Vulgar Modernism: Writing on Movies and Other Media (Culture and the Moving Image Series)

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For the past dozen years, J. Hoberman has been publishing witty, impassioned, vivid film criticism in the pages of New York's alternative weekly, The Village Voice. His first collection includes a variety of these (mostly) movie reviews, as well as a number of longer essays and film-festival reports, all written during the 1980s. For Hoberman, film criticism is a form of social commentary, and his articles reflect a decade when an actor was president, the Vietnam War was refought on the nation's movie screens, and soundbites determined elections.

The variety of Hoberman's interests and the intellectual depth of his critiques are remarkable. Writing from the perspective of Lower Manhattan, he places movies in the context of the other visual arts—painting, photography, comics, video, and TV—as well as that of postmodem theorists such as Leslie Fiedler and Jean Baudrillard. Demonstrating the widest range of any American film critic writing today, Hoberman is equally at home discussing the work of Steven Spielberg and Andrei Tarkovsky, films by cutting-edge artists Raul Ruiz and Yvonne Rainer, and historical figures as disparate as Charles Chaplin and Andy Warhol.

Vulgar Modernism offers an entertaining, trenchant, informed, and informative view of the past decade's popular culture.

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Fanatic's Guide differs from the myriad of other sight singing books in that it develops the ability to identify and name all twelve pitches within a key center. Through this method a student gains the ability to identify sound based on it's relationship to a key and not the relationship of one note to another i.e. interval training as commonly taught in many texts. THIS SPIRAL VERSION CONTAINS A CD WITH THE BOOK. All note groupings from one to six notes are presented giving the student a thesaurus of basic note combinations which develops sight singing and note recognition to a level unattainable before this Guide's existence. This book is a required text at the New York University and Princeton University Music departments.

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No Fluff, The Right Stuff.......2003-08-27

This method is excellent! If I could give it more than five stars I would. If you're willing to put in the time it pays off. I have been working on the exercises from this book for almost a year and my ear has improved tremendously. Follow Mr. Arnolds directions in the book exactly as spelled out and you will do yourself a big favor. He has put in the time learning this material himself and knows all the pitfalls of doing it wrong and has distilled a method that works. He learned from the pros and has published what he learned. If you want a nice glossy book with lots of cool pictures this isn't for you. If you want something that works get it, do it, and you'll be amazed. The bottom line is you have to the work for the results. I have noticed some reviews that note the starkness of Mr. Arnold's books. His books are all substance and no jive! He shows his dedication to the material he presents by providing a FAQ section on the museek Website. You can submit a question and he answers it right away, sometimes in minutes, never more that 24 hours. That really surprised me!

The "KEY" is the "KEY".......2001-05-03

I've been using Mr. Arnold's approach to ear training for about a month now. I have found it very challenging but on the same hand very rewarding. The main thing I have come away with from Mr. Arnold's Ear Training method is how damaging interval based ear training can be to your musical development. He believes that you must first understand how to hear the sound of all 12 notes against a key. I was a little unsure whether this all made sense but after working with this method I am seeing real progress. I'm currently using a combination of the (Ear Training One Note) and the Fanatic's Guide and I find it to be a winning combination. If you are serious about developing your ears like I am, I'd highly recommend checking this method out and starting off on the right path.

Hard but worth the effort.......2001-04-01

I bought this book about 6 months ago. I have only been working on two of the exercises so far but even that has really turned my head around about how to hear sound. I basically have found that this book has started to change my perception of how to identify sound. Though I haven't mastered the ideas presented in this book I am starting to realize that you can indeed memorize the sound of each note within a key and use this as a method to identify pitches. My overall recommendation is not to get this book if you don't have a lot of dedication to practicing. I have found the exercises to very difficult and quite honestly was about to give up a few times. I suppose each person who might buy this book is coming from a different place so my comments may not pertain to everyone. For me, I just couldn't latch onto a method of ear training that worked for me. This method is no "walk in park" but it is working and that's what matters to me.

Highly Effective.......2001-03-31

Mr. Arnold offers practical advice and information to the contemporary music student. His several books present methods for learning music in an efficient and enjoyable manner. The methods were developed and refined during his many years of teaching, and are well informed by his professional associations with many of the world's finest musicians.

I have taught music theory and aural comprehension to well over 1000 music students at New York University. These future performers and composers hail from a wide variety of musical backgrounds - classical, jazz, rock, music technology, and music theater - and I have instructed them in ear-training techniques that are similar in methodology to Mr. Arnold's. These techniques have caused dramatic improvement in almost all students that have applied themselves and allotted sufficient time for practice.

