Jonathan Harnum has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 7 ratings. The most-rated is The Practice of Practice: Get Better Faster.
Basic Music Theory, 4th Edition
Summary
What do all those lines and squiggles and dots mean? Basic Music Theory takes you through the sometimes confusing world of written music with a clear, concise style that is at times funny and always friendly. The book is written by an experienced music teacher using methods refined over more than 30 years in schools and in his private teaching studio. Lessons are fun, well-paced, and enjoyable. Whether you're a beginner of any age, whether you're an experienced player who wants to bone up on your theory, or whether you teach music and need a fun way to do it, you'll find this book valuable and will refer to it again and again.
©2013 Jonathan D. Harnum (P)2017 Jonathan D. Harnum
The Practice of Practice: Get Better Faster
Summary
Talent means nothing when it comes to getting better. Practice is everything. But exactly what is good practice? How does good practice create talent? The focus of this book is music practice, but these techniques and mindsets can be applied to any skill you want to improve. The Practice of Practice covers essential practice strategies and mindsets you won't find in any other book. You'll learn what research tells us about practice, but more importantly, you'll learn how great musicians in many genres of music think about practice, and you'll learn the strategies and techniques they use to improve. This book will help you get better faster, whether you play rock, Bach, or any other kind of music. It will also help you be a more informed teacher or a more effective parent of a young learner. Don't practice longer, practice smarter.
©2014 Jonathan D. Harnum (P)2015 Sol Ut Press
Practice Like This!: 35 Effective Ways to Get Better Faster
Summary
If you're alive, you're trying to get better at something. It could be your golf swing or guitar, parenting or painting, gaming, cooking, or any other skill. The strategies in this book are top-shelf, pulled from neuroscience, research on excellence, and world-class masters in many fields, presented in an easy-to-understand style that is sometimes funny and always friendly. Hundreds of helpful images and graphics. Six sections, 42 hacks: 1-Talent Is Practice in Disguise: Learn the three kinds of practice, and how your brain is rewired when you learn new skills. 2-Motivation Is Like Bathing (A Daily Requirement): Your deepest, unspoken beliefs profoundly affect your motivation to improve, ya filthy animal. 3-You Are Unique (And So Is Everybody Else): Learn why your reaction to difficulty matters. And why teachers and coaches matter just as much. 4-Time: The Most Valuable Thing You Spend: Forget the 10,000-hour rule. Practice time isn’t what you’ve been led to believe, nor is it otherwise. 5-Where You At? Where you practice and who you’re with will affect how fast and how much you improve. What can you do about it? 6-Do it To it! Some of the most effective practice strategies and techniques: used by pros, tested by science!
©2015 Jonathan D Harnum (P)2016 Jonathan D Harnum
Essential Trumpet Lessons, Book One: Get Started
Summary
Essential lessons for comeback players, midlevel players, and all beginners. Covers tone production, breathing, tongue use, written music, how to practice, and more essentials to get you started right. Essential Trumpet Lessons is written by Jonathan Harnum, a player and teacher with over 35 years of experience and a PhD in music education from Northwestern University.
©2017 Jonathan Harnum & Sol Ut Press (P)2017 Jonathan Harnum & Sol Ut Press