333 Reading Exercises

333 Reading Exercises
Choral Method Series
By Zoltan Kodály
59 pages  

These exercises can be used at the beginner level in any teaching program. There are no dotted eighth notes, but has a variety of rhythms. There are many downward leaps in the melodies.

The tunes are written primarily in the singing range of D " B. There are no key signatures, but do is given.   Four-fifths of the tunes do not go outside the 6-note compass. Pentatonic tunes usually cover a wider compass " there are some of two octaves.

Some exercises are presented as staff notation and some are in sol-fa with the rhythm having the letters (d for do, r for re, m for mi, etc.) underneath the notes.