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Edwin E. Gordon discusses using audiation and music aptitudes as teaching tools to allow students to reach their full music potential.The "Grand Master" series offers the opportunity for MEJ readers to learn more from or become acquaintedfor the first time with those special individuals who have led our profession with distinction during their music careers. It is also an opportunity for senior members of our profession to share their insights relative to what they have seen, experienced, and predicted in music education. The response to this series has been overwhelmingly positive, and it is a pleasure to offer this current installment.Edwin E. Gordon, a recent inductee into the MENC Hall of Fame, is a distinguished lecturer, author, researcher, and teacher. His four most well known books are The Psychology of Music Teaching; Learning Sequences in hink for a moment about when and how you learned language. The most important time in your life for developing language readiness was probably before you can remember-from birth, if not prenatally, until about age three. Without the background that those formative years provided, you probably would not be able to read this article with comfort and comprehension, nor would you be able to adequately com-