Tools for Music Mastery 2
Tools for Music Mastery 2 Series
The “Tools for Music Mastery 2” is a series of five books geared toward improving a musician’s ability simultaneously in ear training, sight reading, sight singing, time development, music recognition skills. What makes this series unique is that each of the included exercises address all of these aspects of musicianship simultaneously! Since a student’s abilities in each of these areas can vary greatly it is highly recommended that you purchase the bundle edition of “Tools for Music Mastery 2” so that you have access to all levels of these exercises.
The primary reason for creating Tools for Music Mastery 2 is to help students who have difficulty with One Note Ear Training. Specifically hearing the distinct sound of each pitch within a key center. These exercises will REALLY help to nail this important aspect of ear training. Since “Tools for Music Mastery 2” can be used to develop so many different parts of your musicianship some directions are required to help you organize and get the most out of this series. Each exercise has MP3s and midi files that can be used to build up your skills. The midi files are particularly useful if the MP3s are either too fast or too slow for your current ability. It is highly recommended that you use GarageBand, Finale or Sibelius or any other midi file player that gives you control of the tempo when using the midi files. You should spend 15 minutes to one hour a day working with the series.
- Click on triangle to see some recommended ways to use these books.
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- Each exercise has a drone that creates the tempo and the key center, therefore you will automatically be doing contextual ear training as you read each exercise. Up to one hour a day is recommended for sight reading.
- Time development skills are automatically built into these exercises because the drone is only heard on various beats of the measure or multiple measures. Over time this will automatically build up your ability to feel time on the larger level which in turn will help you to feel time and not count time.
It is also important to note that some count-offs will be on beats other than beat 1 or 3. This is to prepare you for compositions that often arise in which the time reference is not standard. Although this is challenging, preparing yourself to encounter this situation is crucial. - Time development skills are automatically built into these exercises because the drone is only heard on various beats of the measure or multiple measures. Over time this will automatically build up your ability to feel time on the larger level which in turn will help you to feel time and not count time.
- The structure of the exercises automatically broadens your music recognition skills by giving you exercises on multiple metric levels and with varying notation. Therefore it is highly recommended that you use this book as a sight reading book long with the more obvious applications.
- These exercises can be used to build up technical skills. As you move through various exercises you will find that the tempo upgrades of the rhythm exercises will greatly improve your technical ability to play fast. This is also helped by the drone which helps you to feel the “Long Line Rhythm” of the phrases.
- You will find a discussion of Beat Reading later in this book. For best results spend 5 minutes a day reading through one exercise using the three recommended levels.
As mentioned each exercise includes a drone, and starts with simple and slow rhythms. Throughout the course these become more and more difficult, which make them excellent for honing rhythm abilities. It is recommended that you try some of the examples below to test your abilities in all these various areas.
Some students may wish to work on one aspect of their musicianship and therefore there are individual downloads of each book available if needed.
Get Tools for Music Mastery 2 Bundle save almost 40.00 by buying the bundle rather than individual courses
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Test your abilities with the five levels of this course!
The tests below concentrate on ear training, sight reading, sight singing and rhythm comprehension skills. REMEMBER..
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- Each of the five volumes covers a different metric level.
- Each varies how often you hear the drone to improve “Long Line Rhythm” comprehension.
- Each varies the rhythmic difficulty.
- Each varies the types of rhythms used.
- Each of the 5 courses gives you 12 different examples in all 12 keys. That is 144 different examples for each level with 432 MP3 per course!
- Each exercises has 3 MP3s at different tempos plus midi files if you want to play the exercise slower or faster.
- There are 12 different examples for each rhythm exercise
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- Click on triangle to see the Half Quarter note rhythm example. Use this to test your ear training, sight reading, sight singing or your rhythmic ability. You can also test your “Long Line Rhythm” ability.
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- Test your Half and Quarter notes comprehension. While ingraining the sound of the root against a key center these exercises develop your sight reading and rhythm comprehension skills at the same time. This is an excellent starting place if you are beginner at sight reading but remember if you are an advanced sight reader you can play this exercise at any tempo with the midi files. There are 3 MP3s available plus midi files if you want to play the exercise slower or faster. There is a different examples for so you can work on learning the sound of every note against a key center.
