Ear Training, Capturing the Basic Chord Qualities: A Comprehensive Approach to the Systematic Study of Melodic and Harmonic Structures in Music [Paperback]

Elvo S. D'Amante (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002

Volume III - Ear Training: Capturing the Basic Chord Qualities includes four (4) CDs with over 290 minutes of lessons, studies, and drills.

This book and its 4 CDs clearly defines, develops, and ensures fluent skills in capturing the sounds of various melodic and harmonic chord qualities; it covers triads, sevenths, and extensions. Inversions along with octave alignments, chord sets, and broken chords are also presented. The identification process and chord symbol designations are comprehensive and help provide for and ensure musical literacy. The scope and reference areas of this text includes four customary triads plus two Dominant-related triads, intervals of the seventh, Dominant seventh chords, Major seventh chords, Minor seventh chords, Half-diminished seventh chords, Fully-diminished seventh chords, Minor/Major seventh chords, seventh chord inversions and much more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Encore Music Pub Co (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962094145
• ISBN-13: 978-0962094149
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,367,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not so Basic Chord Qualities, June 27, 2005

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This review is from: Ear Training, Capturing the Basic Chord Qualities: A Comprehensive Approach to the Systematic Study of Melodic and Harmonic Structures in Music (Paperback)

I have only just received this item so the star rating is based purely on the fact of not wanting to sell it short - plus you seem to get a good hefty dose of CD drill material for your money.

This is primarily a warning for any eartraining relative- novices who have reached the level of being able to identify intervals etc. but are feeling there direct intuition/awareness of chords is lacking. The title of vol II might lead you can jump striaght in on vol III. Vol. III in fact does not really deal with learning to capture basic chord (triads) qualities in this sense at all - it is almost exclusively devoted to 7th and more extended/complex chords. The tempo at which arpeggiated chords are presented plus is such that only someone with quite an advanced ear would be able to follow. Block chord drills use almost exclusively 4 and more note chords that will leave you shaking your head if you are having trouble following simple chord progressions at present. Either this type of skill is developed vols. I, II or an alternative title would be required -I have not yet received I,II as yet as III was the first to come in the post, so I don't yet know the answer to that one.