Aural Matters [2 CD's]

Pt I contains examples of dictation and discrimination exercises, graded in difficulty - melody and two-part dictation, harmonic recognition, and identifiying errors in performance. Pt II provides a complete recorded anthology of the compositional techniques with which students are expected to be familiar at Advanced level - examples are included from British folk song, world music, jazz, pop and the main periods of art music from the late Renaissance to modern times. A detailed commentary shows how to recognize periods, styles, structures, instruments and techniques in this music. --book cover.