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Dick Grove knows music and how to teach it! He transcends the barrier and frustrations of seeing or hearing music. Whether he is explaining the basics or the most complex harmonies, you will learn both to see and hear music while learning professional musicianship. Dick Grove shattered my preconceptions of keyboard lessons. He teaches the complexities of contemporary keyboard by hearing, seeing and understanding. One understands his concept of teaching one's self at the completion of each exercise -- and at the end of each exercise, you will own that aspect of the keyboard. Dick Grove has given me a process of approaching music exceeding any imaginable expectation.

Gordon Dean

I have found that the course in Basic Musicianship - Part 1 helped fill in the gaps in my music education. It is not a "quick-fix" gimmick, but a very extensive and thorough system. It is a fully integrated method that incorporates notation, sight-singing, Modern Harmony and transcription as well as ear-training. The best part of this program is the master teacher himself. Thanks Dick, for your inspiration.

Sunny Abarbanell - Director of Education, Fresno Piano & Organ, Fresno, CA

After playing drums for 1 year, taking piano lessons for 7 years, and playing guitar for 7 years-I still felt that I was missing something. I had played in bands, studied classical guitar at a local college, taken private guitar lessons from over 20 people, & even won a scholarship to a guitar workshop. People were always touched by my playing & impressed with my chops, but I just wanted playing to be more natural for me. I always felt that I had to concentrate too hard while performing. I was tired of paying a teacher $15-$20 for a "lesson" & only getting some new chord shapes or some new licks out of it. That is where your course came in.

I procrastinated in ordering it because I felt that the price was rather high & I already understood music theory beyond modes & chords. I kept asking myself- "what can he show me that I have been unable to find in other books, videos, schools, or other resources?". Then I realized that most of my guitar heroes seemed to be able to play anything that they could imagine, & that most of them had studied music at schools for years. I realized that if they were willing to pay to study music even though they were at such high levels of musicianship then there must be more to musicianship than just learning rules of music theory & the techniques of playing. Even though I figured that I would probably breeze right through the first few lessons of your course, I ordered the SEE IT PT 1 complete on a credit card. Well...I didn't breeze right through any of the course! Chapter 1 took me a month to work through (& I was diligently working). I began to know what I was hearing in music, & I was able to "see it" in my mind! It was becoming second nature to me, & since it was becoming an ingrown part of me-I was able to apply it to every aspect of my musicianship. I wouldn't have believed that this ability could be taught (an issue which you address in the first chapter), but through my hard work & your guidance-I am understanding the music that I hear & write. Instead of just picking up some ideas from others, I am getting an education. The See It Course is allowing me to let the music flow from within me. Thank you for all of your work in putting this course together.

Robert Deveaux

I have studied at major universities and music institutes and have never come across any education system like Dick's - bar none! If you are trying to get your musicianship to the next level or if you really do take your music seriously, you owe it to yourself to let Dick show you the way. I honestly feel that Dick is an Angel sent here to help us to bring better music into this world.
Thank you Dick!

Michael Kato - guitarist, engineer

See It - Hear It / Hear It - Play It has been great! Now when I am playing jazz I have begun to really hear the inner voicings within the chord changes. Instead of playing over chord changes I am beginning to play in the changes. I am more aware of tension and resolutions in the music. I can communicate with the other players (piano, horns) in a much more professional manner. It has also helped my reading and writing. I make my living in the music industry, and this has helped beyond what I thought it would. Thanks for your help.

John Smith - guitarist

I am a professional Bassist and Guitarist, with 30 years experience. Your course, See It - Hear It / Hear It - Play It, has not only changed my life, but changed my music as well. The goal of the course is to play the music that is in one's head, as well as train one's ear to recognize all the elements of music, no matter what style or complexity. You said it best yourself in the 2nd lesson; "It's O.K. to know what you're doing." I agree, and admire the painless way you have devised to teach music simple, step-by-step, and yet I have never learned so much so quickly.

