The Musician's Guide to Aural Skills: Ear Training (Third Edition) (The Musician's Guide Series)
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Review “The integration of written and aural skills texts is its greatest strength. To my knowledge, this is the only text that integrates the two areas to that extent.” - Gary Don, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire“It knits aural skills more closely to a complete musical fabric instead of it being a purely one-line melodic topic.” - Rebecca Jemian, University of Louisville“There is simply no other textbook on the market that compares with respect to the emphasis on real music, the scope, breadth, clarity, and integration with theory and keyboard skills.” - Tim Pack, Universtiy of Oregon Read more About the Author Paul Murphy is associate professor and Chair of music at Muhlenberg College. He is author of the Spanish/English edition of General Rules of Accompaniment: José de Torres's Treatise of 1736 and has published articles in Theoria, Studies in Medievalism, The American Dalcroze Journal, and the Journal of Music Teacher Education. He holds a Certificate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics from Carnegie Mellon University and has many years' experience as an accompanist for ballet and modern dance.Joel Phillips is professor of music theory and composition at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and recipient of its Distinguished Teaching Award. His compositions are published by G. Schirmer, Transcontinental, GIA, and Shawnee Press. A member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Phillips served for five years as chief faculty consultant for the Advanced Placement Examination in Music Theory. He has also served as president of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic.Elizabeth West Marvin is professor of music theory and former dean of academic affairs at the Eastman School of Music. She has published in the areas of music cognition, music theory pedagogy, theory and analysis of atonal music, contour theory, history of theory, and analysis and performance. She is past president of the Society for Music Theory and is currently co-chair of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development Committee. Marvin is the 2012 recipient of the Gail Boyd de Stwolinski Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Music Theory Teaching and Scholarship.Jane Piper Clendinning is professor of music theory at the Florida State University College of Music. She has published articles reflecting her interests in the history of theory, theory and analysis of twentieth-century music, computer pitch recognition, and computer applications in music. Her current research interests include theory and analysis of popular and world musics. She has served as the chair of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development Committee and as an AP reader, and is a regular consultant at AP workshops and summer Institutes. Read more
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The code with this book does not include the inquizitive resources, while other "The Musician's Guide" products on Amazon do. As a result, this will cost me $50 more on my end. The full suite of books is already incredibly expensive (it was an almost $400 order even ordering the theory book loose leaf, which is just insane,) and $50 separately on the student's end for nothing more than online chapter quizzes is ludicrous price and a shameful practice. This cost should either be fronted by the institution/teacher or just be included with the book as is.Getting in contact with the publisher leaves mixed feelings. They made their first response less than an hour later at 11 at night, then took a WEEK to follow up after that. This is while class is progressing and I'm missing out on assignments and taking practice and application time away to try and sort this out.They took that week only to tell me that the code with the book gives me access to the ebook but nothing else. They actually have the audacity to tell you that they effectively sell you 2 copies of this book, likely to bolster cost and add a 'percieved value', but it just plainly lacks actual value to gouge more money out of you.If I needed/wanted the ebook I would not have bought a physical copy. The fact that this book comes with another useless copy for online use, but NOT THE OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES is stupid. Why would I need the second copy? I already have it in one medium, so the online features, and now I'm missing actually required features required for my class at a not so insignificant cost.