In the 10 years of our acquaintance, Bruce Arnold has consistently impressed me with his abilities as a performer, composer, and educator. I share his philosophy of ear-training instruction and feel that he has realized it in a highly functional and useful manner with his books and CDs. For these reasons, I especially recommend his materials to my students, as I recommend them to anyone with the desire to expend effective hard work in the pursuit of their musical aspirations.

Klaus Sinfelt, Assistant Director of Music Theory, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, New York University

My Experience.......2001-03-22

I recently purchased the Ear Training One Note Series and Fanatic's Guide by Mr. Arnold and thought I would share my experience. You can see my review of the Ear Training One Note Series under those book titles. First let's look at the positive things. I like the fact that this is a method and there are many levels and types of books in this series to help you develop at your own pace. I also like the fact that you can start with a level that is right for you and not have to purchase a book with a bunch of exercises that you already can do. But really the main thing that separates this method from any other method I read about or used is that you can contact the author through the muse-eek website if you don't understand something, need direction or just need encouragement. I had quite a few questions over the last couple of months and Mr. Arnold has responded with quite insightful responses. The author is obviously concerned for my development and helped me organize a way to work with this book and others in his series. My one main criticism of this book is that it's overwhelming. There are so many exercises and page after page of note combinations to sing that I was really confused where to start. Although for each exercise it was easy to understand what to do I just didn't know which one to do first and how to organize my practice time. I contacted Mr. Arnold about this and his explanation was that this book "is an overall encylopidia of exercises for students both beginning and advanced." Mr. Arnold directed me to the member's area of the Muse-eek website where book owners can download further information for free about this ear training method. There are lesson files for this book located there which for me really helped me organize my time and get on the road to improving. I think it's important to realize that this method of ear training is really quite different from other available methods. Mr. Arnold calls in "Contextual Ear Training" because you are always relating pitches to an underlying key or sense of key. I'm a giging musician and I've found that this type of ear training has really changed my perception over the last 6 months. Overall I have to say I'm happy with this book. For me being able to contact the author and all the help files on the publisher's website make this a great learning experience! I got the other members of my band working with this method too. In my band mate's humble opinion and mine, muse-eek has one of the best if not only distant learning place for music on the internet.

ABCs of Vocal Harmony, Singing Lessons, Sight-Singing, Ear-Training, Singing Harmony (4 CDs + Book) (Born to sing)

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Great for Leaning Music Theory
Step by Step Harmony...
Sweet Harmony with Musicianship
ABCs of Vocal Harmony - Finally! - Thank you!
Don't Buy Unless You Want to Learn Theory

ABCs of Vocal Harmony, Singing Lessons, Sight-Singing, Ear-Training, Singing Harmony (4 CDs + Book) (Born to sing)
Howard Austin
Manufacturer: Vocal Power
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ASIN: 0934419353

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Here's a course that will sharpen your sense of pitch and enable you to sing harmony with the best professionals. Includes sing-a-long exercises where you fill in the missing note in an interval or chord. Topics included are: Scales - major, minor, blues, pentatonic, chromatic, whole tone, and modes; Intervals - all intervals are included in this section; Chords - major, minor, diminished, augmented, 7th chords, dominant, add 9 chords, 6th chords; Rhythm & Meter - time signatures, simple rhythms, dotted rhythms, triplets, syncopation; Charts & Transpositions.

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Great for Leaning Music Theory.......2007-08-12

I don't understand why some reviewers are "shocked" that this is vocal music theory training, not "how to sing" lessons. It delivers exactly what it says it does, and I'm learning alot.

Step by Step Harmony..........2005-08-23

Easy, interesting stepwise approach to learning harmony, great for my students and even for some of their parents. A tin ear will become more sensitive to pitch. Very useful product!

Sweet Harmony with Musicianship.......2002-11-18

Thanks to Austin & Howard, we finally have a practical training program in Vocal Musicianship. Scales, intervals, chords, rhythm & meter are the building blocks of music. ABCs of Vocal Harmony gears to the human voice and helps you play your vocal instrument with greater skill while learning the language of music. A member of my choir found it at Amazon.com and now I have everyone using it. My choir has never sounded better. Be sure to get the CD version for maximum effect in accessing any subject or exercises at the tuch of a button.