As you know, I have ordered the first two lessons, one at a time, because frankly I was skeptical. Now, after just those two lessons and our conversations about music, I am anxious to learn more. Please send me the remainder of the lessons in See It - Hear It / Hear It Play It, Part 1, immediately!

Forest Doran (Bassist/Guitarist)

Changing instructor had always felt like "changing chairs on the Titanic". When I switched to Dick Grove, everything became manageable and clear. His system works because it is organized and precise. Each month you receive a new lesson that builds upon the previous ones. It helps you to "focus" and it eliminates the "overwhelming" feeling. The lessons actually become easier over time because you are building a foundation that is secure and solid. Little "miracles" start happening, i.e. you wake up one morning and your fingers seem to have a "brain" of their own. This is what Dick refers to as the "intuitive process".

If I can be in a restaurant and the background music comes to the foreground and I can actually "see and hear" the exact setting of the music! I have studied with Dick for over 9 months. I look forward to receiving my monthly lessons like a child looks forward to opening his Christmas presents. The most important factor involved in my continuing study with Dick Grove is that I am convinced he knows the "system" of music. The most common word used by other students, and myself included, is that this man is a genius! It takes faith/trust to stay with an instructor because you have no idea if what they're teaching you will help you achieve your goals. With Dick Grove, I am achieving my goals and my practice sessions are filled with a new sense of hope and inspiration. His commitment comes from the heart, and his dedication to professional musicianship and creativity is unwavering. In short, this man is a "legend" in his own time.

Doreen Kennedy

Finally, after three degrees in music, including a Master's Degree, I got the education on how music works! Dick Grove's 'See It - Hear It / Hear It Play It' course is a complete study in Modern Harmony. I use it in my private studio as well as my public school curriculum. His advice is professional and a welcome substitute for the phony hype that commonly lives among modern music education. This year I have increased my confidence in my own musicianship as well as inspiring my students as well. I have no hesitation in my recommendation of the "School Without Walls" or my further study with Dick.

Tim Patrick (guitarist, educator)

I am excited to be studying Dick Grove's "School Without Walls" program. I graduated from a leading university with a Bachelor's Degree in Music with a 3.5 average. But after getting a job in music preparation for a major motion picture company, I found my musical education to be very lacking in many areas, namely harmony and eartraining. Some of my colleagues had gone through Dick Grove's program and I was very impressed with not only their harmony and ear training chops, but also their "nuts and bolts" understanding of the various styles of music we encounter in the motion picture industry. I am seeing great results so far from my studies in the "See It - Hear It / Hear It Play It, Part 1" course, and being able to work at home at my own pace is a must with my demanding work schedule. For anyone who's completed a music degree and realizes that they don't really know what they're doing, I highly recommend Dick Grove's courses. The possibilities are endless!!

Mark Frisbie (L.A. Studio work)

What Could You Do With A $100,000 Music Education?

I am excited to be studying Dick Grove's "School Without Walls" program. I graduated from a leading university with a Bachelor's Degree in Music with a 3.5 average. But after getting a job in music preparation for a major motion picture company, I found my musical education to be very lacking in many areas, namely harmony and eartraining. Some of my colleagues had gone through Dick Grove's program and I was very impressed with not only their harmony and ear training chops, but also their "nuts and bolts" understanding of the various styles of music we encounter in the motion picture industry. I am seeing great results so far from my studies in the "See It - Hear It / Hear It Play It, Part 1" course, and being able to work at home at my own pace is a must with my demanding work schedule. For anyone who's completed a music degree and realizes that they don't really know what they're doing, I highly recommend Dick Grove's courses. The possibilities are endless!!

Mark Frisbie (L.A. Studio work)

Finally, after three degrees in music, including a Master's Degree, I got the education on how music works! Dick Grove's 'See It - Hear It / Hear It Play It' course is a complete study in Modern Harmony. I use it in my private studio as well as my public school curriculum. His advice is professional and a welcome substitute for the phony hype that commonly lives among modern music education. This year I have increased my confidence in my own musicianship as well as inspiring my students as well. I have no hesitation in my recommendation of the "School Without Walls" or my further study with Dick.