- Test your Half and Quarter Note ability with these MP3s: Click triangle above to see drop down score. Count off is two measures of half notes. Half note MetroDrone® builds your ability to keep time with out metronomic subdivision by every beat especially at slower tempos.
- Level Two MP3 for example above
- Half and Quarter Note MP3s for example above
- Remember you can play these examples at any tempo… Super slow or extremely fast with the midi files that accompany this course.
- Click on triangle to see the Quarter and Eighth note rhythm example. Use this to test your ear training, sight reading, sight singing or your rhythmic ability. You can also test your “Long Line Rhythm” ability.
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- Test your Quarter and Half Note ability with these MP3s: There are 3 MP3s available plus midi files if you want to play the exercise slower or faster. There is a different example for all 12 keys.
- Test your Quarter and Eighth Note ability with these MP3s: Click triangle above to see drop down score. Count off is two measures of half notes. Half note MetroDrone® build your ability to keep time with out metronomic subdivision by every beat especially at slower tempos.
- Level Two MP3 for example above
- Level Three MP3 for example above
- Remember you can play these examples at any tempo… Super slow or extremely fast with the midi files that accompany this course.
- Test your Triplet Note ability with these MP3s: Click triangle above to see drop down score. Count off is more difficult with this example because you hear two measures with the drone on beat 2. Developing your ability to hear odd count offs and keeping you time when you only hear a pulse/drone on beat 2 is challenging.
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- Test your Triplet Note sight reading, sight singing, rhythm comprehension skills below. There are 3 MP3s available plus midi files if you want to play the exercise slower or faster. There is a different example for all 12 keys.
- Test your Triplet Note ability with these MP3s: Click triangle above to see drop down score. Count off is two measures on beat 2 only. This will build your ability your ability to keep time with out metronomic subdivision by every beat and is helps to improve your ability to feel time when it is not given on beat one.
- Level Two MP3 for example above
- Level Three MP3 for example above
- Remember you can play these examples at any tempo… Super slow or extremely fast with the midi files that accompany this course.
- Test your Eighth Note and Sixteenth Note ability with these MP3s: Click triangle above to see drop down score. Count off is two measures of half notes.
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- Test your Eighth Note and Sixteenth Note sight reading, sight singing, rhythm comprehension skills below. There are 3 MP3s available plus midi files if you want to play the exercise slower or faster. There is a different example for all 12 keys.
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- Test your Eighth and Sixteenth Note ability with these MP3s: Click triangle above to see drop down score. Count off is again challenging. On this example where you hear two measures of a drone on beat four for your count off. Then drone repeats every measure on beat four. This is again challenging but a common situation you might find in a real musical situation. Only hearing the MetroDrone® on beat four also builds your ability to keep time with out metronomic subdivision by every beat especially at slower tempos.
- Level Two MP3 for example above
- Level Three MP3 for example above
- Remember you can play these examples at any tempo… Super slow or extremely fast with the midi files that accompany this course.
- Test your Sixteenth and Thirty Second Note ability with these MP3s: Click triangle above to see drop down score. Count off is two measures of half notes.
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- Test your Sixteenth and Thirty Second Note sight reading, sight singing, rhythm comprehension skills below. There are 3 MP3s available plus midi files if you want to play the exercise slower or faster. There is a different example for all 12 keys.
- Test your Sixteenth and Thirty Second Note ability with these MP3s: Click triangle above to see drop down score. Count off is two measures of half notes the you only hear drone every other measure on beat one MetroDrone® which builds your ability to keep time with out metronomic subdivision by every beat especially at slower tempos. This is a fast example which shows you how you can also use this to build technique. This is very useful for any stringed instrument when building right hand technique.
- Level Two MP3 for example above
- Level Three MP3 for example above
- Remember you can play these examples at any tempo… Super slow or extremely fast with the midi files that accompany this course.
Recommended first purchase.
