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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. 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherInner Traditions International, The Limited
ISBN-100892813369
ISBN-139780892813360
eBay Product ID (ePID)1921023
Product Key Features
Book TitleMusic and the Power of Sound : the Influence of Tuning and Interval on Consciousness
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicReference, Genres & Styles / New Age, Asia / India & South Asia, Instruction & Study / Theory
Publication Year1995
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, History
AuthorAlain Daniélou, Alain. Daniélou
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsWith 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.
Lccn89-019876
Edition DescriptionReprint
Lc Classification NumberMl3812.D28 1995
Table of ContentList of Tables and Figures Foreword by Sylvano Bussotti Editor's Note 1. Metaphysical Correspondences 2. The Conflict of Musical Systems 3. The Measurement of Intervals and Harmonic Sounds 4. The Cycle of Fifths, The Musical Theory of the Chinese 5. Relations to a Tonic: The Modal Music of India 6. Confusion of the Systems: The Music of the Greeks 7. The Western Scale and Equal Temperament 8. The Scale of Sounds References Bibliography Index