Tim Patrick (guitarist, educator)

Changing instructor had always felt like "changing chairs on the Titanic". When I switched to Dick Grove, everything became manageable and clear. His system works because it is organized and precise. Each month you receive a new lesson that builds upon the previous ones. It helps you to "focus" and it eliminates the "overwhelming" feeling. The lessons actually become easier over time because you are building a foundation that is secure and solid. Little "miracles" start happening, i.e. you wake up one morning and your fingers seem to have a "brain" of their own. This is what Dick refers to as the "intuitive process".

If I can be in a restaurant and the background music comes to the foreground and I can actually "see and hear" the exact setting of the music! I have studied with Dick for over 9 months. I look forward to receiving my monthly lessons like a child looks forward to opening his Christmas presents. The most important factor involved in my continuing study with Dick Grove is that I am convinced he knows the "system" of music. The most common word used by other students, and myself included, is that this man is a genius! It takes faith/trust to stay with an instructor because you have no idea if what they're teaching you will help you achieve your goals. With Dick Grove, I am achieving my goals and my practice sessions are filled with a new sense of hope and inspiration. His commitment comes from the heart, and his dedication to professional musicianship and creativity is unwavering. In short, this man is a "legend" in his own time.

Doreen Kennedy

I am a professional Bassist and Guitarist, with 30 years experience. Your course, See It - Hear It / Hear It - Play It, has not only changed my life, but changed my music as well. The goal of the course is to play the music that is in one's head, as well as train one's ear to recognize all the elements of music, no matter what style or complexity. You said it best yourself in the 2nd lesson; "It's O.K. to know what you're doing." I agree, and admire the painless way you have devised to teach music simple, step-by-step, and yet I have never learned so much so quickly.

As you know, I have ordered the first two lessons, one at a time, because frankly I was skeptical. Now, after just those two lessons and our conversations about music, I am anxious to learn more. Please send me the remainder of the lessons in See It - Hear It / Hear It Play It, Part 1, immediately!

Forest Doran (Bassist/Guitarist)

See It - Hear It / Hear It - Play It has been great! Now when I am playing jazz I have begun to really hear the inner voicings within the chord changes. Instead of playing over chord changes I am beginning to play in the changes. I am more aware of tension and resolutions in the music. I can communicate with the other players (piano, horns) in a much more professional manner. It has also helped my reading and writing. I make my living in the music industry, and this has helped beyond what I thought it would. Thanks for your help.

John Smith - guitarist

I have studied at major universities and music institutes and have never come across any education system like Dick's - bar none! If you are trying to get your musicianship to the next level or if you really do take your music seriously, you owe it to yourself to let Dick show you the way. I honestly feel that Dick is an Angel sent here to help us to bring better music into this world.
Thank you Dick!

Michael Kato - guitarist, engineer

I have found that the course in Basic Musicianship - Part 1 helped fill in the gaps in my music education. It is not a "quick-fix" gimmick, but a very extensive and thorough system. It is a fully integrated method that incorporates notation, sight-singing, Modern Harmony and transcription as well as ear-training. The best part of this program is the master teacher himself. Thanks Dick, for your inspiration.

Sunny Abarbanell - Director of Education, Fresno Piano & Organ, Fresno, CA

Dick Grove knows music and how to teach it! He transcends the barrier and frustrations of seeing or hearing music. Whether he is explaining the basics or the most complex harmonies, you will learn both to see and hear music while learning professional musicianship. Dick Grove shattered my preconceptions of keyboard lessons. He teaches the complexities of contemporary keyboard by hearing, seeing and understanding. One understands his concept of teaching one's self at the completion of each exercise -- and at the end of each exercise, you will own that aspect of the keyboard. Dick Grove has given me a process of approaching music exceeding any imaginable expectation.

