(Hardcover - Second Printing with Additions and Corre)
An accomplished recording artist, author, and teacher presents an in-depth look at the way we experience musical harmony.
This volume offers experiential keys to help unlock the mystery of how music works its deep affect upon us. Harmonic Experience extends any reader's understanding of music and is a user-friendly, elegant and graceful work. It is a technical treatise about the inner workings of music.
More Reviews and RecommendationsW. A. Mathieu is the author of The Listening Book, Harmonic Experience and The Musical Life. He has recorded solo piano music for Windham Hill and other labels. He lives in Sebastopol, California, where he writes and teaches.
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February 04, 2001: If you are a student and have already gone through college music theory, or even a teacher of music, you will find this book absolutly intoxicating. This is a book of magic that will enlighten your musical knowlege and experience, changing your views of music forever. You will find your-self in an entirely new world upon reading this book!