Contemporary Aural Course - Preparatory for Beginners

The Contemporary Aural Course - Preparatory for Beginners, workbook. 

This audio and workbook course is designed to equip the student from the earliest stages of learning with the ability to discern both pitch and rhythm, and transcribe sounds into music notation in the workbook. The audio tracks are available for purchase from the author’s website.

Designed for the novice musician from the age of 5 and up, the voiceover instruction gently guides the beginner through the early stages of ear-training.

Topics covered include basic pitch recognition (high, low, mid-range pitches and direction) through to listening to the intervals, from the repeated note (Same or Prime) up to the interval of a fifth.

In addition, the course introduces awareness of rhythm and beat through listening and clapping, combined with the author’s unique music shorthand transcription system which is a feature of the all levels of the course up to Set 6.  In this Preparatory Set, the audio examples are played at a slow or moderate speed, and there is ample time allowed for students to rehearse their skills by singing or clapping and to complete their answers in the workbook.