Hearing and writing music Book

Music is the universal language, and this book teaches readers how to speak it fluently. Designed as a self-training manual as well as a text for the classroom, it is a complete step-by-step course that dramatically improves a reader's musical skills -- through an integrated subconscious process. The only prerequisite is that the student can read music, and within six weeks, the musician can jot down a musical idea anywhere, without using an instrument.The only book of its kind, Hearing and Writing Music focuses on personal training, theory and exercises to develop any musician's ability to hear and notate any style of music. With the Gorow system, musicians learn how to communicate accurately through musical notation. Contents include: -- Developing your ear -- Hearing intervals -- Hearing phrases -- Transcription technique -- Perception to notation -- Preparation for production with publication. This is definitive guide and reference book for composers, orchestrators, arrangers and performers, and is designed to improve the musical skills of students and professionals alike.