Ive been thinking of ordering that for some time.

How is it? Appreciate a review... ehem..

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Feb 2 2007, 01:29 PM

That's the one Im thinking of getting. However, I doubt Borders will have any

BTW, since you plan to go to Borders tomorrow, would you be kind enough to look for Troy Stetina's books especially Speed Mechanics. Thanks blue

I read the customers reviews posted in Amazon.com on Pumping Nylon. Received good reviews but not for complete beginner. But I guess valuable addition to aspiring guitarist arsenal of instructional books.

Thanks for the info Rithrade

I'd like to suggest :

Troy Stetina Series, ie
1) Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar
plus for metalheads,

1a) Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar vol 1 & 2
1b) Heavy Metal Lead Guitar vol 1 ( I heard vol 2 is quite tough... Malmsteen would sweat )

Maybe alternative to Hanon exercise & Pumping Nylon, I personally would get Speed Mechanics. IMHO, Pumping Nylon caters for classical and Hanon is piano... but can adapt the exercise.

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Feb 7 2007, 11:05 AM

Speed MACHINE ???
you mean Speed MECHANICS...

Have to wait for Rene to answer as she's the person that saw it in Borders Penang.
But Amazon.com lists for USD 14.16 new.

Thats quite cheap.
Amazon costs book USD 14.16 + shipping USD 11.98 = USD 26.14
which is equivalent to ~ RM (26.14 *2.5) = RM 91.50

I have the perfect pitch & relative pitch Combo CDs. I dont use books so does not qualify for this thread I guess.

All lessons are via listening to the CD, but need you practise with own instrument. Meaning, lessons are taught in the CD but to get result, you need to do the lesson with your instrument (guitar or piano or etc...)

I bought the CDs from http://www.perfectpitch.com
but I bought both the perfect pitch and relative pitch courses

IIRC, I paid USD 289/- + international shipping USD 18/-
I chosed their 3 month easy (installment) payment plan.

That was when they were having a special deal. Now its USD 388/-

yup, its expensive.

Did it help...? well Im still in the early stages of Pitch Perfect course and Ive not put much effort. What I can say is, I have the feeling that if I really put effort on the lessons, I really believe I'm able to achieve a pitch perfect hearing.

Although Im a little lazy, but I do not regret splashing that much money for a course that I think will deliver its promise. Just that I think I need a strict teacher with a long cane to monitor my musical lessons..

The concept is different (I think) from other courses (not that Ive tried others). The way Pitch perfect does is identifying the 'colors' of pitch, eg A has a different 'color' than A# for example. Once you've achieved the color recognition, you'll be easy to identify any note.

Not like some course that rely on memorizing the pitches of the notes.

which subject are you refering to as 'eidetic memory' / photographic memory?