3.4 Modal Scales: Sight Singing exercises

Step 1) Identify the mode of each of the following short melodic exercises. Each begins on scale degree 1 of the mode.

Step 2) Provide yourself a tonic pitch, sing up and down the relevant modal scale (i.e. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1-7-6-5-4-3-2-1).

Step 3) Sing the exercise on numbers.

Step 4) Repeat the exercise several times from different starting tonic pitches.