We recommend you purchase Tools for Music Mastery 2 Bundle to save money. Because of these multifaceted applications these exercises are an excellent use of your practice time. “Tools for Music Mastery 2” comes as a set of books; in this case five books that will develop your “One Note” ear training skills while at the same time developing your rhythm skills on 5 levels.
Tools for Music Mastery Bundle
- Additional Information for Tools for Music Mastery 2 Bundle:
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- Digital IBSN: 978-1-59489-514-2
- 5 volumes of books 175 pages each with 432 MP3s and 288 midi files for each volume.
Get Tools for Music Mastery 2 Bundle today. Save almost 40.00 off buying all individual downloads. Bring your musicianship to a masters level with the power of all 5 levels!
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Individual purchases for the 5 volumes of: Tools for Music Mastery 2
We have also found over the years that for many reasons customers may prefer an incremental approach to getting involved with this ear training method. To satisfy this we have broken the Tools for Music Mastery 2 books up so you can purchase them as separate volumes. While not the most cost effective way to approach this course, we include it nevertheless.
Tools for Music Mastery 2 Half and Quarter Note Rhythms/em>
Tools for Music Mastery Half and Quarter Note Rhythms contains the book and associated audio files.
- Additional Information for Tools for Music Mastery 2 Half and Quarter Note Rhythms:
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- Digital ISBN: 978-1-59489-510-4
- 175 pages with 432 MP3s and 288 midi files.
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Tools for Music Mastery 2 Quarter and Eighth Note Rhythms.
Tools for Music Mastery 2 Quarter and Eighth Note Rhythms contains the book and associated audio files.
- Additional Information for Tools for Music Mastery 2 Quarter and Eighth Note Rhythms.
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- Digital ISBN: 978-1-59489-511-1
- 175 pages with 432 MP3s and 288 midi files.
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Tools for Music Mastery 2 Triplets
Tools for Music Mastery 2 Triplets contains the book and associated audio files.
- Additional Information for Tools for Music Mastery 2 Triplets:
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- Digital ISBN: 978-1-59489-515-9
- 175 pages with 432 MP3s and 288 midi files.
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Tools for Music Mastery 2 Eighth and Sixteenth Notes
Tools for Music Mastery 2 Eighth and Sixteenth Notes contains the book and associated audio files.
- Additional Information for Tools for Music Mastery 2 Eighth and Sixteenth Notes:
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- Digital ISBN: 978-1-59489-512-8
- 175 pages with 432 MP3s and 288 midi files.
Get Tools for Music Mastery 2 Eighth and Sixteenth Notes today and transform musicianship.
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Tools for Music Mastery 2 Sixteenth and Thirty Second Notes
Tools for Music Mastery 2 Sixteenth and Thirty Second Notes contains the book and associated audio files.
- Additional Information for Tools for Music Mastery 2 Sixteenth and Thirty Second Notes:
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- Digital ISBN: 978-1-59489-513-5
- 175 pages with 432 MP3s and 288 midi files.
Get Tools for Music Mastery 2 Sixteenth and Thirty Second Notes musicianship skills.
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- What people are saying:
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- Bruce had mentioned this idea of using rhythm and a drone to improve my one note recognition skills. After only a few weeks of working with this idea I had mastered the 3 notes that were continuing to give me problems. I highly recommend this series it does so much all at once! J. Jefferson</em
- I’ve been requesting a product like this from Bruce for quite some time. As many of you know its really hard to deal with always missing certain notes with the one note ear training. This simple exercise of combining rhythm and singing over a drone was the key for me moving to the next level. Probably saved me half a year of further work so can’t recommend this any higher… Buy it!! J. Yang
- I was looking for a sight reading course that would cover different types of notes like halves, quarters, sixteenths and thirty seconds. This fit the bill. I also like the flexibility of having both MP3s and Midi files so I can set the tempo that is best for me. Y. Armstrong
- The Long Line Rhythm ideas in this series are seriously kicking my butt! Thanks for combining so many aspects of my musicianship into one exercise! T. Thorson
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