Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression

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. W. 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. His prose often resembles the rhythms and cadences of music itself, and his many musical examples allow readers to discover their own musical responses.. 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 b

He's found the words to tell the power of music." (Pete Seeger, folksinger)"This book goes beyond what most textbooks offer, and its highly original pedagogy deserves the attention of every teacher of harmony. Harmonic Experience extends any reader's understanding of music and is a user-friendly, elegant and graceful work. "This volume offers experiential keys to help unlock the mystery of how music works its deep affect upon us. Above all, this is a book for anyone who would like to acquire harmony as a lived experience rather than as mere memorization of unyielding rules on paper." (Chien-Chang Yang, Quarterly Journal of the MLA)"Mathieu is consistently proving himself to be one of the bes

His compositions and solo piano music have been extensively recorded. A. . W. Mathieu is the author of The Listening Book and The Musical Life. He lives in Sebastopol, California, where he writes, composes, and teaches

Sax Lover said Music = Food for the Soul. I purchased this book from Amazon, upon the suggestion of the author, after lamenting that I had not seen it available in local bookstores.This book offers food for the soul - as it blends the technical with the experiential in its lucid exposition of the universal art of music.Here, analogy and humor balance with science to evoke a deeper cognizance of the varied facets of this multi-cultural form of human experience.Here too, the universal power of the 'Divine Art' of Music is well-expressed, so that it may be passed on - in . "Heavy Duty Study for Sure" according to Kindle Customer. I did not expect such a heavy book! 8.5 x 11 in. and 2lbs.! A lifetime study; but thus far I have gotten a couple of very good ideas I am working on: rhythmic rather than harmonic, strangely. I'm trying to wrap my head around the numerical and verbal concepts of stuff I know and practice to some extent in my music. Whether I can stick with it is another matter. But as little as I've gotten into this book, I do feel that it will be helpful, and once I've worked through it a bit, it will be a reference for as long as I'm involved. Five Stars Cameron Powers excellent