{"product_id":"comprehensive-aural-skills-9780367225940","title":"Comprehensive Aural Skills","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprehensive Aural Skills\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis a complete suite of material for both performance and dictation, covering the wide range of sight singing and ear training skills required for undergraduate courses of study. It provides a series of instructional modules on rhythm, melody, and harmony, and blends musical examples from the common-practice repertory with original examples composed to specifically address particular skills and concepts. Each module includes material for classroom performance, self-directed study, and homework assignments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA complete suite of aural skills material\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e:\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eComprehensive Aural Skills\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003eis a combined sight singing and ear training textbook, audio, and companion website package.\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFully modular, customizable organization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e: Instructors can choose freely from the set of exercises in the book and supplemental mate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eComprehensive Aural Skills\u003c\/em\u003e lives up to its name; together, the book and the companion website contain all the materials needed for an aural-skills curriculum. … \u003cem\u003eComprehensive Aural Skills\u003c\/em\u003e effectively combines singing and dictation activities in rhythm, melody, and harmony into a single book, and the high quality of the recordings makes Merritt and Castro’s print-plus-digital package far more attractive than many automated dictation programs with low-quality MIDI. The inclusion of answer keys at the back of the book also makes this a viable resource for supplemental practice or even independent study … nearly everything else needed for a four-semester curriculum is provided.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Samantha M. Inman\u003cem\u003e, Music\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTheory Online, vol. 23, no. 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Rhythm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 1 : Introduction to Simple Meters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 2 : Simple Meters, Continued\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 3 : Rests and Ties\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 4 : Syncopation in Simple Meters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 5 : Introduction to Compound Meters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 6 : Compound Meters, Continued\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 7 : Syncopation in Compound Meters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 8 : Triplets, Duplets, and Hemiola\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 9 : Compound Meters, Advanced Beat Patterns\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 10 : Asymmetrical and Mixed Meters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Melody\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 1 : Steps within the Major Scale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 2 : Steps within the Minor Scale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 3 : Leaps within the Tonic Triad (Major and Minor)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 4 : Leaps within the Dominant (Seventh) and vii°\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 5 : Further Diatonic Leaps\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 6 : Stepwise Chromatic Tones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 7 : Motion to The Dominant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 8 : Leaps To and from Chromatic Tones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 9 : Modulation to Closely Related Keys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 10 : Advanced Chromaticism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 11 : Modulation to Distantly Related Keys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 12 : Pentatonic and Diatonic Modes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 13 : Other Modes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 14 : Sets and 12-Tone Rows\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 3: Harmony\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 1 : I(i) and V (^1 and ^5 in the Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 2 : IV(iv), ii6(°6), and ii (^4 and ^2 in the Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 3 : I(i)6, vii°6, and V6 (^3, ^2, and ^7 in the Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 4 : V7 and the Cadential 6\/4 (^5 in the Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 5 : Inversions of V7 and The Passing 6\/4 (^4, ^2, and ^7 in the Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 6 : vii°7 and its Inversions and the Pedal 6\/4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 7 : IV(iv)6, vi(VI), and iii(III) (^6, and ^3 in the Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 8 : Pre-dominant Seventh Chords—ii(ø)7 and IV(iv)7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 9 : Applied Dominants 1—V7\/V, vii°7\/V, and V7\/III\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 10 : Applied Dominants 2—V7\/IV(iv) and vii°7\/iv\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 11 : Applied Dominants 3—V7\/ii, vii°7\/ii, V7\/vi(VI), and vii°7\/vi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 12 : Modulation to Closely Related Keys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 13 : Modal Mixture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 14 : The Neapolitan (bII)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 15 : Augmented 6th Chords\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModule 16 : Modulations Using vii°7 and the ct°7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlossary of Musical Terms; Solmization Systems\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDicatation Keys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 1 Rhythm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 2 Melody\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 3 Harmony\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401879429463,"sku":"9780367225940","price":114.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367225940.jpg?v=1730478782","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/comprehensive-aural-skills-9780367225940","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}