Product Description

This book and double CD pack 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #176934 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 122 pages

Customer Reviews

Great way to start ear training
Very useful for those looking to begin ear training. I have an intermediate level in music theory, but I believe even beginners will be able to gain from using this book. It covers not only tonal ear training, but rhythm ear training as well.

Make sure you're looking to sing...
I don't want to be overly critical of this book since it's probably going to work for a lot of people, but it definitely wasn't what I was looking for nor was it what I was expecting. I want to develop my ear and advance my guitar and piano playing through playing those instruments, not through having to sing. I don't have a good voice and I have no desire to sing or become a singer, but this book starts you out singing everything from the very first chapter through the end of the course. This is a definite turn off for me since that's not what I'm comfortable doing...and trust me, I'm sure my family doesn't want to hear me either! I won't sing "Happy Birthday" at parties even when I'm amongst 15 other people that will drown me out but, lo and behold, the first chapter has me singing just that in order to identify the tonic of the song.

I'm giving this book 3 stars only because I felt the description of it was a bit misleading. It is completely reliant on singing, but that didn't really come across in the description of the book. If singing is something that works for you within the scope of learning an instrument and training your ear, then I'm sure the book will be fine, as the other reviewers have pointed out. But if you're not looking to train your ear through singing, you may want to be careful with this particular book before you buy it.

great eartraining book
great book I have taken eartraining courses in college they move too fast and do not offer enough explinations. this book lets you take your time and give plenty information