Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume Two
Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume Two
Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume Two is the new addition our best selling singing method Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume One.
The idea of singing sound based on a “key center” as opposed to singing an “interval” really began a revolution in the way musicians perceive sound. When a seasoned musician sings a melody, they are not thinking the distance between each note they are hearing, they are singing pitches within a “key center.” Seasoned musicians sing this way naturally after years of playing and singing but with Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing a student can fast forward their learning so that they can experience 30 years of ear training in a fraction of the time. Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume Two adds in some important additions to help a student improve their sense of multiple key centers (17 in total) as well as teach a student how to superimpose basic three and four note chords over these tonalities.
A complete transformation of musical perception with this ear training concept.
Once you learn to hear/sing all 12 pitches over a Major chord tonal center which is the purpose of Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume One. Volume Two gives you 17 new key centers to continue to hone your skills at hearing notes in a key center against more complicated key centers.
17 key centers covered in Volume Two
The following key centers are supplied with Volume Two in the form of MP3s. These drones are approximately 3 minutes in length. Please see drop down menu below for a complete list:
- Key Centers:
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- Major
- Minor
- Diminished
- Augmented
- Major 7
- Minor 7
- Dominant
- Dominant7 sus4
- Minor7b5
- Diminished 7th
- MinorMajor7
- Major7#11
- Major7#5
- Dominant7#11
- Dominant7#5
- Major6
- Minor6
Each of the 17 key centers found in the Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume Two have exercises in all keys with associated MP3s. Test your ability below to see if “Fanatic’s Guide Volume Two” is appropriate for your current level.
Listen to excerpts:
- C Minor Key Center sing the following superimposition: D, F, A, C[s3bubbleAudioSingle bucket=”media.muse-eek.com” track=” mp3/fan2/01_C_Minor.mp3″ autoplay=”false” download=”false” style=”plain” preload=”auto”/]
- C Minor 7b5 Key Center sing the following inversion: Eb, Gb, Bb, C[s3bubbleAudioSingle bucket=”media.muse-eek.com” track=” mp3/fan2/01_C_Minor7b5.mp3″ autoplay=”false” download=”false” style=”plain” preload=”auto”/]
- C Diminished Key Center sing the following inversion: Gb, A, C, Eb[s3bubbleAudioSingle bucket=”media.muse-eek.com” track=” mp3/fan2/01_C_Dim7.mp3″ autoplay=”false” download=”false” style=”plain” preload=”auto”/]
- C Major7#5 Key Center sing the following chord tones: C, E, G#, B[s3bubbleAudioSingle bucket=”media.muse-eek.com” track=” mp3/fan2/01_C_Maj7Sharp5.mp3″ autoplay=”false” download=”false” style=”plain” preload=”auto”/]
- C Dominant 7#5 Key Center sing the following chord tones in 1st inversion: E, G#, Bb, C[s3bubbleAudioSingle bucket=”media.muse-eek.com” track=” mp3/fan2/01_C_Dom7Sharp5.mp3″ autoplay=”false” download=”false” style=”plain” preload=”auto”/]
Superimposition of exercises based on Chord Tone and Tension Re-harmonization.
For the advanced student you will find a list for each tonality which recommends different ways of superimposing the singing exercises over other tonalities. For instance you could superimpose a C Major7 arpeggio over an A Minor tonal center. This is theoretically permissible because the notes of a C Major 7 chord “C, E, G, B” are either chord tones or available tensions in an A Minor chord. i.e. C Major 7 chord in A Minor is: C = b3, E = 5, G =b7, B = 9. Super-impositions for each key center are listed throughout this book.
Each key center uses a different instrumental sound!
The type of instrument or sonority used to create the key center can also be a factor when students confront various tonalities. This is the reason why Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume Two has many different types of instruments are used for the MP3 key centers that accompany this book. Many different kinds of acoustic pianos, electric keyboards and guitars have been used to help a student become familiar with not only various key centers, but the sounds of various instruments playing those tonalities.
An Appendix explaining the theory behind chord tone and tension re-harmonization.
The Appendix to this book explains how these super-impositions of chords and scales relate and what notes are available tensions. This information is crucial to understanding the how the supplied superimposition lists works with various tonalities. Understanding this information, learning how to hear it and working with it through both composition and improvisation will strengthen your understanding and aural skills with various key centers.
- Additional Information:
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- Digital IBSN: 978-1-59489-598-2
- 131 pages with 204 MP3s
- What people are saying:
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- I’ve been studying via Skype with Mr. Arnold for quite a few years now and the fanatics guide ear training and sightseeing volume 2 is a product that actually needed to help me hear more complicated key centers. The fact that they are also on different instruments really helps a lot because I have a hard time hearing key centers when they are produced by a guitar or an Organ. The addition of the superimposition information makes this a book that I can use for many years to come. N. Johnson
- I’ve been waiting for this new fanatics guide volume 2 for many years so I’m quite excited to get started. Along with the 17 Key Centers drones I greatly appreciate that Mr. Arnold supplied the information on how the chord superimposition’s were derived. Mr. Arnold’s realization that many students need additional help in hearing more complicated key centers is greatly appreciated. I have not had the experience of playing jazz or other Idioms that use these types of tonalities some of this book’s MP3s are a great help. W. Engleman
- what can I say another on target book from Bruce Arnold. I’m just finishing up Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume One and now look forward to starting volume 2 to expand my key center understanding as well as my knowledge of chordal superimposition.A. Tillsmen.
Get Fanatic’s Guide to Ear Training and Sight Singing Volume Two today and transform your sense of key centers!.
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- MetroDrone®
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