Ear Training, Capturing the Basic Chord Qualities: A Comprehensive Approach to the Systematic Study of Melodic and Harmonic Structures in Music

by Elvo S. D'Amante

Volume III - Ear Capturing the Basic Chord Qualities includes four (4) CDs with over 290 minutes of lessons, studies, and drills. This book and its 4 CDs clearly defines, develops, and ensures fluent skills in capturing the sounds of various melodic and harmonic chord qualities; it covers triads, sevenths, and extensions. Inversions along with octave alignments, chord sets, and broken chords are also presented. The identification process and chord symbol designations are comprehensive and help provide for and ensure musical literacy. The scope and reference areas of this text includes four customary triads plus two Dominant-related triads, intervals of the seventh, Dominant seventh chords, Major seventh chords, Minor seventh chords, Half-diminished seventh chords, Fully-diminished seventh chords, Minor/Major seventh chords, seventh chord inversions and much more.

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002