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- Daniel Batchellor and Thomas Charmbury, The Tonic Sol-fa Music Course for Schools: A Series of Exercises and Songs in the Tonic Sol-fa Method, Progressively Arranged in Steps; With a Corresponding Supplemental Course in the Staff Notation, Vol. 1, Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1884.
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- Daniel Batchellor and Thomas Charmbury, The Tonic Sol-fa Music Course for Schools: A Series of Exercises and Songs in the Tonic Sol-fa Method, Progressively Arranged in Steps; With a Corresponding Supplemental Course in the Staff Notation, Vol. 2, Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1884.
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- Book II
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- Third Step
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- Elementary Rhythms
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- Daniel Batchellor and Thomas Charmbury, The Tonic Sol-fa Music Course for Schools: A Series of Exercises and Songs in the Tonic Sol-fa Method, Progressively Arranged in Steps; With a Corresponding Supplemental Course in the Staff Notation, Vol. 3, Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1884.
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- Daniel Batchellor and Thomas Charmbury, The Tonic Sol-fa Music Course for Schools: A Series of Exercises and Songs in the Tonic Sol-fa Method, Progressively Arranged in Steps, With a Corresponding Supplemental Course in the Staff Notation, Vol. 4, Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1887.
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- Book IV
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- Fifth Step
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- Intermediate Rhythms
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- Minor Mode Phrases, Selected from Well-Known Composers
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- Frédéric Boissière, Solfége élémentaire: À l'usage des pensionnats et écoles primaires contenant 110 exercices à une voix et 12 récréations à 2 voix avec l’explication de tous les principes de la musique, Paris: J. Heiéliard, 1876.
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- Solfége élémentaire
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- 12 récréations à 2 voix
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- Samuel W. Cole and Leo R. Lewis, Melodia: a Comprehensive Course in Sight-singing (Solfeggio) the Educational Plan by Samuel W. Cole the Exercises Written and Selected by Leo R. Lewis, Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1909.
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- Book I
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- FIRST SERIES: One-part diatonic exercises in step-wise melody ‒ G and F clefs ‒ All major keys to B and to D-flat inclusive ‒ All representations of notes and rests of whole-beat length and multiples thereof ‒ Elementary presentation of the divided beat
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- SECOND SERIES: Two-part diatonic exercises in step-wise melody ‒ Keys to B and to D-flat inclusive ‒ All representations of notes as in First Series, with greater variety and length of rests ‒ The divided beat in fuller presentation
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- Book II
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- THIRD SERIES: One-part exercises in step-wise melody in all keys ‒ Graded presentation of all chromatic tones, except flat-2 and flat-5 ‒ Development of the minor ‒ The dotted note involving division of the beat ‒ Triple and quadruple division of the beat
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- FOURTH SERIES: Two-part exercises in step-wise melody in all keys ‒ Chromatic tones, modulatory and ornamental ‒ Development of incidental and extended modulation ‒ Syncopation ‒ Mingling of double and triple divisions of the beat
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- FIFTH SERIES: One-part exercises ‒ Systematic treatment of intervals, beginning with the larger ‒ Skips to and from chromatic tones having obvious key-relationship ‒ The commoner augmented and diminished intervals
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- Book III
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- SIXTH SERIES: Two-part exercises embodying all intervals treated in Fifth Series ‒ More elaborate development of rhythmical difficulties, especially of syncopation ‒ Lengthy solfeggi from German, French, and English sources ‒ Canon and Fugue
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- SEVENTH SERIES: One-part exercises ‒ Systematic treatment of skips to, from, and between chromatic tones ‒ Introductory study of passages whose chromatics “deny” the signature ‒ Advanced solfeggi from foreign sources ‒ Specimen difficulties, without text, from the classics
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- EIGHTH SERIES: Two-part exercises, involving all the difficulties treated in Seventh Series, and fully reviewing the rhythmical problems earlier treated ‒ Maximum difficulties of mediated modulation ‒ Special studies in the development of independence of the parts
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- Book IV
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- NINTH SERIES: One-part exercises ‒ Typical passages from early and recent composers, with text, of difficulty ranging from medium to great ‒ Full exposition of chromatics which "deny" the signature ‒ Arbitrary changes of tonality
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- TENTH SERIES: Two-part exercises, with text ‒ Representative excerpts from early and recent composers, with a few new exercises, embodying maximum difficulties of pitch and rhythm, as well as the utmost independence of parts
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- ELEVENTH SERIES: Two-part exercises, partly without and, partly with text, in the following Church Modes : Aeolian, Dorian, Jonian, Mixolydian, Phrygian ‒ Canonic imitation, strict and free, in other intervals than that of the octave
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- Giuseppe Concone, The School of Sight-Singing: A Practical Method for Young Beginners Followed by a Series of Favorite Melodies Serving as Solfeggi, ed. B[ernard] Lütgen, New York: G. Schirmer, 1897.
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- First Series of Solfeggi
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- Second Series of Lessons
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- Third Series
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- Alexander T. Cringan, Conservatory Sight-Singing Method, Toronto: Whaley, Royce & Co., 1901.
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- Exercises on the Tonic Chord
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- Tonic and Dominant Chords
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- The Divided Beat
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- Tonic, Dominant and Subdominant Chords
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- Rests
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- Half-beat Continuation
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- Two-Part Studies
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- Compound Duple Time
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- The Great Stave
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- The Sharpened Fourth, FE
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- The Flattened Seventh, TA
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- The Divided Beat; Quarters
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- The F-Clef (Bass Clef)
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- [two-part studies]
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- [SATB studies]
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- Benjamin Crowell, Eyes and Ears: An Anthology of Melodies for Sight-Singing, 2004.
