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ISBN 0-87639-081-5

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Basic Ear Training 1
This practical approach to ear training will help you build your confidence as a performer by teaching you how to notate basic rhythms and better identify the different parts of a song.

Harmonic Ear Training
Learn techniques that will improve your performance, arranging, and compositional skills by refining your ability to really hear and recognize what is going on within the chord progressions.

Beginning Ear Training

by Gilson Schachnik

These time-tested exercises will help you to play by ear. This book introduces the core skills of ear training. Step by step, you will learn to use solfege to help you internalize the music you hear and then easily transpose melodies to different keys.

Learn to hear a melody and then write it down. Develop your memory for melodies and rhythms. Transcribe live performances and recordings. Listening is the most important skill in music, and this book will help you to listen better.

Learn to:

Learn melodies by ear
Sight-sing music notation
Internalize rhythms and melodies
Improve your pitch and timing
Transpose without using notation
Use solfege
Transcribe and notate recordings and performances

Gilson Schachnik teaches ear training at Berklee College of Music. He is an active keyboardist, composer, and arranger, and has performed with Claudio Roditti, Mick Goodrick, Bill Pierce, and Antonio Sanchez.

BUZZ

"This is a great ear training book! Learning music by ear and developing musical memory are crucial steps in improving musicianship. Even experienced musicians need to be reminded of that. This book has exceptional ear training workouts, and Gilson articulates his concepts very well."

—Helio Alves, Grammy-winning pianist/composer (Yo-Yo Ma, Joe Henderson, Claudio Roditi)

"A beautifully crafted instruction manual. Gilson breaks down the basic rudiments of ear training and makes it accessible for any level of student. I would recommend this book to any aspiring musician."

—Bill Pierce, Chair of the Woodwind Department at Berklee College of Music, Saxophonist (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Tony Williams Quintet)

"I wish I had a book that was this comprehensive when I started my career. It is understandable and fun to practice. I highly recommend it "

—Renato Neto, Keyboardist/Producer (Prince, Sheila E, Diane Reeves, Rod Stewart)

"This is one of the best ear training materials out there. It is a book that can be of great help to music students and professionals."

—Jetro da Silva, Professor at Berklee College of Music, Keyboardist/Producer (Whitney Houston, Patty Austin, Gladys Knight)