The Real Easy Ear Training Book

A comprehensive and practical guide for all musicians, regardless of instrument or experience, to hearing the changes of harmony as the chords of songs go by. Using musical examples that reflect all contemporary genres (pop, rock, Latin, fusion, jazz), emphasis is placed on making ear training real, as Prof. Roberta Radley shows how to apply the harmonic ear training studies in the book to your own musical needs. Step by step, you will learn how to hear the bass line (the harmony‘s foundation) in the major key, gradually add major and minor diatonic triads, investigate how the melody provides harmonic clues for determining the chord changes, continue with seventh chord recognition, explore minor key harmony, and conclude with hearing some common non-diatonic chord patterns. You will immediately begin recognising popular chord patterns by: using practice routines based on hundreds of dictation and transcription exercises; playing, singing, memorizing and transposing the chord progressions of songs; composing and arranging your own music based on familiar chord patterns given in the book. Additionally, more than 150 songs are referenced throughout the book for real practice. You can work through this book on your own, with a friend, a teacher, band members, or classmates, while music teachers will find this book invaluable for ear training with their students. The book includes 168 pages of instructional text and musical examples and online audio.