Product Description

Now in its second edition, A New Approach to Ear Training provides students with the means to master ear-training skills on their own and at their own pace. Organized into four large sections of crefully graded exercises that correspond to the progression of material in most theory courses, A New Approach to Ear Training offers instructors remarkable flexibility, enabling them to use the book as an assigned text or as a supplement for students to work through on their own. The text truly heralds a new approach to teaching ear training and aural skills.

Melodic and Harmonic Dictation--The Second Edition now features chapters on both melodic and harmonic (four-part) dictation-all the necessary material for ear-training classes gathered into one text. This approach encourages students to recognize the long-range harmonic organization and overall structure that the melodies imply.
* A wealth of melodies from the standard music literature are interspersed with newly written melodies that gradually introduce increasingly complex musical elements.
* Exercises in harmonic dictation direct students' attention to voice leading, particularly between the soprano and bass, and ask students to identify chords, inversions, and large-scale harmonic function.

Sound Pedagogy
* A smart new design-featuring cleat headings and shaded boxes-makes the text easy to navigate.
* A carefully conceived progression of exercises in each chapter introduces new concepts one at a time.
* Lessons include drills in special topics, designed so that students can work on their own. These drills-like sessions in a practice room-allow students to focus on particular problem areas.
* Review lessons help students prepare for the tests included in the text.
* Music examples represent an array of tonal styles.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #306147 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

About the Author
Leo Kraft, professor emeritus at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College of the City University of New York, is renowned as a composer, music theorist, and teacher. Among his other textbooks are A New Approach to Sight Singing, Fourth Edition (with Sol Berkowitz and Gabriel Fontrier), A New Approach to Keyboard Harmony (with Allen Brings et al.), and Gradus, Second Edition-all published by W.W. Norton.