Hörtraining Band 2: Book & CD

This book and CD set treats ear training as a skill with genuine musical logic rather than abstract drill. The graduated progression through harmony, melody, and rhythm, combined with diverse instrumental examples and separate answer keys, makes it work equally well for group instruction and independent study.

Working through Hörtraining feels like solving puzzles with sound. Each chapter builds logically, and the variety of instrumental voices keeps your ear engaged rather than fatigued.

This is designed for jazz students and musicians working to develop active listening skills, whether in ensemble settings or on their own. It suits anyone who wants to strengthen interval recognition, harmonic hearing, and rhythmic awareness through systematic, engaging practice.

• Work through the examples on the CD in sequence before attempting the written exercises; hearing the sound first anchors the concept.
• Use the separate answer key to check your work, then revisit any exercises where you heard something different before moving ahead.
• Vary which instruments you listen to across the same exercise type to build recognition across timbres and registers.
• Try the advanced exercises at the end of each section once the core material feels secure; they extend the work meaningfully without jumping to a different book.

Assign this as ongoing ear training work in jazz ensemble or theory class, using group sessions to discuss different interpretations of the same examples. The CD format makes it accessible for home practice between rehearsals, so students arrive with sharper listening skills.

• Interval identification and recognition across multiple registers and instruments
• Harmonic hearing: distinguishing chord qualities and progressions by ear
• Melodic dictation and pattern recognition
• Rhythmic precision and syncopation awareness
• Listening across varied timbres: winds, keyboards, voice, percussion