Musician's Guide to Aural Skills Vol. 2 : Ear Training and Composition

by Phillips, Joel; Murphy, Paul; Marvin, Elizabeth West; Clendinning, Jane Piper

• ISBN13: 9780393930955
• ISBN10: 0393930955
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2011-08-12
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

The Musician#xE2;#xAC;"s Guide to Aural Skills integrates all critical aural skills in a single teaching and learning program coordinated (chapter by chapter) with a companion text in theory and analysis. The two volumes, organized by skill type, contain a wide range of exercises, and a diverse repertoire of real music#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;classical, popular song, film and TV themes, folk songs. There is absolutely no need for supplementary materials, and students are involved in creative music-making from the very beginning. Volume 2 develops listening and writing skills in a complete ear-training, dictation, and composition manual. Each of the 40 chapters, corresponding to chapters in The Musician#xE2;#xAC;"s Guide to Theory and Analysis, Second Edition, is organized in two parts#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;#xE2;#xAC;SInductive Listening#xE2;#xAC; and #xE2;#xAC;SContextual Listening.#xE2;#xAC; A final #xE2;#xAC;SComposition#xE2;#xAC; section leads students through individual and group compositions in a variety of styles. The text is packaged with a companion DVD that contains recordings for all the listening examples.