Gordon Dean

After playing drums for 1 year, taking piano lessons for 7 years, and playing guitar for 7 years-I still felt that I was missing something. I had played in bands, studied classical guitar at a local college, taken private guitar lessons from over 20 people, & even won a scholarship to a guitar workshop. People were always touched by my playing & impressed with my chops, but I just wanted playing to be more natural for me. I always felt that I had to concentrate too hard while performing. I was tired of paying a teacher $15-$20 for a "lesson" & only getting some new chord shapes or some new licks out of it. That is where your course came in.

I procrastinated in ordering it because I felt that the price was rather high & I already understood music theory beyond modes & chords. I kept asking myself- "what can he show me that I have been unable to find in other books, videos, schools, or other resources?". Then I realized that most of my guitar heroes seemed to be able to play anything that they could imagine, & that most of them had studied music at schools for years. I realized that if they were willing to pay to study music even though they were at such high levels of musicianship then there must be more to musicianship than just learning rules of music theory & the techniques of playing. Even though I figured that I would probably breeze right through the first few lessons of your course, I ordered the SEE IT PT 1 complete on a credit card. Well...I didn't breeze right through any of the course! Chapter 1 took me a month to work through (& I was diligently working). I began to know what I was hearing in music, & I was able to "see it" in my mind! It was becoming second nature to me, & since it was becoming an ingrown part of me-I was able to apply it to every aspect of my musicianship. I wouldn't have believed that this ability could be taught (an issue which you address in the first chapter), but through my hard work & your guidance-I am understanding the music that I hear & write. Instead of just picking up some ideas from others, I am getting an education. The See It Course is allowing me to let the music flow from within me. Thank you for all of your work in putting this course together.

Robert Deveaux

• If you are frustrated with your ability to hear melody, rhythm, and harmony...

• If you feel your musical foundation is lacking because your are self-taught or your music education hasn't explained how it all works...

• If you're not willing to spend thousands of dollars to get a music degree that is worthless in the real world...

Then See It Hear It Play It is for you. It gets serious results for both relative beginners to graduates of even the most prestigious music schools. Because how well you hear and how well you know what you are hearing is the secret to musical superiority.

The See It Hear It Play It course includes Modern Harmony, Sight-singing, Dictation, Notation, and Keyboard Harmony. The course is comprised of twelve monthly modules, each of which contains a textbook, assignment book, answer book, CD, and DVD class taught personally by Dick Grove. It is like taking private lessons with Dick Grove, but you have the advantage of working at your own pace, at home, with your own schedule. See It Hear It Play It is a unique approach to improving your musicianship and will make you a better musician at your own speed - which could mean record time!

Watch Dick Grove Introduce This Comprehensive Musicianship Course Himself
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The unfortunate truth about traditional music education

One of the major flaws in every university today is that they have so many teachers teaching you many different theories on the correct way to play, but they leave you with giant holes of lost information. The Grove School of Music will give you one proven system that works from the basics all the way through to the level of a professional. The complete Grove Program will take you all the way through a doctoral understanding of music composition when completed.

See It Hear It Play it is the result of twenty years of development at the famous Grove School of Music, and it incorporates the techniques and approaches that have helped thousands realize their musical potential. We condition your ear to be an 'educated ear' that can hear what it sees, and identify what it hears. You'll be able to play musically and notate what you hear in your head.

The only prerequisite for this course is a simple and basic understanding of musical notation. From this point the course takes you step-by-step through a developing process that really gets fast results. We even offer a free Beginning Reading Kit if you are not familiar with basic notation - So now there is absolutely No Excuse to finally get your musical mind up to snuff! This course is invaluable for instrumentalists, songwriters, arrangers and composers. For the trained musician it gives you a different practical insight that fills in the blanks - putting you in the superior realm of experts. It is a comprehensive approach not taught anywhere, at any school, nor offered by any music publisher. And if you teach music, it makes you a better teacher - thus, more valuable.

Plus, at the end of the program you will have proven to us that you have mastered all the material and you will be issued a certificate of completion.

What This Course Will Do For You

• Gain a solid foundation of musical terms and learn how to hear ALL your chords.

• Learn to Hear what you See and See what you Hear (including Melody, Rhythm and Harmony).

• Learn to write down what you hear in your head so you can do more with music and not be limited to whatever it is you do now.

