Music and the Power of Sound: The Influence of Tuning and Interval on Consciousness
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (615 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0098O8YIY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 484 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This is a wonderful book. It's not long in pages but it" according to Joe. This is a wonderful book. It's not long in pages but it is a heavy read and requires mathematical thinking. The logic, while subversive to western thought, is sound. I recommend this to any musician.. Amazon Customer said Worth the read if you want to go beyond just the usual standard theory.. If you looking to dive deeper into how sound and music work, this is a great book.Expand your knowledge here, as there much food for thought!Although I have finished the book as of yet, I am finding it an enjoyable, you might too!. "A great classic" according to ck. This is a classic that I had read a long time ago in its original French. I was surprised and quite pleased at the excellent quality of the translation, and delighted to find it available. Delivery and condition were both entirely sastisfactory
"With his fierce, global intelligence, Alain Danielou was the first to wake up the West to the universality of musical harmony and its potential for planetary consciousness." (W.A. Mathieu, author of The Listening Book and The Musical Life)"Our debt to his scholarship and humanity is immeasurable." (The Times Literary Supplement)
In this book, Alain Danielou traces the development of musical scales and tuning from their origins in both China and India, through their merging in ancient Greece, and on to the development of the Western traditions of modal and polyphonic music. Understanding these potent harmonic relationships offers a way for today's musicians to transcend the limitations of overly rationalistic music by drawing on its metaphysical roots.. Music has always been esteemed for its power to speak directly to our higher consciousness, a power founded in the purity of simple harmonic ratios