The mind's ear: exercises for improving the musical imagination for performers, listeners, and composers

Bruce Adolphe

MMB Music, 1991 - Music - 56 pages

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Wow. What a revolutionary way to teach ear training! the exercises were clearly devised by someone who knows how people hear. Good for musicians and also for anyone who wants to know how much they can ...

Contents

• The Techniques of Imagining: 3
• Exercises in Silence hearing in your head: 11
• Mozart has something to tell you: 17
• Pulse and energy: 23
• Noises signifying something: 29
• The soliloquy by Shakespeare sans Words: 35
• Accompanied poetry reading: 40
• Transfusion: 53

Bibliographic information

• Title: The mind's ear: exercises for improving the musical imagination for performers, listeners, and composers
• Author: Bruce Adolphe
• Edition: 2, reprint
• Publisher: MMB Music, 1991
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: May 25, 2010
• ISBN: 0918812712, 9780918812711
• Length: 56 pages
• Subjects: Ear training; Imagination; Music; Music / Instruction & Study / Exercises; Music / Instruction & Study / General; Music / Printed Music / General; Psychology / Creative Ability