• Discover the secret to ALL voicings so you will never be confused while transcribing or improvising EVER again.

• Visualize harmony on the keyboard whether you play keyboards or not!!! (We'll explain why this is so fundamentally important)

• Learn how to sight-sing melodies (Solfege) and transpose to help you master your instrument faster - not to mention turn some curious heads.

• Learn the basics of Composition so you can start composing your masterpiece - You'll wonder why it wasn't always so simple.

• Discover how to hear key changes and modulations and improve improvisation immediately.

• Discover what you MUST HEAR to play through changes when you improvise. (This is at the real foundation for improvisation that all the masters know - but probably couldn't explain to you!)

• Instantly hear the Blues and All the Modes, making your playing over chord changes more creative and memorable.

• The equivalent of One-year college curriculum!

• Gain confidence and authority over your music.

• Learn to instantly hear chords - including all forms of 9th's, 11th's, and 13th's

• Discover the Dick Grove Approach and experience the difference!

One of the main reasons musicians like Sammy Nestico, Steve Lukather, Ernie Watts, and many other famous musicians recommend Dick Grove to teach the finer points of music is because the name, Dick Grove, has come to mean high-quality practical music education. Very few people know that Dick Grove is a Grammy nominated artist and was voted Jazz educator of the Year in 1988. He's composed, arranged, and orchestrated hundreds of pieces of music for some of the greatest artists of all time.

Mr. Grove founded the world-renowned Grove School of Music in Los Angeles and guided this highly regarded institution into the top ranks of leading contemporary music schools, mainly on the cutting-edge concepts and methods included in some 70 music education books he authored during this prolific period.

It's this combination of professional musician and music educator that led demanding, discriminating musicians to seek him out for the really important job of teaching them how to become the musicians they always wanted to be.

And even in his absence (1927-1998), Dick Grove continues to give his timeless wisdom and knowledge to all who are willing to follow the path of excellence.

Each Module Has Five Departments:

Modern Harmony (Theory)
Notation
Sight-singing
Dictation
Keyboard Harmony

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12 Month Curriculum Contents NOW ON DVD AND CD!!

Module 1: Introduction to tonality. How to hear Scale Degrees Characteristics, Tetrachords and major scales, Solfege technique

Module 2: Plurality in music, how to hear modulation, diatonic & chromatic internals in tonal music

Module 3: Diatonic triads in major, inversions, voiceleading how to recognize triads /dictation of triads / Plural Substitutes

Module 4: Natural, Melodic and Harmonic scales and how to hear them - Introduction to Chromatic Solfege. Relative Minor and Major - Augmented triads

Module 5: Theory of rhythm. Study of anticipations. Rhythmic feel. Writing down Rhythms, Rhythmic Dictation

Module 6: Concept of 'Shapes', Musical intro to learning every possible voicing and how to hear them. Foundation of Musical Styles

Module 7: Shape approach to Diatonic 4-part harmony and inversions - Group 1 Definitive scale degree tones, Voiceleading, Chord Progressions

Module 8: Shape Approach to Chromatic altered 4-part harmony - Group 2. Chromatic Solfege Plural Substitutes applied to 4-part harmony.

Module 9: Concept of static modes, modal definitive chords and tetrachords, Blues and Pentatonic scales

Module 10: Chord Family #1 - I chords in Major 9th, 11th and 13th forms/Polychords

Module 11: Chord Family #2 - IImi7 chords in Major 9th, 11th and 13th forms, Alternating Triads

Module 12: Chord Family #3 - V7 chords in Major 9th, 11th and 13th forms, Alternating Triads

Here's the deal: You get all 12 modules: 12 textbooks, assignment books, answer books, CDs, and DVD classes taught personally by Dick Grove - all for only $99.75 a month. That's 1 module delivered to your door each month for a total of 12 months. If you can learn how to be a virtuoso musician, for only $99.75 a month, wouldn't you want it? Here's your opportunity. And your satisfaction is of course fully guaranteed. The choice is yours. The time is now.

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