Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician

by Keith Wyatt

Author	: Keith Wyatt
Publisher	: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages	: 124
Release	: 2005
Genre	: Music
ISBN	: 9780793581931

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(Musicians Institute Press). This book with online audio access takes you step by step through MI's well-known Ear Training course. Complete lessons and analysis include: basic pitch matching * singing major and minor scales * identifying intervals * transcribing melodies and rhythm * identifying chords and progressions * seventh chords and the blues * modal interchange, chromaticism, modulation * and more! Learn to hear and to visualize on your instrument. Take your playing from good to great! Over 2 hours of practice exercises with complete answers in the back. The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside the book. Now including PLAYBACK+, a multifunctional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right available exclusively from Hal Leonard.

Ear Training for the Contemporary Guitarist

by Jody Fisher

Author	: Jody Fisher
Publisher	: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages	: 100
Release	: 2000-11
Genre	: Music
ISBN	: 9780739007976

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This companion to the popular book Theory for the Contemporary Guitarist" starts with the basics of pitch discrimination and leads you to making fine distinctions between interval types, chord types, scales and chord progressions. Everything is organized in a handy workbook format with correct answers provided for all exercises. Examples are shown in standard music notation and TAB. A CD demonstrating all the examples played on guitar is included."

Theory for the Contemporary Guitarist

by Guy Capuzzo

Author	: Guy Capuzzo
Publisher	: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages	: 100
Release	: 2006-10
Genre	: Music
ISBN	: 9780739038383

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"Tom Dempsey, noted guitarist and author, will take you through the sometimes intimidating world of music theory in this friendly and easy-to-understand video. If you've ever found it difficult to learn music theory by reading about it, here is your chance to learn by watching!"--DVD.

Essential Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician

by Steve Prosser

Author	: Steve Prosser
Publisher	: Berklee PressPublications
Total Pages	: 137
Release	: 2000
Genre	: Music
ISBN	: 9780634006401

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(Berklee Guide). The Ear Training curriculum of Berklee College of Music is known and respected throughout the world. Now, for the first time, this unique method has been captured in one comprehensive book by the chair of the Ear Training Department. This method teaches musicians to hear the music they are seeing, notate the music they have composed or arranged, develop their music vocabulary, and understand the music they are hearing. The book features a complete course with text and musical examples, and studies in rhythm, sight recognition, sol-fa, and melody.

Sight-Reading for the Contemporary Guitarist

by Tom Dempsey

Author	: Tom Dempsey
Publisher	: Alfred Music
Total Pages	: 116
Release	: 2005-05-03
Genre	: Music
ISBN	: 9781457420030

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Using this innovative approach developed by Tom Dempsey will make sight-reading second nature. Start right away with cold-reading exercises that focus on each single string, and soon you'll explore harmonic and rhythmic patterns, multi-position reading, odd time signatures, chord charts, and more. Uniquely organized by key with fingerings for all major scales, this book explores beyond reading basic standard music notation and gives you the power to play whatever you see.

Play Guitar by Ear

by Douglas Baldwin

Author	: Douglas Baldwin
Publisher	: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages	: 108
Release	: 2005-09
Genre	: Music
ISBN	: 9780634038044

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(Guitar Educational). Thousands of great guitarists have learned to play without the aid of traditional methods and now you can, too! This first-of-its-kind book and CD package provides a real-world approach to playing guitar in the 21st century. Includes: tools for learning your favorite songs * chords and chord progressions * single-note riffs, licks and lead lines * advanced soloing techniques * rhythm development * lessons on song structure and form * tuning methods and alternate tunings * CD with audio examples and exercises * lots of extra music info and practical tips.

Primacy of the Ear

by Ran Blake

Author	: Ran Blake
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 118
Release	: 2010
Genre	: Improvisation (Music)
ISBN	: 9780557609123

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Many music books are designed to help better understand written music and theory, but "Primacy of the Ear" focuses on the development of the ear."Primacy" outlines pianist and MacArthur Fellow Ran Blake's approach to growing the ear and explains how musical memory is the key to becoming a more potent musician and shaping a personal musical style.Included are the legendary "ear-robics" exercises, developed by Ran over the course of 30 years as head of the Contemporary Improvisation Department at New England Conservatory of Music.Also covered: The Auteur Theory and how it translates into music making, developing and differentiating between the conscious and subconscious mind, listening and musical memory, how to learn from your musical heroes without being consumed by them, developing and using repertoire, and how to record your music most effectively.Primacy of the Ear is Ran Blake's genius distilled--his teaching and musical philosophy in one volume. Co-written by Jason Rogers.

Introduction to Jazz Guitar Soloing

by Joe Elliott

Author	: Joe Elliott
Publisher	: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages	: 108
Release	: 2008-04-01
Genre	: Music
ISBN	: 9780634009709

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(Musicians Institute Press). Perfect for seasoned rockers seeking new challenges and jazz newcomers looking for a good start, this book/CD pack covers scales, chords, licks, techniques and other vital jazz improv concepts step by step. The accompanying CD features 65 full-band demo and play-along tracks.

Beginning Ear Training

by Gilson Schachnik

Author	: Gilson Schachnik
Publisher	: Ear Training: Exercises
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2007
Genre	: Music
ISBN	: 9780876390818

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(Berklee Guide). These time-tested exercises will help you to play by ear. This book with online audio recordings introduces the core skills of ear training. Step by step, you will learn to use solfege to help you internalize the music you hear and then easily transpose melodies to different keys. Learn to hear a melody and then write it down. Develop your memory for melodies and rhythms. Transcribe live performances and recordings. Listening is the most important skill in music, and this book will help you to listen better. Gilson Schachnik teaches ear training at Berklee College of Music. He is an active keyboardist, composer, and arranger, and has performed with Claudio Roditti, Mick Goodrick, Bill Pierce, and Antonio Sanchez. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.