Reprinted and now including a CD. Like most musical skills, aural awareness needs regular training and practice. Aural work should be part of every lesson. Teachers may like to use this book to supplement the aural training material they devise for themselves. The tests for Grade 6 include accompanied sight-singing. The material in this books will be found useful not only for the Associated Board. The skills developed by its use will be considerable help to candidates studying music for GCSE and A Level and for all musicians who wish to improve their general musical awareness.

This book is about thinking in music. Music listeners who understand what they hear are thinking in music. Music readers who understand and visualize what they read are thinking in music. This book investigates the various ways musicians acquire those skills through an examination of the latest research in music perception and cognition, music theory, along with centuries of insight from music theorists, composers, and performers. Aural skills are the focus; the author also works with common problems in both skills teaching and skills acquisition.

Having a good ear is vital to becoming a successful musician, and Improve Your Aural! is here to help develop your musicianship in easy progressive stages. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in, and practice exercises, this interactive workbook and two CDs focus directly on all those key skills you need. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, writing, composing, and playing your instrument.