Designed by Rick Lawn and Steve Tjernagel for the jazz student who wants to improve their aural skills, Now Hear This was initially developed to accompany the book Jazz Theory and Practice by Rick Lawn and Jeff Hellmer. The book was recently upgraded along with the software which is now compatible with Mac and Windows operating systems and expanded to include minor blues tutorials. The tutorials and quizzes get progressively harder and are useful for students at any age, as long has they have some theory background. For those of you who wish to purchase the new book edition, just follow the title link to Alfred Publishing. You will automatically receive the software and a new eChapter on the disc that exams triads over foreign bass tones. For those of you who own the older book edition, or just want some great jazz ear-training software, we're now making the revised, updated version available. The software provides tutorials, practice drills and quizzes. The results can be viewed immediately and, in Quiz Mode, emailed. Topics covered are:

Intervals - 20 lessons
Triads - 15 lessons
Seventh Chords - 15 lessons
Altered Dominants - 20 lessons
Extended Chords - 20 lessons
Scales & Modes - 20 lessons
Hybrid Scales - 11 lessons
Blues Progressions - 22 lessons
Minor Blues Progressions - 3 lessons
Progressions - 31 lessons
Scale/Chord Relationships - 33 lessons