Das tastende Ohr - Musikalische Intelligenz und mündiges Üben

The tentative ear presents a comprehensive and practical method for inward hearing and mental practice of musical scores. Since reading these challenges the brain’s aural imagination at so many levels, musical intelligence is described, with reference to the latest discoveries in neurology, psychology, sociology and philosophy, as a complex variant of general human intelligence.

Its development into concrete musical action results from an oral practice which is the expression of a sophisticated cultural technique which circulates between head and hand. With its close combination of theoretical reflection and practical guidance, this book seeks to open new horizons for the widest possible audience with an interest in music.

While the innovative method of the tentative ear is of greatest relevance for the practical aesthetic work of interpretive musicians, the general explanations of musical intelligence and oral practice are aimed at anyone who wishes to use music as a graphic example of a means to develop, maintain and refine artistic proficiency between thought, emotion and action.