Synopsis
This edition comes with no CDs. You must purchase either the 3 associated CDs separately or digitally download the CDs from an on-line vendor. Otherwise this book is exactly the same as the book/CD edition. 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. This Ear Training method 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 is recommended for students who have little or no music training or an advanced musician that needs to develop their aural recognition skills. This book contains all the information needed to work with the Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced CDs which as mentioned are avaiable separately. These CDs are entitled: Ear Training One Note Beginning Ear Training One Note Intermediate Ear Training One Note Advanced These 3 CDs are also available in MP3 format. Both formats can be purchased from various on-line vendors. A list of recommended vendors can be found on the muse-eek.com website. By studying the method presented within this book and speeding up your recognition skills by listening to the 3 CDs a student will find that their whole preception of hearing music will change. This book is a required text at New York University and Princeton University, and is recommended for beginning music students ages 13 and up.
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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.
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