ABCs of Vocal Harmony - Finally! - Thank you!.......2002-11-18

"Your Vocal Harmony Course is great! It's fun and encouraging too. For the first time we have something other than just a book for the kids. Having both male and female voice to listen to and match makes all the difference ... and filling in the missing notes of intervals and chords and getting immediate feedback is just what we need. Thanks." Jayne Campbell - Westlake - Harvard School

Don't Buy Unless You Want to Learn Theory.......2001-10-30

Like the last reviewer I was very disappointed by this set. Mainly because I thought this set would teach vocal techniques. This set teaches theory based information like intervals, scales, octaves, rhythms, notes,etc. Howard and Austin take you step by step vocally thorough all the theory based info on the 4 discs. Still despite my own disappointed with this set I would recommend it to anyone who desire to know theory or may be short of knowledge on music theory. However I wouldn't reccommend this to anyone who just wants to learn vocal improvement techniques or general vocal techiques.

Ear-Training and Sight-Singing Applied to Elementary Musical Theory

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Ear-Training and Sight-Singing Applied to Elementary Musical Theory
George A. Wedge
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Binding: Hardcover

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Solfege, Ear Training, Thytham, Dictation, and Music Theory: A Comprehensive Course

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Intuitive and Systematic
As a music theory book, I wouldn't recommend it...

Solfege, Ear Training, Thytham, Dictation, and Music Theory: A Comprehensive Course
Marta Arkossy Ghezzo
Manufacturer: University Alabama Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0817305785

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Intuitive and Systematic.......2004-03-15

This book isn't aimed at teaching music theory. Is about learning to sight sing and acquiring all the skills associated with that (pitch recognition, music dictation, etc.). The step by step approach is systematic. It starts with recognising and singing simple patterns first in major then in minor keys. The recognition of pitch is covered in tandem with learning to cope with increasingly complex rhythms. I've tried a few books and I find that the approached used here is the most intuitive I've come across. It's possible that different systems appeal to different people. I'm a choral singer with a basic grounding in music theory but my sight singing skills were poor. I don't think you need much music expertise to use this book other than the ability to read notes and key signatures. Ideally I would like to see this published in a workbook format (instead of a hard bound book) which could be left open easily on a music stand or at the piano.

As a music theory book, I wouldn't recommend it..........2001-07-20

Since I live in a rural area, this was the only book on theory in the local bookstore. I bought without knowing much theory. Now I know a great deal more theory, but not because of this book. It's definitely not a book to read through and expect to learn anything. The material is very condensed, and seems like it is only meant to be a guide to an instructor. Now that I know some theory, the first half makes sense, but I couldn't have learned theory from the book without someone walking me through it. The solfege exercises look like they would be good, but I didn't buy it for them at all. I only wanted a basic book on theory that I could work through myself. Obviously, this wasn't the book.

Advanced Ear-Training and Sight-Singing As Applied to the Study of Harmony

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Advanced Ear-Training and Sight-Singing As Applied to the Study of Harmony
George A. Wedge
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Tonal/atonal: Progressive ear training, singing and dictation studies in diatonic, chromatic and atonal music

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Tonal/atonal: Progressive ear training, singing and dictation studies in diatonic, chromatic and atonal music
Ronald Herder
Manufacturer: Continuo Music Press
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Manual For Ear Training And Sight Singing

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Meh.

Manual For Ear Training And Sight Singing
Gary S. Karpinski
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Meh. .......2007-06-09

I found this book to be more useful during the first weeks of my first semester in college, but I think that enough of the book is "common sense" to trained musicians. It was nice to clarify if I didn't understand something in class, but I didn't use it as much as I used the Anthology.

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Ear Training and Sight Singing
Maurice Lieberman
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Fundamentals of Sight Singing and Ear Training

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Fundamentals of Sight Singing and Ear Training
Arnold Fish , and Norman Lloyd
Manufacturer: Waveland Press
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An essential part of musicianship! This realistic first-year program of sight singing and ear training presents a broadly based approach to music reading as an essential and integral part of musicianship and exhibits a sharp focus on essential skills. The authors developed and tested the materials in their classes at the Juilliard School of Music, refining them to enhance accessibility and improve learning. Special features include: arranges specific concepts and problems in a carefully graded order based upon performance difficulty; isolates specific rhythmic and pitch problems and then drills them in a concentrated form but in a variety of music contexts; includes copious examples of each problem in actual music; stimulates readers creative imagination through the consistent employment of assignments that require original work.

