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Music and the Power of Sound
The Influence of Tuning and Interval on Consciousness
Published by Inner Traditions
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
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 Details
- Publisher: Inner Traditions (November 18, 2013)
- Length: 192 pages
- ISBN13: 9780892813360
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"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
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