Ear Training I · Music
He remains the most effective Ear Training teacher ever. Knows his stuff, and knows how to make you know it. Never rude, but sufficiently strict (bad word, but you get the idea). Also an all-around great person.
Occassional interval recognition tests but nothing besides that, work mostly done in class
The occasional homework. One midterm, one final. Lots of participation. Come to class and ask questions occasionally, make sure you know what you're doing, and you'll be fine. It's not hard to get an A.
daily singing and rythm exerices. He says he gives pop quizzes but he only gave one and it was announced. Midterm and final composed of intervals, chordal progressions, sight and prepared singing, and tapping exercises.
2 "tests" and 1 final. The tests are based on the drills that you will be doing in class so there won't be any surprises, however, the skill level being tested is more advanced to prove that you have practiced out of class.
Some scattered homework here and there, nothing difficult. Midterm, final. Study and memorize the material well and you'll get an A.
What a great guy. A brilliant musician and composer, but never makes students feel stupid, even when they screw up really easy stuff. He knows its a one-credit class and that its not supposed to be a source of major stress. He's very willing to help students achieve their individual goals. Take him- you'll be in for a treat.
RAMIN IS THE BOMB. He is such a gifted professor, like inanely gifted. He's always pushing his class to think outside the box and open new perspectives in how we think about ear training, all at the same time we do the actual ear training part. He is really concerned with pedagogy and the way we learn, feeding off from class discussions to teach his material around that. He doesnt waste a single minute of class and its honestly a delight to see him teach. Please listen to all the other reviews calling him a god a take a class with him. You never knew teaching could get this good until you've taken a class with ramin
What a terrible class. Professor Zimmerli had a reclined attitude that consistently mocked his students for not meeting his exceedingly high expectations for a level one class. His vast knowledge for music hindered his teaching ability, where every new concept was introduced poorly as if his students should already know it because it is "so easy." This caused immense frustration and a high feeling of anxiety. I would not recommend this class to anyone because it made me change my mind about becoming a music major.
Brahim's pretty awesome, not going to lie. He does teach a lot of ear-training, but you also learn about cool things like microtones and spectral music along the way. Always arrive early, and ask questions - he tended to get into these interesting and fabulous tangents. I think I learned more from the tangents than I actually did in the class. Very cool guy and great teacher - I highly recommend him.