Complete: 3 (Ear Training: One Note) - Softcover

Arnold, Bruce E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890944475 ISBN 13: 9781890944476

Publisher: Muse-eek Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

What is Ear Training? Just as an artist must know every color in order to create a beautiful painting, a musician must know and hear all the notes of the musical "palette" in order to create good music. The Ear Training method presented here has been developed to teach the student how to hear the way musical sounds are organized within a key.

With proper application, the student will be able to instantly recognize:

Which notes other musicians are playing.
What key a chord progression is in.
What the notes in a given melody are.

These are all invaluable tools for both playing and composing music. This Complete Method can be used by beginners who have little or no music training or by advanced students seeking to improve their ear training ability.

This compilation book and CD contains all the information found in the following books: Ear Training One Note Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced. It also includes three accompanying CDs which allow a beginning student to build up their ability gradually and the advanced student to prepare for the next level. By working through each CD the student will refine their pitch perception and their response time will steadily speed up. The ability to quickly and accurately identify pitches positively affects all aspects of musicianship, and the beginning student will find this book and 3 CDs to be the most economical way to work through this method.

Muse Eek Publishing Company host two on-line resources in conjunction with this book. A "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) page has been set up, where students can ask the author questions that may arise as they work. There is also a free "Member's Section" where book owners can download other files specific to this book and/or other help files to further their music education. Unlike traditional situations where the reader is left on their own after purchase of a text, Muse Eek Publishing seeks to keep the reader/student engaged and interactive with the author. With each book you are beginning a relationship in which help and direction are always available to make sure you are learning correctly. This book is required text at New York University and Princeton University, and is recommended for beginning music students ages 13 and up.

About this title

About the Author

Born in Sioux Falls South Dakota, Bruce began his music training at the University of South Dakota. After three years of study he transferred to the Berklee College of Music where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition. While doing undergraduate work at Berklee College of Music Bruce received the Harris Stanton award for outstanding guitarist of the year. He continued with further study in improvisational and compositional methods with Charlie Banacos and Jerry Bergonzi. Bruce received the outstanding teacher of the year award at Berklee in 1984 and went on to teach at the New England Conservatory of Music, and Dartmouth College.

Upon moving to New York City, Bruce found himself preoccupied with the possibilities of applying the twelve tone theoretical constructs of Schoenberg and Berg to American improvised music. His first CD, Blue Eleven contained the seeds of those ideas he was to develop further in his following critically acclaimed works: "A Few Dozen" and "Give ?Em Some." In this vein, his music is remarkably tonal, and the results give proof that inventive improvisation is possible within this format.

Bruce currently plays with his own band, "The Bruce Arnold Trio" and with "Spooky Actions" a jazz quartet that performs his transcriptions of Webern. In addition, Bruce has performed with such diverse musicians as Gary Burton, Joe Pass, Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine, Stuart Hamm, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and The Absolute Ensemble under the baton of Kristjan Järvi.

Bruce currently teaches at Princeton University, New York University and the New School. Upon his arrival at NYU he set about to improve the music education program, and instituted NYU?s first sight-reading program for jazz guitarists. He started writing music education books to fill a need he perceived in formal jazz education.

As an author, Bruce has written 42 books on music education. These books cover many of the important aspects of mastering high performance skills for both the advanced music student with professional goals, and the dedicated beginner.

Edition details

• Publisher: Muse-eek Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1890944475
• ISBN 13: 9781890944476
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 56