Aural Training in Practice Book 3 - Grades 6-8

SKU: HL.49030375

ISBN 9781847610454. English.

Aural Matters provides useful resource material for aural training at Advanced level in a single volume with two accompanying compact discs. the first part is packed with examples of dictation and discrimination exercises, carefully graded in difficulty. The recordings on disc allow these practice-materials to be used by the student at home, as well as by teachers in the classroom. The text provides a systematic approach to aural training - melody and two-part dictation, harmonic recognition, identifying errors in performance - with frequent hints and tips that will enable the student to develop increasing skill and confidence in the tests. Part Two provides an recorded anthology of the compositional techniques with wich students are expected to be familiar at Advanced level. A huge variety of extracts has been specially selected from British folk-songs, world music, jazz, pop and the main periods of art music from the late Renaissance to modern times. A detailed commentary shows how to recognize periods, styles, structures, instruments and techniques in this music, with all of these features copiously illustrated in the examples on disc. The complete work provides an invaluable resource not only for the Advanced level aural syllabus, but also for any study of style and analysis in the wide variety of music that is encountered today.

ISBN 9780946535231. 8.25x11.75x0.209 inches. English.

Aural Matters in Practice provides a set of aural training exercises based on the tracks of its companion CD, The Essential Hyperion, for use in the preparation of students for advanced music examinations. It is designed to supplement the materials in Part II of Aural Matters (Schott ED 12430) by same authors. The seminal Aural Matters is primarily a resource to help students improve their own aural perception and stylistic awarness of music. Aural Matters in Practice has been written at the request of many teachers seeking additional materials to use in classes or study groups, both to monitor progress and to provide further practice in working formal tests. The books has accordingly been designed with space for students' responses and with model answers (plus suggested marks and a scheme of work) printed on the centre folios for easy removal if desired. The 28 tests are complementary to those in Aural Matters; some encompass related musical material while others provide the opportunity to investigate styles and genres that were only touched upon in the original volume.

SKU: AP.12-0571534406

ISBN 9780571534401. English.

Improve Your Aural!by Paul Harris and John Lenehan is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in, and practice exercises, this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear, including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising, and composing.

This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010, ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.