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Learning to memorize sound through singing is a basic tool for developing good relative pitch.  Contextually based relative pitch allows you to use a key center as your basis for instantly identifying sound rather than the distance between notes as taught by interval methods.

This Ear Training method has been developed to teach you how to hear the way musical sounds are organized within a key. With proper practice you will be able to instantly recognize:

•   what notes other musicians are playing.
•   what key a chord progression is in.
•   what the notes in a given melody are.
•   what the sounds they are hearing in their mind are.

These are all invaluable tools for both playing and composing music. This book can be used by students of any level but is recommended that you know the relative degrees of all notes in all keys.  Through the use of the exercises presented on the four CDs that accompany this book a student will learn to internally hear all degrees against a key center and then be able to sing these sounds instantly.
In a fast paced world, an ear training method that can be used anywhere is obviously helpful in speeding up a student’s progress.   The four CDs that accompany this book are an excellent resource for practicing "on the go."  Sound memorization comes through repetition so a method than can fit into today’s hectic schedules will get you the results you seek that much faster.

Muse Eek Publishing Company hosts an on-line resource in conjunction with this book. There is also a free “Member’s Section” where book owners can download other files specific to this method and/or other help files to further their music education.

Unlike traditional situations where the reader is left on their own after purchase of a text, Muse-Eek Publishing seeks to keep the reader/ student engaged and interactive with the author. With each book you are beginning a relationship in which help and direction are always available to make sure you are learning correctly.
This book is a required text at New York University and Princeton University, and is recommended for beginning music students ages 13 and up.