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                                      Successful Sight-Reading through Music Riddles

 

 

Xiaole Li created attractive twenty music riddles for intermediate and early advanced students to develop musicality and techniques in sight-reading. Students can easily guess the correct picture for a music sample through sight-reading the numbered sample and by looking at the pictures.

The goals of this book are three-fold:

1. Stimulate students’ enjoyment through sight-reading riddles.

2. Offer a wide range of riddles in various scales, modes, musical styles and emotions.   

3. Provide training materials for tests of musicianship.   

                                             Contents

Page       Riddles in Modes                                Riddles with Contemporary Technique

2  Notes: How to use the Riddles                                

4  Pictures for Riddle 1 & 2 Page                                       31 Pictures for Riddle 17 & 18

5  Riddle 1                                                                            32 Riddle 17 

6  Riddle 2                                                                            34 Riddle 18

8  Pictures for Riddle 3 & 4                                                35 Pictures for Riddle 19 & 20      

9  Riddle 3                                                                            36 Riddle 19

10 Riddle 4                                                                           38 Riddle 20

11 Pictures for Riddle 5 & 6                                                40 Riddle Answers

12 Riddle 5                                                                            41 About the Author

13 Riddle 6

14 Pictures for Riddle 7 & 8

15 Riddle 7

16 Riddle 8

Riddles in Major or Minor Scales

17 Pictures for Riddle 9 & 10

18 Riddle 9

19 Riddle 10

20 Pictures for Riddle 11 & 12

21 Riddle 11

22 Riddle 12

23 Pictures for Riddle 13 & 14

24 Riddle 13

25 Riddle 14

26 Pictures for Riddle 15 & 16

27 Riddle 15

29 Riddle 16

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