Listen: Brief

The CDs sound good. The DVD works, and the book is fine. This is a rather expensive text book, so if you are worried about getting your money's worth: yes, you do (the listening CDs being the best part of the purchase).

I highly recommend this book. It is interesting and I love the CD's. This makes learning about music fun and interesting. I'm glad I bought this.

We used this book in my IB Music class in high school, and I highly recommend it. The CDs are helpful, but you will find that even without them, it is a great asset. Most of the recordings are very standard, so you could easily find them online if you didn't want to buy the CDs and wanted to hear the "listening examples." It is very clear and includes good timelines which makes it easy to study. I am a music major in college and own this book just because it is so user friendly.

the product was in the conidition that it was said to be. I needed it for a college class and was able to get it used and much cheaper here than at a school bookstore. all the cds were in good condition.

This book makes learning about music interesting and fun. It begins talking about basic structures of music (rhythm, harmony, tonality, etc.) but mostly follows the history of recorded music starting from the Middle Ages through Baroque to Jazz. It does a good job relating the development of music to other artistic developments of the time, like painting and architecture. With the CD you can listen right along and learn a lot of interesting things about music a novice like me had never thought about before.