Essential Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician [Paperback]

Steve Prosser (Author)

Book Description

Series: Essential | Publication Date: August 1, 2000

The Ear Training curriculum of Berklee College of Music is known and respected throughout the world. Now, for the first time, this unique method has been captured in one comprehensive book by the chair of the Ear Training Department. This method teaches musicians to hear the music they are seeing, notate the music they have composed or arranged, develop their music vocabulary, and understand the music they are hearing. The book features a complete course with text and musical examples, and studies in rhythm, sight recognition, sol-fa, and melody.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Berklee Press Publications (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0634006401
• ISBN-13: 978-0634006401
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Berklee Press essential ear training, June 26, 2007

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L. Rutan (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician (Paperback)

My son attends Berklee and he tells me that this is not the book used at the school. He also said that the material covered in the book is more advanced than what is taught the first year and that ear training is one of the most difficult areas for most students. I understand that Berklee Press has now come out with a Basic Ear Training book. This book should be retitled Advanced Ear Training, or at least book two.

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not much ear training in this book, July 27, 2009

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Steven J. Morris "zencuke" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Essential Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician (Paperback)

The title of this book is misleading. Apparently academics use the term "Ear Training" for the entire set of skills associated with sight reading music. The specific skills amateurs might associate with the term, hearing and recognizing intervals etc. are only a part of that and represent less that a quarter of the text of this book. I'm not qualified to judge how good this book is in the other areas it covers but as a text focused on ear training in specific it was a disappointment. What little there was wasn't very useful to me.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unleash Your Potential, February 1, 2005

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Rebecca Millhouse - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician (Paperback)

I have found that after reading "Essential Ear Training" I have been able to greatly improve my ability to hear what I see on paper. I never realized how much I was lacking until I read this book. This is a complete book with focuses on both rhythms and melodies.