Carey, Ready to Read with Materials [Carey:9780979405365]

Ready to Read is written for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass players in a series of 100 games that prepare the reading process presented in Sight Reading is Easy. There are 15 Goals in the areas of Pitch; Rhythm; Musical Signs, Terms, and Symbols: Notation; and Improvisation. Topics in Pitch include: Singing, Alphabet, Fingerboard Geography: Staff Pitches; Whole and Half Steps, Major Scales, Pitch memory, Dictation, Intervals and Chords, and Timbre/Tuning. Topics in Rhythm include: Feeling the Pulse and Playing the Rhythm; 8 Basic Rhythms in Simple Time; 3 Basic Rhythms in Compound Time, Time Signatures, Notes and Relationships, Composing with Disconnectors, and Key Signatures.  Notatino has worksheets to write musical notation. Improvisation has elementary exercises in melody, rhythm,and harmony.  Game Materials are included with the book.