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Learn Sight-Singing for Choral Singers
Rating: 1.2 out of 5(2 ratings)
7 students
Last updated 8/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Intervals such as the perfect fourth and minor sixth
  • How to identify cadences by ear
  • How different styles of much change our approach to sight reading
  • Practical examples such as a Bach Chorale and Brahms Part Song

Course content

1 section14 lectures32m total length
  • Introduction1:03
  • Baroque Introduction1:00
  • Baroque Intervals2:28
  • Bach Chorale 2 Part2:35
  • Bach Chorale 4 Part4:11
  • Baroque Cadences2:22
  • Romantic Intervals2:52
  • Singing Brahms3:06
  • Chromaticism1:59
  • Modern Introduction2:11
  • Singing Britten4:05
  • Practical examples3:36
  • Concluding the modern0:46
  • Final Conclusion0:32

Requirements

  • A basic knowledge of musical notation is useful for this course

Description

Sing with confidence, accuracy, and musicality — straight from the score.
This comprehensive course is designed for choral singers of all experience levels who want to improve their sight-singing skills and feel more secure in rehearsals and performances. Whether you sing in a church choir, a community chorus, or a professional ensemble, these skills will help you sing more accurately, respond quickly to a conductor’s instructions, and enjoy your singing even more.

Through clear, step-by-step lessons, you’ll learn how to:

  • Recognise intervals and common melodic patterns

  • Understand rhythm and metre at a glance

  • Use key signatures and scales to find your starting notes

  • Apply sight-singing techniques to real choral excerpts

  • Strengthen your inner ear and musical memory

  • Maintain pitch and rhythm even without accompaniment

The course combines practical exercises with real-world examples drawn from a variety of choral styles and periods, helping you bridge the gap between music theory and live performance. You’ll develop proven strategies to approach unfamiliar music with confidence, avoid common sight-singing pitfalls, and adapt quickly during rehearsals.

In addition to improving accuracy, you’ll build the musical independence to hold your own in any section of the choir — even when other voices are singing different parts around you.

No complicated theory — just practical, accessible tools that make your choral singing easier, more accurate, and more enjoyable. By the end, you’ll be able to open a score and bring the music to life with confidence, clarity, and expression.

Who this course is for:

  • Choral singers looking to improve their sight reading ability