Oxford University Press The Mind's Ear (Second Edition) - Adolphe - Text Book

Exercises for Improving the Musical Imagination for Performers, Composers, and Listeners

Author: Bruce Adolphe
Format: Softcover Book
Version: Text

The Mind's Ear offers a unique approach to stimulating the musical imagination and inspiring creativity, as well as providing detailed exercises aimed at improving the ability to read and imagine music in silence, in the "mind's ear." Modelling his exercises on those used in theatre games and acting classes, and drawing upon years of experience with improvisation and composition, Bruce Adolphe has written a compelling, valuable, and practical guide to musical creativity that can benefit music students at all levels and help music teachers be more effective and inspiring. The book also provides provocative ideas and useful tools for professional performers and composers, as well as offering games and exercises to serious listeners that can increase their musical understanding and level of engagement with music in a variety of ways.

• Brings a unique set of practical, useful, and inspiring exercises into the music education setting
• Stimulates musical creativity and the imagination
• Features a companion website with practical audio and video demonstrations

New to this Edition:

• Features both comprehensively revised and completely new practical examples
• Includes new sequential exercises that address imagining music in the mind
• Includes new exercises in composing that explore fundamental, essential aspects of how music unfolds
• Develops new conceptual distinction between creator and editor
• Develops new idea of deceptive and surprising moments in musical thinking
• Includes new exercises in improvisation
• Features a companion website with practical audio and video demonstrations