It is the musical reactions and flexibility that put the finishing touches to a performance. But often a lack of listening comprehension will present an obstacle to improvising and ensemble-playing.This is where 'Die neue Gehörbildung' by Tom van der Geld comes in – with a structured training for better listening comprehension in jazz and jazz-related music.His carefully crafted method with many examples and dictation exercises leads, step by step, to a well-trained ear. Music theory is added wherever it helps to make listening easier.The present new edition of Volume 1 includes lessons on intervals, triads and tetrads, scales as well as important connections of chords. In addition, it contains three special chapters on rhythm. Including CD-ROM with worksheets and solutions for printing.

Foreword - Introduction - Chromatic Scale - Rhythm Studies (1) - Major Scale and Key Centers - Intervals and Inversions - Modes - Rhythm Studies (2) - Triads - Rhythm Studies (3) - Diatonic Seventh Chords - Secondary Dominants - Deminished Seventh Chord - Acknowledgments - Appendix