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- I. Rhythm
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- 1. Whole, Half, and Quarter Notes
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- 2. 3/4 Time, and Dotted Half-Notes
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- 3. Eighth Notes
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- 4. Dotted Quarter Notes
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- 5. Sixteenth Notes
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- 6. Dotted Eighth Notes
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- 7. Compound Time
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- 8. Syncopation
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- 9. Triplets
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- II. Major Keys
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- 2. Melodies Containing Only Steps
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- 3. Leaps to Do
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- 4. Leaps Back to Remembered Notes
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- 5. Easy Leaps Within the Tonic Triad
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- 6. The Leap of a Fifth Within the Tonic Triad
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- 7. Leaps of a Sixth Within the Tonic Triad
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- 8. Leaps Within the Dominant
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- 9. Wider Leaps Within the Dominant
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- III. Minor Keys
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- 2. Steps
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- 3. Leaps Within the Tonic Triad
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- 4. Leaps Within the Dominant
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- IV. Other Diatonic Materials
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- 1. Leaps Between the Tonic and Dominant
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- 2. Leaps Within the Subdominant, Major Keys
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- 3. Wide Leaps Within the Subdominant
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- 4. Leaps Within the Subdominant, Minor Keys
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- 5. Leaps of a Seventh
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- 6. Other Perfect Fourths and Fifths
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- 7. The Diminished Seventh Chord, and the Harmonic Minor Scale
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- V. Nondiatonic Materials
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- 1. Secondary Dominants and Chromatic Passing Tones
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- 2. Blue Notes
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- 3. Relative Minor and Major
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- VI. The C Clef
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- Hollis Dann, First Studies in Sight Singing: Selected from Second Year Music and Third Year Music of the Hollis Dann Music Course, New York: American Book Company, 1915.
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- David Smey, Easy Rhythms for In-Class Practice
, 2005.
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- A. Mostly quarter notes and eighth notes
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- B. 6/8 and 9/8
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- C. Using 16th notes
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- D. Return to 6/8 - adding a very graceful dotted figure
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- Arthur Somervell, One Thousand Exercises: (Original and Collected) to Accompany Fifty Steps in Sight Singing (Incorporating the 1st and 2nd Sets of Exercises), London: J. Curwen, 1911.
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- Book 1
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- Easy exercises in Time and Tune
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- A few easy exercises sung to laa [La]
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- Exercises in Time and Tune sung to laa [La]
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- Exercises in Time and Tune
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- Exercises in Sol-fa
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- Exercises in Time and Tune in G major
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- Exercises in Bridge-notes
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- Sung to syllable do
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- Exercises in the Minor Key
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- Exercises in E minor
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- Exercises in D minor
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- Exercises in D major
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- Exercises in D including fe [Fi] and ta [Te]
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- Excecises in B-flat
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- Exercises in B-flat including fe [Fi] and ta [Te]
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- Exercises in A
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- Examples in A including fe [Fi] and ta [Te]
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- Exercises in E-flat
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- Exercises in E-flat including fe [Fi] and ta [Te]
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- Exercises in E-natural
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- Exercises in 6-8 time
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- Exercises in dotted quavers [eighth notes]
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- Exercises in Tonic Minor
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- Timothy Sullivan, [miscellaneous exercises],
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- 3. Rhythmic Dictation
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- 1. Simple Meter
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- 2. Compound Meter
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- 3. Simple Meter with Ties
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- 4. Melodic Dictation
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- 1. Simple Diatonic
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- 1. Stepwise in Minor
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- 2. Triadic Leaps
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- 3. Steps and Leaps in Minor
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- 4. Template Practice
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- 2. Intermediate Diatonic Melodies
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- 1. More Leaps
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- 2. More Leaps with Sixteenth Notes
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- 3. Parallel Periods in Compound Meter
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- 4. Parallel Periods in Simple Meter
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- 3. Simple Chromatic Melodies
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- 1. Periods Using Fi
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- 2. Template Practice
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- 4. Modulating Melodies
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- 1. Modulation to Dominant or Relative
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- 5. Two-Part Melodic Dictation
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- 6. Harmonic Dictation
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- 1. I V I
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- 2. I V7 I
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- 3. Pre-Dominants
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- 1. Basic Progressions with V
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- 2. Basic Progressions with V7
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- 4. Pre-Dominant 7th Chords
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- 1. Four Chords in Major
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- 2. Four Chords in Minor
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- 3. Five Chords in Minor
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- 5. All Diatonic Triads
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- 6. All Diatonic Triads and 7th Chords
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- 7. Secondary Dominants
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- 1. Secondary Dominants
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- 2. Secondary Leading-Tone Chords
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- 3. Secondary Dominants and Leading-Tone Chords
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- 8. Other Chromatic Chords
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- 1. Augmented-Sixth Chords
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- 2. Mode Mixture
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- 3. Neapolitan chords
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- George A. Wedge, Advanced Ear-Training and Sight Singing as Applied to the Study of Harmony: A Continuation of the Practical and Coordinated Course for Schools and Private Study, New York: G. Schirmer, 1922.
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- Lesson 1
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 2
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 3
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 4
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 5
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 6
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 7
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 8
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 9
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 10
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 11
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 12
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 13
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 14
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 15
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 16
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 17
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 18
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 19
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 20
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 21
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 22
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 23
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 24
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 25
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 26
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 27
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 28
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 29
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 30
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 31
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 32
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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- Lesson 33
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- [1. Harmonic Progressions]
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- [2. Interval Progressions]
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- [3. Melodies for Melodic Dictation and Sight-Singing]
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- [4. Rhythms]
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- [5. Arpeggiated Harmonic Progressions]
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- [6. Melodies for Sight-Singing]
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