Music literacy is the ONLY short cut we have as musicians. To that end, FUNdamental Music Mastery™ is designed to make learning to sight-read efficient and fun!

Each lesson incorporates ALL aspects of sight-reading on a single page. Lessons may be printed and distributed to your students. However, we recommend using some form of overhead projection, which has several advantages: the entire class is focused on a single task together, and once procedures are learned, the entire lesson can take 4 minutes or less; and, the teacher can correct or relocate the class quickly.

FUNdamental Music Mastery is a sequential program. Concepts presented clearly, succinctly, and reinforced throughout the lesson. In just a few minutes a day, your K-5 students will be learning to read and perform vocal or instrumental literature as they master these essential skills:

• Counting
• Keeping individual time
• Moving from representative icons to standard notation
• Recognizing and tuning pitches
• Identifying and performing intervals
• Recognizing all types of notes and rests (up to eighth), including dotted rhythms
• Singing melodic lines
• Understanding and interpreting tempo expression marks
• Performing rhythms and melodic lines in duets
• Understanding time signatures
• Finding and keeping track of Do
• Reading notes by sight
• Sing rhythmic and melodic duets