Hearing and Writing Music : Professional Training for Today's Musician

by Gorow, Ron

• ISBN13: 9780962949630
• ISBN10: 0962949639
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Scb Distributors

Summary

Music is the universal language, and this book teaches readers how to speak it fluently. Designed as a self-training manual as well as a text for the classroom, it is a complete step-by-step course that dramatically improves a reader's musical skills -- through an integrated subconscious process. The only prerequisite is that the student can read music, and within six weeks, the musician can jot down a musical idea anywhere, without using an instrument.

The only book of its kind, Hearing and Writing Music focuses on personal training, theory and exercises to develop any musician's ability to hear and notate any style of music. With the Gorow system, musicians learn how to communicate accurately through musical notation. Contents include:
-- Developing your ear
-- Hearing intervals
-- Hearing phrases
-- Transcription technique
-- Perception to notation
-- Preparation for production with publication.

This is definitive guide and reference book for composers, orchestrators, arrangers and performers, and is designed to improve the musical ski

Author Biography

Author Ron Gorow has been in the music business in Hollywood for over 35 years, working in film, tv, records, live acts and publishing.

Table of Contents

1. THE COMPLETE MUSICIAN	4	(10)
THE COMPLETE MUSICIAN	4	(1)
THE GOAL	5	(1)
THE METHOD	6	(2)
PARTS OF THE PROCESS	8	(2)
MUSIC TERMINOLOGY	10	(1)
PERSONAL TRAINING	11	(3)
2. DEVELOPING YOUR EAR	14	(12)
PERCEPTION	14	(2)
ACTIVE LISTENING	16	(4)
TOOL KIT #1	20	(4)
REVIEW	24	(2)
3. FROM SOUND TO MUSIC	26	(36)
FROM SOUND TO MUSIC	26	(1)
MUSIC SPACE AND TIME	27	(5)
TONES OF NATURE	32	(9)
THE OCTAVE	41	(2)
WHY 7?	43	(1)
WHY 12?	44	(5)
BEYOND 12	49	(1)
RELATIVITY	50	(8)
REVIEW	58	(4)
4. THE MATERIAL OF MUSIC	62	(12)
THE MATERIAL OF MUSIC	62	(1)
IDEALIZED INTERVALS	63	(2)
VERTICAL INTERVALS	65	(1)
MELODIC INTERVALS	65	(1)
INTERVAL IDENTIFICATION	66	(2)
TOOL KIT #2	68	(2)
OWNING THE INTERVALS	70	(1)
REVIEW	71	(3)
5. HEARING INTERVALS	74	(28)
HEARING INTERVALS	74	(1)
TIPS FOR LEARNING INTERVALS	75	(1)
SOURCE OF THE PRIMARY INTERVALS	76	(1)
THE OCTAVE: NATURE'S FOUNDATION	77	(1)
FIFTH & FOURTH: ESSENCE OF TONALITY	78	(7)
THIRDS: ESSENCE OF MODALITY	85	(3)
SECONDS: ESSENCE OF MELODY	88	(4)
THE TRITONE	92	(2)
COMPLEMENTARY INTERVALS	94	(4)
EXTENDED INTERVALS	98	(2)
THE INTERVAL PALETTE	100	(1)
REVIEW	100	(2)
6. HEARING PHRASES	102	(40)
HEARING PHRASES	102	(1)
MODULES OF MUSIC	102	(2)
TETRACHORD MODES	104	(4)
DIATONIC MODES	108	(4)
MODALITY AS A TOOL	112	(6)
TONALITY AS A TOOL	118	(6)
PERCEPTION OF A PHRASE	124	(1)
TOOL KIT #3	125	(4)
TONAL ORGANIZATION	129	(4)
NUTS AND BOLTS	133	(6)
REVIEW	139	(3)
7. TRANSCRIBING MUSIC	142	(22)
TRANSCRIBING MUSIC	142	(5)
FOCUSING YOUR EAR	147	(2)
EAR CARE	149	(3)
WORK ENVIRONMENT	152	(1)
SKETCHING	153	(5)
CHOOSING EQUIPMENT	158	(6)
8. TRANSCRIPTION TECHNIQUE	164	(43)
TRANSCRIPTION TECHNIQUE	164	(2)
BASIC TECHNIQUE	166	(5)
TRANSCRIBING FROM MEMORY	171	(17)
TRANSCRIBING RECORDED MUSIC	188	(2)
TECHNIQUE AND PROCEDURE	190	(8)
TRANSCRIBING IMPROVISED SOLOS	198	(2)
TRANSCRIBING "LIVE"	200	(2)
TRANSCRIBING MIDI	202	(1)
TRANSCRIBING FROM THE CREATIVE IMAGINATION	203	(4)
9. PERCEPTION TO NOTATION HEARING AND WRITING:	207	(80)
RHYTHM	207	(6)
LINES	213	(5)
COUNTERPOINT	218	(4)
CHORDS AND VERTICALS	222	(26)
CHORD PROGRESSIONS	248	(6)
LEAD SHEETS	254	(4)
LYRICS	258	(2)
ORCHESTRATION	260	(14)
COMPLETE SCORES	274	(13)
10. COMMUNICATING WITH MUSIC NOTATION	287	(53)
LANGUAGE OF MUSIC NOTATION	287	(9)
STANDARD MUSIC NOTATION	296	(1)
CHROMATIC NOTATION	297	(4)
MICROTONAL NOTATION	301	(1)
EDITING	302	(1)
STYLE	303	(1)
WHAT IS GOOD NOTATION?	304	(2)
ESSENTIALS OF NOTATION	306	(5)
NOTATIONAL PRACTICES	311	(17)
WRITING FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS	328	(6)
COMPUTER GENERATED NOTATION	334	(4)
BEYOND STANDARD NOTATION	338	(2)
11. PREPARATION FOR PERFORMANCE AND PUBLISHING	340	(26)
PREPARATION FOR PERFORMANCE AND PUBLISHING	340	(2)
MUSIC PREP	342	(2)
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC NOTATION	344	(1)
STANDARD MUSIC FORMATS	345	(8)
PRINTING MUSIC	353	(1)
COPYRIGHT LAW AND YOU	354	(12)
12. REFERENCE AND RESOURCES	366	(31)
STUDY PLANS	366	(2)
ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS	368	(6)
SOLUTIONS TO NOTATION PROBLEMS	374	(6)
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC JOBS	380	(1)
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS	381	(1)
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES	382	(2)
TRANSCRIBING MUSIC	384	(2)
COMPOSITION	386	(2)
YOUR FIRST FILM SCORE	388	(2)
TONAL ROWS	390	(2)
MICROTONAL MUSIC, ALTERNATE TUNING	392	(1)
A WORLD OF INSTRUMENTS	393	(1)
BRIDGING THE PAST TO THE FUTURE	394	(1)
HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR	395	(2)
INDEX	397