Harmonic Experience

1997-08-01 Music

Author : W. A. Mathieu
Release : 1997-08-01
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 011/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Harmonic Experience written by W. A. Mathieu. This book was released on 1997-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of musical harmony from its ancient fundamentals to its most complex modern progressions, addressing how and why it resonates emotionally and spiritually in the individual. W. A. Mathieu, an accomplished author and recording artist, presents a way of learning music that reconnects modern-day musicians with the source from which music was originally generated. As the author states, "The rules of music--including counterpoint and harmony--were not formed in our brains but in the resonance chambers of our bodies." His theory of music reconciles the ancient harmonic system of just intonation with the modern system of twelve-tone temperament. Saying that the way we think music is far from the way we do music, Mathieu explains why certain combinations of sounds are experienced by the listener as harmonious. His prose often resembles the rhythms and cadences of music itself, and his many musical examples allow readers to discover their own musical responses.

The Listening Book

1991-03-27 Music

Author : W. A. Mathieu
Release : 1991-03-27
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 670/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Listening Book written by W. A. Mathieu. This book was released on 1991-03-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Listening Book is about rediscovering the power of listening as an instrument of self-discovery and personal transformation. By exploring our capacity for listening to sounds and for making music, we can awaken and release our full creative powers. Mathieu offers suggestions and encouragement on many aspects of music-making, and provides playful exercises to help readers appreciate the connection between sound, music, and everyday life.

Bridge of Waves

2010-12-14 Music

Author : W. A. Mathieu
Release : 2010-12-14
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 321/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Bridge of Waves written by W. A. Mathieu. This book was released on 2010-12-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music is, in one sense, merely a series of fleeting vibrations that arise and subside. How could it be that something so insubstantial fills us, and calms us, and makes us weep? Because, says W. A. Mathieu, music bridges mind and heart, self and other, and affirms our place in the world. Everyone uses the bridge of music, from casual listeners to devoted professionals. Mathieu's delightful and trenchant prose asks you to question what music is, how it works, and how to understand its value in your life, in the life of your community, and in the evolution of the cosmos.

The Musical Life

1994-05-24 Music

Author : W. A. Mathieu
Release : 1994-05-24
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 290/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Musical Life written by W. A. Mathieu. This book was released on 1994-05-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone, according to W.A. Mathieu, is musical by nature—it goes right along with being human. And if you don't believe it, this book will convince you. In a series of interrelated short essays, Mathieu takes the reader on a journey through ordinary experiences to open our ears to the rich variety of music that surrounds us but that we are trained to ignore; such as the variety of pitches produced by different objects, like glassware, furniture, drums—anything you can tap; or sounds that hover on the border of music, like laughter, the clinking of glasses in a toast, or the unintentional falsetto produced by yawning. Along the way the author teaches aspects of music theory that nonmusicians might ordinarily shy away from. He reveals the way of music to be a profoundly spiritual path—one that is everyone's birthright.

Harmony in Practice

1999 Harmony

Author : Anna Butterworth
Release : 1999
Genre : Harmony
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 333/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Harmony in Practice written by Anna Butterworth. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A workbook that discusses the main elements of tonal harmony, and contains numerous music examples and exercises for working. Particularly helpful to bridge the gap between Grade 5 and Grade 6 theory, and also very useful material for all higher-grade theory exam entrants, and for A Level, Diploma and undergraduate music students.

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