Classical Ear Training Series
Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Classical Training Series
Practice Perfect Applied Classical Ear Training Series concentrates on various classical composer’s music to
teach contextual ear training that is applied directly to real music. Two courses are currently available both
use the Bach’s Chorales. Bach’s Chorales are a particularly good choice to start classical ear training. The
Chorales contain a lot of the harmony that was used in all of Bach’s music and arguably is the bulk of the
harmony used in most music even to this day!
Examples of the Practice Perfect Classical Series
You will links to the two courses that are currently available in this series further down this page. If you
click on these links you will find MP3 examples of the exercises found in these courses. Below you will also
find two courses that we recommend as prerequisite to the Practice Perfect Classical Series. It is important
that you understand Bruce Arnold’s ear training system before working on the Practice Perfect Classical Series.
Hear Real Music with the Practice Perfect Applied Ear Training Series
Overall the Practice Perfect Applied Ear Training Series is a collection of books where you use real music to
work on ear training. Further down this page you can see the various courses that are available in this series.
Individual courses or bundles can be purchased for these courses. Each volume concentrates on a different style
of music but all volumes have you either sing notes or guess notes while real music is played. All of these
exercises assume that you are doing this exercises in relation to a key center.
Who Should Work on the Practice Perfect Applied Ear Training Series
These courses are not meant for a beginner starting our ear training method. That said, the Practice Perfect Applied
Ear Training Series can be used fairly quickly after a student is getting approximately 50% correct answers on
either of our beginning methods:
“Context” The Way You Learn!
The internet is full of websites and apps that teach you ear training but what most of these courses of study
miss is the following:
- Ultimately you need to apply ear training to real music. If a course of ear training study doesn’t give you
these types of exercises isn’t the whole point missed? - All students learn differently and are at different levels when starting ear training.
- You need a guide who will answer your questions as they arise. With most courses at some point you have to
make hopefully educated guesses on how to proceed. Mr. Arnold offers free email support for all courses so
that you can ask specific questions. This makes sure that you don’t practice the wrong way! - You need many different types of exercises to solve specific problems that you may have with ear training.
Muse Eek Publishing Inc. through 40 years of experience has all the courses you will need to take your ear
training abilities to their highest point. - And again, in the end you need to apply your training to real music! Usually by doing this you find out that
there are more problems to be solved. By working with you we will be able to solve these problems.
You Get All Of This at Muse Eek Publishing Inc.
Mr. Arnold is available 24/7 to
answer your questions. He takes your learning seriously. How do you know this? Take a look at over 300+ FAQs. Each student is unique and
will need certain types of exercises to fix their ear training and other musicianship problems. This is one of
the reasons why there are so many different courses at Muse Eek Publishing Inc. Every student has specific needs
and these book fulfill those needs.
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- A brief history of your music studies
- What your goals are.
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Practice Perfect Applied Classical Ear Training Series
As previously mentioned the Bach Chorales are often said to contain most of the harmonic movement that is used in
western music even by today’s standards. Therefore they are a excellent place to start with classical ear
training but also for any musician interested in developing their understanding of music via their ear and not
just through intellectual understanding of the music theory behind each piece. There are two volumes currently
available which cover two Bach Chorales.
- Practice
Perfect Applied Classical Ear Training Bach Chorale One BWV 269 - Practice
Perfect Applied Classical Ear Training Bach Chorale Five BWV 267
Click on the links below to find out more about the Practice Perfect Applied Classical Ear Training Series and to
hear examples from each course
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Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Ear Training V1 (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Ear Training V2 (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More
Information)
All Courses in the Practice Perfect Applied Series Can Be Found Below:
Practice Perfect Applied Ear Training Series Suggested Order of execution can be found below. Each Style
of music present different challenges. Unless you are looking for a particular style it is recommend to
follow the order presented below when working with the Practice Perfect Applied Ear Training Series.
There are a few exceptions:- The Classical Ear Training courses could be studied at any point in the series.
- It is best to listen to the the audio examples found at the links below to decide which course is
best for you
Depending upon your ability you will find different challenges when working through the Practice Perfect
Applied Ear Training Series. We encourage you to listen to the demo tracks for each volume to see where
is the most appropriate place to start.Click On The Courses Below To Find Out More Information
First in the Practice Perfect Ear Training Series is 10 volumes in various musical styles. Overall these
courses are easier for most students and therefore is a good place to start with applying contextual ear
training to real music. Listen to the examples found on each page to see if they are right for you. You
can purchase individual courses or bundles for each series.-
Practice Perfect Applied Ear Training Bundle All 10 Volumes for $135.00
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Movie Score Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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Rock Music Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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Heavy Metal Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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Country Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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World Music Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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Pop Music Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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Hip Hop Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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Punk Music Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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Dance and Techno Music Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More Information)
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Contemporary Orchestration Music Ear Training (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More
Information) -
Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Ear Training V1 (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More
Information) -
Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Ear Training V2 (Click on Book Cover for Examples and More
Information) -
Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Ear Training V3 Rhythm Changes Ear Training (Click on Book
Cover for Examples and More Information) -
Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Standard Ear Training V1 (Click on Book Cover for Examples and
More Information) -
Practice Perfect Applied Bossa & Samba Ear Training V2 (Click on Book Cover for Examples
and More Information) -
Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Standard Ear Training V3 (Click on Book Cover for Examples and
More Information)
3 Volumes of Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Ear Training
The Applied Jazz Ear Training work with classic Blues, Minor Blues and Rhythm Changes to help you
hear and sing notes in relation to a key center with these common song forms. Each chord progression
covers different aspects of these song forms going from the most scaled down versions to highly
re-harmonized examples. Links to the 3 volumes can be found below which contain examples of the
listening and singing exercises:
3 Volumes of Practice Perfect Applied Jazz Standard Ear Training
The Applied Jazz Standard Ear Training works with music from the great American song book. These jazz
standards are great because they contain so much of the harmony commonly found in all music. These
courses would be the hardest for students and should be studied last in the Applied Ear Training
Series. Each volume gets progressively more difficult. Links to the 3 volumes can be found below
which contain examples of the listening and singing exercises:
2 Volumes of Practice Perfect Applied Classical Ear Training
The Applied Classical Ear Training also comes with scores for each part. It also has all exercises
using both an organ and voice. These are excellent if you are working with a choir. Links to the 2
volumes can be found below which contain examples of the listening and singing exercises: -