Hearing and Writing Music: Professional Training for Today's Musician

Designed as a self-training manual as well as a classroom text, this book is a complete step-by-step course to develop the musician's ability to hear and notate any style of music. Personal training, theory and exercises form an integrated, subconscious technique, which may be applied to composition, improvisation or performance.

A definitive guide and reference book for composers, orchestrators, arrangers and performers, Hearing and Writing Music teaches a fast sketch technique and emphasizes accurate communication through music notation. The goal is to recognize and notate any musical sound without using a keyboard or any other instrument. Contents include:
Developing your ear
Hearing intervals and phrases
Transcription technique
Perception to notation of all elements of music
Preparation for production and publishing
Reference and resource section for composition and film scoring