Audio CD: Included free with each copy of the book, the CD provides examples so students can practice ear-training exercises. Each ear-training exercise that appears in the book also appears on the CD.
Internet exercises: The 7th edtition software has been replaced with a series of online ear-training exercises. The exercises supplement those in the book, reinforcing the same skills and emphasizing the same techniques.
Instructor's Manual: The Instructor's Manual contains the music for the ear-training segment of the course and offers practical chapter-by-chapter suggestions to help instructors reinforce concepts and memories of sounds and to help illustrate the application of theoretical elements.
New Chapter: Chapter 30 'Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular Music' is completely new.
New Chapter: Chapter 27 'Nonharmonic Tones' is a new chapter based on material that appeared in the Appendix of the 7th edition.
New Exercises: Added throughout the text.
Revised and Expanded Glossary: This reference defines important terms and is cross-referenced to each term's first appearance in the text.
Integrated coverage of important skills: Each chapter provides exposition, written exercises, voice exercises, and listening exercises. Students develop ear, eye, and keyboard skills in tandem instead of isolation.
Graduated introduction of each item: Theory is a complex area of study. Benward/Jackson takes students from the very first step without assuming prior knowledge and with clear explanations and examples that cover written topics as well as ear training and musicianship.
Chronological references: Each music example is accompanied by a chronological reference (composer's birth and death dates, for example) to assist students as they try to place music in stylistic context.
Chronologies of Old and New World Music: Appearing on the inside front and back covers, these timelines illustrate the relationship between musical developments and the larger social and political context.

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