Student Resources

Welcome to the resources page for Berklee Global Academic Partner students.

Advising Resources for Berklee-Track Students

Berklee Global Partners: Berklee-Track Guide and Credit Transfer Agreement: This detailed document includes important details about the Berklee admissions process, major advising and declaration, and other academic support information for Berklee.

Berklee Global Academic Partner Student Frequently Asked Questions: This FAQ page includes answers to common questions about the Berklee admissions process, major advising and declaration, and other academic support information.

Virtual Events

Upcoming Virtual events open to Berklee Global Partner students are listed here. Visit the Watch Anytime and Learning Resources sections to view prerecorded content, including previous livestreamed sessions.

Ask Berklee Global

These are drop-in sessions for Berklee Global Partner schools. All students, faculty, and staff from the partner schools are welcome to join the sessions. Click the link below to register.

Watch Anytime

Visit the Berklee Global YouTube page for the full list of Berklee Global Connections videos.

Learning Resources

Ear Training

Books

Auditory Neuroscience: Making Sense of Sound by Jan Schnupp, Israel Nelken, and Andrew J. King, the MIT Press, 2012
Aural Skills Acquisition: The Development of Listening, Reading, and Performing Skills in College-Level Musicians by Gary S. Karpinski, Oxford University Press, 2000
Psychology of Music by Diana Deutsch, Academic Press, 2013
Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance by Siu-Lan Tan, Peter Pfordresher, and Rom Harré, Routledge, 2018

Websites and Apps

auditoryneuroscience.com: This site contains educational materials to support the study of auditory phenomena.
dronetonetool.com: This site generates drone tones.
iTablaPro: This is an electronic tabla and tanpura sound generator.
Pop-up Piano: This site provides a visual and auditory aid to support remote and in-class ear training lessons.
randscullard.com/CircleOfFifths: This site shows the circle of fifths with related modes.

Electronic Production and Design (EPD)

Technologies for Remote Collaboration

The tools below are technology resources that administrators and faculty may use to facilitate online engagement and remote instruction.

Jamtaba is an open coded online jam session tool. A user guide is here.
Loopback is audio routing software. A user guide is here.
Network-based collaborative music making: This is an introduction to the network-based collaborative music making provided by the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo.
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is open coded software for live video streaming. A user guide is here.

Practice Materials

Berklee Online Video Series: Watch the Berklee Online instruction videos on various topics.

Hal Crook Play-Alongs: Access downloadable lead sheets and play-along audio files written by award-winning jazz trombonist, composer, and former Berklee faculty member Hal Crook.

Hal Crook Tune Book: Access the lead sheets of some of Hal Crook's original jazz compositions.

Practice Exercises: To help you prepare for the blues and improvisation section of the Berklee audition, we have provided downloadable audio files and lead sheets in various voicings, keys, and styles. We suggest practicing with the examples that do not have your instrument included on the track.

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