A New Approach to Ear Training: a programmed course in melodic and harmonic dictation

Second Edition.

Now in its second edition, A New Approach to Ear Training provides students with the means to master ear-training skills on their own and at their own pace. Organized into four large sections of carefully graded exercises that correspond to the progression of material in most theory courses, A New Approach to Ear Training offers instructors remarkable flexibility, enabling them to use the book as an assigned text or as a supplement for students to work through on their own. Accompanied for the first time by CDs (not included; see ISBN 978-0-393-10278-9) , the text truly heralds a new approach to teaching ear training and aural skills.

The Second Edition now features chapters on both melodic and harmonic four-part) dictation?all the necessary material for ear-training classes gathered into one text. This approach encourages students to recognize the long-range harmonic organization and overall structure that the melodies imply.
- A wealth of melodies from the standard music literature are interspersed with newly written melodies that gradually introduce increasingly complex musical elements.
- Exercises in harmonic dictation direct students? attention to voice leading, particularly between the soprano and bass, and ask students to identify chords, inversions, and large-scale harmonic function.

CONTENIDO:

Chapter One - Melodic Dictation
- Section I
Lessons
Short Drill 1: Melodic Contour
Short Drill 2: High Points/Low Points
Short Drill 3: Triads and Scales
Short Drill 4: Outlining Triads
Short Drill 5: P?s, N?s, and DN?s

- Section II
Lessons
Short Drill 6: The V7 Chord
Short Drill 7: IV, iv, or V?
Short Drill 8: Elaborating Triads

- Section III
Lessons
Short Drill 9: Hearing Differences 1
Short Drill 10: Upbeats and Downbeats
Short Drill 11: Hearing Differences 2
Short Drill 12: Hearing Differences 3

- Section IV
Lessons
Short Drill 13: Speed Hearing
Short Drill 14: Chromatic P?s, N?s, and DN?s
Short Drill 15: Chromatic Tones in the Minor Mode
Short Drill 16: Speed Hearing in Music from the Literature

Chapter Two - Harmonic Dictation
- Section I
- Section II
- Section III
- Section IV