The Musician's Guide to Aural Skills, Volume 2 » (1st Edition)

Joel Phillips is professor of music composition and theory at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. His music has received a number of awards and is published by G. Schirmer, Inc., Transcontinental Music Publications, GIA, and Shawnee Press. A member of the Editorial Review Board of The Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Phillips served for five years as chief faculty consultant for the Advanced Placement Examination in Music Theory.

Jane Piper Clendinning is professor of music theory at the Florida State University College of Music. Professor Clendinning has published articles reflecting her interests in the history of theory, theory and analysis of twentieth-century music, computer pitch recognition, and computer applications in music theory. She teaches courses in eighteenth-century counterpoint, music since World War II, popular and world music analysis, music theory pedagogy, and accelerated undergraduate music theory. She has served as chair of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development Committee, and as an AP reader, and is a regular consultant at AP Summer Workshops and Institutes.

Elizabeth West Marvin is professor of music theory and former dean of academic affairs at the Eastman School of Music. She has published in the areas of music cognition, music theory pedagogy, theory and analysis of atonal music, contour theory, history of theory, and analysis and performance. She teaches courses in music theory pedagogy, music cognition, and analytical techniques for performers. Her articles and reviews appear in numerous journals, including Music Perception, Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory, Theory and Practice. She is a past president of the Society for Music Theory. She is currently a member of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development Committee and serves as an AP reader.

This two-volume text covers diatonic, chromatic, and contemporary harmony, as well as voice leading, emphasizing practical performance skills by integrating theoretical principles with aural and keyboard skills through coordinated keyboard, sight-singing, dictation, improvisation, and composition exercises.