Author: Mark John Sternal
Publisher: MJS Music & Entertainment LLC
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

9 reviews
Sales Rank: 287694

Media: Audio CD
Edition: 2007
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 109
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5

ISBN: 0976291738
Dewey Decimal Number: 787
EAN: 9780976291732
ASIN: 0976291738

Publication Date: February 9, 2005
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
No written text or sheet music. Recorded lessons focus on ear training, finger strength, and music theory. So simple a complete beginner can use it. Just pop in the CD and follow the lessons from your very first note to every note - on every fret - on every string of your guitar. ***** Disc 1 the learning disc 63 minutes 36 tracks. Very descriptive showing all you need to play guitar. *** Disc 2 advanced ear strengthening/training disc 38 minutes 21 tracks. Listen anytime, anywhere to help build your musical ear. *** 2 CDs Total running time: 1 hour 41 minutes *** Improve pitch recognition, and note relativity *** Music theory simplified *** Start with one note and build at your own pace *** Quickly learn every note on every string by ear *** No sheet music or sight reading *** necessary *** Strengthen your musical ear

Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...

2 out of 5 stars

Learning By Ear - Not That Easy February 25, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

The advert is better than the product. Having bought two guitar tutorials on the same day along with a number of other pieces of material, in comparison, this was not one of the better purchases.

4 out of 5 stars

Lessons for on the road January 28, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I recently finished a ten lesson special at the local extension school, Beginning Guitar. I have other books and a nice DVD but Complete Guitar By Ear fills a nice gap for me. Ripped to my MP3 player I can go through the exercises pretty much anywhere I happen to be at the time. Also, since I have a poor ear I do thing the repetitive listening help more than reading from a book.

1 out of 5 stars

A great disappointment August 5, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

These 2 cds are very simple. He plays various interval starting at the minor second. In the second cd he plays the same intervals only faster. The tracks never contain more than one interval so you cannot test yourself. For chords he says "just combine a major with a minor 3rd and thats all you need to know". Clearly, there are many fingerings etc that you need to know. In short, no beginner could ever use these CDs to learn to play guitar. No intermediate player could use these CDs to learn ear training because they likely already know the names of the intervals and these teach nothing else.
Ear Training for the contemporary musician by Keith Wyatt et al is a book an intermediate player can use for ear training that really works but represents weeks or more of hard work.

5 out of 5 stars

Music Connection Magazine and Guitar Digest Magazine March 6, 2007
1 out of 10 found this review helpful

"I can't imagine how much more fun learning the guitar could be... 'Complete Guitar By Ear' is like having the best and most patient teacher ever--you'll learn the guitar and ear training at your own pace."
Barry Rudolph, Music Connection Magazine

"Where was this product years ago when I had no comprehension of intervals, pitch or a true practice regimen? Once again the savvy folks at MJS have produced a wonderful product designed pure and simply to help guitarists become better players."
Chris Armold, Writer/Photographer, Guitar Digest

3 out of 5 stars

For absolute beginners only December 27, 2006
25 out of 29 found this review helpful

The title of this course is very misleading. It is far from "complete". The author simply plays each interval, one kind at a time, in different places on the guitar and you find them. It does not have anything about relating a note to a key center/note, or anything about chords (type & function). I recommend Ear Training from Hal Leonard for a more complete course.