Read the notes

You can already sing these syllables by ear. Reading is the same voice, with the eyes leading. Do this after Repertoire: if a tune is still out of tune by ear, the staff will not fix it. Treble clef, movable do. Bottom line is do unless marked. The same skills continue in the theory sight-reading lessons and the gym.

Sight-singing is reading new lines without hearing them first — slow at first, like piano sight reading.

This course assumes Hot cross buns and hub sight taste are already comfortable.

Movable do ties noteheads to syllables before letter names crowd in.

Use the sight-reading gym for extra lines when these feel easy.

Line 1 — steps

Bottom line is do. Each step up, line to space to line, is the next syllable: do, re, mi, re, do.

Treble clef here: bottom line is do for these exercises — a fixed anchor for beginners.

Say syllables while you point — finger, voice, and check should agree.

Do not guess from lyrics; there are no lyrics on this staff.

Wrong syllable on a step usually means you skipped counting lines and spaces.

1. Point at each notehead left to right; say the syllable before you press Play.
2. Your turn with names visible until the check matches every note.
3. Hide the names. If you stall on re, the space above do is re — not mi.

Middle line is do

Same five syllables. Do sits on the middle line, not the bottom one. Find do before you sing re.

Middle register lines add skips — still in key, still movable do.

If a skip fails, walk the scale between the two notes once, then read again.

Metro optional — pitch first, rhythm second on new lines.

Hide syllables under the staff mentally to test real reading.

1. Find do on the middle line first — everything else is counted from there.
2. Your turn: same five syllables as line 1; only the staff moved.
3. Hide names once. Wrong syllable usually means you anchored on the bottom line again.

Line 2 — up to sol

Bottom line is do again. This line starts on mi.

Longer lines test breath planning — mark where you will inhale before you sing.

Barlines are four quarters here; rests count as real silence.

Record yourself reading without Play — that is the exam.

Letter names live on theory sight-reading; stay with do re mi until fluent.

1. First note is mi on the bottom line — not do.
2. Your turn through sol and back to mi; check each peak before hiding names.

Line 3 — full phrase

Nine notes, still with do on the bottom line. One breath can hold the way up.

Minor lines introduce me, le, te — watch the third, sixth, and seventh degrees.

Major habit will pull mi, la, ti — lower until the check agrees.

Compare to natural minor on the hub; the staff is the same scale, different eyes.

Take a new key in the bar when the line sits too high or low.

1. One breath for the way up if you can; plan a breath after sol if you cannot.
2. Your turn: fa on the way down is the note people skip — hold it until the check says fa.

Line 4 — leap and return

Opens on sol, the leap from Ode to Joy. Bottom line is still do. After this line, sing it again with the names hidden.

Press Play once and listen before you sing. Your turn is for testing, not for guessing.

The check names the pitch you actually sang — adjust until it matches the lit syllable in tune.

If anything pinches, stop and reset on SOVT or a lower do in the practice bar.

Short daily reps here beat one long session on the weekend.

1. Opens on sol — find bottom-line do, then count up to sol before you sing.
2. Your turn: the descent fa–mi–re–do is where skips happen; check each step.
3. Hide names and run all five lines. Then open the sight-reading gym.