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Jamey Aebersold’s JAZZ EAR TRIANINGFor recognizing musical sounds and values, repetition is the all important key. Jamey Aebersold, without question, is perhaps the best instructor in the do-it-yourself publishing field. Here Jamey himself patiently guides the student through chord value recognition, intervals, melodic patterns, the entire gamut of musical sound qualities that will create your foundation in everything you do. Hear it before you play it. Hear it before you write it. Create music away from the piano. Analyze jazz licks and transcribe solos. Mozart could hear something once and play it. Jamey knows that the rest of us musical mortals need to hear it dozens of times, maybe more, to attain the recognition of notes and chords. Thus he has created the perfect course that presents just such repetition of all the elements. But be warned, patience is a course requisite for this ear training 101 course. Jamey will take you through major chords, minor, diminished, augmented, sevenths, flatted 9ths, augmented 5ths, progressions, random voicings, intervallic studies, and transcribing. Jamey pleads in the Preface: TAKE YOUR TIME! Be patient with yourself. And get a pitch pipe. You must devote time every day even if it’s only 20 minutes. You’ll be amazed at how your musicianship improves in every way!