Sound Thinking - Volume I: Music for Sight-Singing and Ear Training

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Sound Thinking - Volume I: Music for Sight-Singing and Ear Training

Manufacturer: Boosey and Hawkes
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All of the musical examples in Sound Thinking are drawn from folk songs and art music encompassing a wide range of historical eras. The examples can be used for developing a variety of skills including sight-reading, dictation, musical memory, rhythmic reading, formal analysis, part singing, and improvisation.

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This Little Dogs Birthday Book is more than just a story to read on a child's birthday (though it certainly does have stories) - it's a whole day of fun for your birthday child! Fun and interactive, filled with riddles, tongue-twisters and jokes, funny poems and songs, recipes (Prairie Punch, Dirt Pudding), and games to play with a lot or a few, this books is sure to be a welcome addition to any home library! Parents will be especially pleased with the birthday prayers and blessings.

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Great Birthday Book!.......2000-10-15

The recipes are great in this book and so are the party games! It also has a birthday prayer and jokes too. It's Christian and is a fun way to celebrate a birthday!

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These ideas WORK

Radical Change, Radical Results

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Best teambuilding book available

A Radical Read

Radical Change, Radical Results: 7 Actions to Become the Force for Change in Your Organization
Kate Ludeman , and Eddie Erlandson
Manufacturer: Kaplan Business
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Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't

ASIN: 0793173639
Release Date: 2003-04-08

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Change is Coming. Are You Ready to Make Split Second Decisions that Get Big Results?

Develop a workforce that runs on self renewal, passion and productivity and delivers results to both customers and investors throughout time. Dell, Motorola, Pharmacia, and other leading organizations have used this proven program to enable company wide change and compete more effectively.

History has proven that organizations that adapt to change quickly and gracefully stand the best chance of survival. In &Iadical Change, Radical Results, top consultants Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson divulge their breakthrough, 7 step program for achieving a successful corporate transformation. Utilizing the ""tools"" of Curiosity, Awareness, Authenticity, Accountability, Candor, Genius, and Appreciation, any organization can get employees to move past the typical resistance and fear of change to embrace a common goal of adaptability and productivity. ""Taking these actions, day in and day out, is a lifelong process that yields both immediate and long term rewards,"" the authors promise.

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These ideas WORK.......2004-07-09

As a coach for leaders of Fortune 500 companies I have read many books on culture and leaderhip. I have not found any that are better than this one. Ludeman and Erlandson deal with core issues and give practical, concrete steps for change and growth. Their ideas are fresh and innovative and not common or talked about in other places. I find that I use their ideas and practices both personally and professionally on a daily basis and to me that is the real test of the value of a book.

Radical Change, Radical Results.......2004-06-10

In this highly readable and compelling book, the authors provide a framework for business and personal relationships that provide both results and personal satisfaction. They have organized the book to progress from person to person interactions to organizational theory and practice. A quick read but one which provides much substance for later reflection and action. Highly qualified authors with real talent for making things clear and engaging.

Effective Organizational Advice.......2004-06-10

As a medical executive, my organization faces difficulties often associated with ineffective individual interactions. This book by Ludeman and Erlandson shows how effective strategies for personal growth can be translated into the workplace. Concepts like taking full responsibility for activities, with a fresh definition of that term, really resonated with me. After reading this book (which I must say is dense, and by that I mean there is MUCH useful information, which takes several readings to fully absorb), I bought this for all the members of my team. We have used it to stimulate discussion at several team meetings, and already have seen a positive result. I would highly recommend this book for organizations that are looking for a fresh approach to lingering problems. There are many useful examples in this book, that should resonate with many people.

Best teambuilding book available.......2004-05-18

These authors really know the corporate world and what creates "sludge" for teams. They don't offer slick, quick fixes but rather thoughtful, effective tools for transforming a sluggish organization into a world class one. If you manage a team or work as part of one, read this book. You'll get great skills and an enjoyable read.

A Radical Read.......2004-05-17

Books on leadership development and organizational change are a dime a dozen. If you read only one this year, make it Radical Change, Radical Results. Ludeman and Erlandson are obviously highly experienced executive coaches who take us to the heart of the issues in organizations today with their intimate style, compelling coaching vignettes, and thought-provoking development models. This material makes a science out of what many of us intuit or experience in ourselves or our organizations all the time but don't know how to identify, much less address. This book gave me information and tools that I was immediately able to use personally and can clearly imagine applying on a larger scale in my organization.

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