Ultimate Ear Training
for Guitar and Bass
     
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The idea behind this book is to develop your ear so that you can play whatever you hear.
Then you'll be able to play whatever you imagine.

Includes a CD crammed with 99 tracks (75 min.) of exercises and examples.
  The process is broken down into 3 parts:
Manufacturing
internalize the sound without the instrument
Visualization
imagine the sound and shape on the fingerboard
Imitation
intermalize, visualize and play it on your instrument
Covers intervals, triads, chords, inversions, rhythms, melodic shapes, extensions, alterations.
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From Bass Player Magazine:

Willis beleives that, like a painter's eyes, a musician's ears are his most valuable asset. To that end, he has written an excellent method to help you
develop your ears and connect them-through your hands-to your instrument. Chapters in the 64-page book deal with major, minor, and chromatic
scale intervals, chords ranging from triads to extensions, melodic shapes, and rhythmic dictation. An accompanying 99-track CD helps the
hear-sing-play process. Navigate this book successfully and your bandmates will be giving you nicknames like "Dumbo" and "elephant ears."