Now re-issued with a CD. Like most musical skills, aural awareness needs regular training and practice. Aural work should be part of every lesson. Teachers may like to use this book to supplement the aural training material they devise for themselves. The tests for Grade 7 include tests in sight singing a melody above a played bass. The material for this book will be found useful not only for ...

Second edition.

Demystifies the process of composing music and writing songs. This title guides you through various steps of writing your own music, from choosing the right rhythm and tempo to creating melodies and chord progressions and working with instruments and voices.

This extremely practical introduction to musical analysis explores the factors that give unity and coherence to musical masterpieces. Having first identified and explained the most important analytical methods, Nicholas Cook examines given compositions from the last two hundred years to show how different analytical procedures suit different types of music.

It is a common experience that words are inadequate for music. Drawing on psychological and philosophical materials as well as the analysis of specific musical examples, this study attempts to make a clear distinction between the province of music theory and that of aesthetic criticism.

Explores musical meaning, music's critical function in human lives, and the relationship between listening and musical material. This work outlines an ecological approach to understand the perception of music, arguing that the way we hear and understand music is not a function of our brain structure or of the musical codes given to us.

This re-evaluation of our thinking about music is in two parts. The first focuses on approaches to musical texts, covering such topics as the relationship of text and context, and concepts of unity and meaning. The second explores and reflects the nature of the discipline of musicology

A selection of sixteen essays covers the period from 1987 to 2004 and brings out the development of the author's ideas over these years. This title explores a variety of topics, ranging from Beethoven to Schenker, from Chinese qin music to jazz and rock, from perceptual psychology to sketch studies and analysis of record sleeves.

This text models music understanding from the perspective of cognitive science. The theory, illustrated with examples from Western classical music, relates the aural surface of a piece to the musical stucture unconsciously inferred by the experienced listener.

Providing useful introduction for music students, performers and armchair music lovers, this is a concise guide to musical structures of the tonal era. Illustrated with many music examples, it is also useful to higher grade practical exam candidates, as it provides information to higher grade Practical Musicianship candidates.

How to Put the Parts Together. Rooksby's songwriting books have sold over 100,000 copies. With an accompanying CD that includes examples of all the book's arrangement techniques.

This text provides an approach to teaching analytical concepts through the study of style composition. The emphasis is on analysis and decision making within a practical context, drawing on real musical examples ranging from Bach to early Beethoven.

Lays out a concrete method, called Immersion Composition, for any songwriting musician/composer who experiences creative block. This book also lays out the framework for forming a group of like-minded songwriters (a lodge ), presents dozens of tips and games, and shows how to sort through the results of a session.

A reference tool giving advice on how to research and write about music, it addresses issues that anyone might be confronted with when undertaking a writing task. It introduces methods and procedures that provide a framework for independent research. It has a two-part format with a 'how-to' section and a quick-reference compendium of information.

OCR AS Music Listening Tests 2nd edition is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the previous OCR Listening Tests for Students. Aside from a whole set of new and revised questions, this book also included helpful advice for students and teachers on how to answer and mark the test. Catalogues to all schools