas.
I guess it's all about give and take, and hopefully someone comes up with something better.