Product Description

2 CD Relative Pitch Ear Training Course. LEARN EVERY NOTE ON YOUR GUITAR COMPLETELY BY EAR! No written text or sheet music. Over 50 recorded lessons. A proven system that will help you develop a strong musical ear, finger strength, and an understanding of music theory for guitar. Just pop in the CDs and follow the lessons from your very first note to every note -on every fret -on every string of your guitar. 2 CDs Total running time: 1 hour 41 minutes. ***COURSE LAYOUT ***AUDIOBOOK CD 1: Descriptive narration, beginner friendly, yet progressive. Starting with a short specified range of notes on the first string. A note is played and held while you match it on your guitar, (If you don't find it the first time, don't worry, eventually the narrator tells you what note is being played). The range of notes is progressively made larger, adding string after string, note combinations, and exercises. By the end of disc one the student has learned every note, and every note combination on every string of the guitar, plus some very essential music theory, and exercises for improving ones playing abilities. ***AUDIOBOOK CD 2: Less narration than disc one, and more music. Disc 2 can be used two different ways. 1. You can play along with CD 2 to improve finding the notes you hear as well as building your musical ear. 2. You can listen to CD 2 anytime, anywhere to help train your musical ear. For example: If you want to memorize the sound quality of a minor third interval, you can put track 4 on loop and listen to the exercises that are played on all strings up and down the fretboard. Do the same for any interval! In the end you will have learned to play every possible note combination on your guitar, as well as identify them when you here them played in songs. ***FREE AUDIOBOOK TECHNICAL SUPPORT: With the purchase of "Complete Guitar By Ear" you also gain the author, Mark John Sternal, as a teacher. If you ever have any questions pertaining to the lessons on this audiobook yo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #456821 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-09
• Number of items: 2
• Running time: 109 minutes
• Binding: Audio CD

Review
I can't imagine how much more fun learning the guitar could be... 'Complete Guitar By Ear' is like having the best and most patient teacher ever--you'll learn the guitar and ear training at your own pace. Barry Rudolph, Music Connection Magazine --Music Connection Magazine

Review
Where was this product years ago when I had no comprehension of intervals, pitch or a true practice regimen? Once again the savvy folks at MJS have produced a wonderful product designed pure and simply to help guitarists become better players. Chris Armold, Writer/Photographer, Guitar Digest --Guitar Digest

From the Publisher
"COMPLETE GUITAR BY EAR" & "COMPLETE BASS GUITAR BY EAR" TESTIMONIES

FROM AARON GONZALES, TN - Playing For Over 20 Years Your Course is Great! Back in the 80's I purchased the David L. Burge Ear Training Course and couldn't get passed the first tape. Your narration & content flowed, keeping me interested all the way through both CD's. I hope you come out with another Bass CD. Thanks! Aaron Gonzales, Tucson, AZ

FROM BILL MOORE, TN - 72 Years Old and Still Learning "Mark: I purchased your "Complete Guitar by Ear" and have started taking the lessons. Learning a lot. I am looking forward to completing the course and as a result know more about playing my guitar. I'm almost 72, retired and having a lot of fun learning to play my Martin D28... Who says that older people can't learn new things? Baloney." Bill Moore, TN

FROM JEAN WOZNIAK, NY - Playing For Over 30 Years Hi Mark! I received your Complete Guitar By Ear CD's late yesterday afterday. I listened to both of them all the way through. I can say I was MORE than IMPRESSED! I've NEVER found any material to date that SIMPLIFIES Guitar Playing and Guitar Theory as these do! The CD's will benefit guitarists of every level from Beginner through Advanced! Your method "Cuts To The Chase." These CD's are a "MUST HAVE" for any guitarist!

...There wasn't much written in the way of guitar theory until relatively recently. ...I've heard David Burges tapes over ten years ago and there is a distinct difference! Your approach gets right to the heart of the matter and does so with simplicity!

I'm so impressed with these CD's I believe they should be introduced to local music stores and music teachers. ...These CD's are an asset to any Guitarist repertoire of learning material.

Thanks for developing such a uniquely refreshing approach to Guitar Theory! Sincerely, Jean K. Wozniak, New York, NY

Customer Reviews

Learning By Ear - Not That Easy
The advert is better than the product. Having bought two guitar tutorials on the same day along with a number of other pieces of material, in comparison, this was not one of the better purchases.

Lessons for on the road
I recently finished a ten lesson special at the local extension school, Beginning Guitar. I have other books and a nice DVD but Complete Guitar By Ear fills a nice gap for me. Ripped to my MP3 player I can go through the exercises pretty much anywhere I happen to be at the time. Also, since I have a poor ear I do thing the repetitive listening help more than reading from a book.

A great disappointment
These 2 cds are very simple. He plays various interval starting at the minor second. In the second cd he plays the same intervals only faster. The tracks never contain more than one interval so you cannot test yourself. For chords he says "just combine a major with a minor 3rd and thats all you need to know". Clearly, there are many fingerings etc that you need to know. In short, no beginner could ever use these CDs to learn to play guitar. No intermediate player could use these CDs to learn ear training because they likely already know the names of the intervals and these teach nothing else.
Ear Training for the contemporary musician by Keith Wyatt et al is a book an intermediate player can use for ear training that really works but represents weeks or more of hard work.