source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 11:52:21 -0800 Subject: Re: Metaphysics and music From: tom@mvision.com (Tom Ritchford) "Jo A. Hainline" writes: >On the contrary, I feel that there are aspects of metaphysics that have >great bearing on music in general and tuning specifically. In David >Tame's book, The Secret Power of Music, Destiny Books, Rochester, VT, >1984, there is much evidence that 1) music has a profound impact upon the >physical, emotional amd mental, and "spiritual" nature of men and women >and 2) that the nature of the music dictates the nature of the effect. > >"There is scarcely a single function of the body which cannot be affected [snip] I've had this book for several years and find it fascinating... but I felt that I should offer a little caveat for those who are intending to read it. Basically, Tame is completely against all music of the 20th century. To him, Beethoven and Wagner are the ultimate musics. He claims that jazz introduces heart arhythms... that rock music makes the listener tend to violence... I don't remember what he claims about "New Music" but it wasn't very positive. Not that he is necessarily way off-base... for example, I remember reading several years ago in Science Times that there seemed to be good documentary evidence that playing 20th century music did give classical players more headaches, muscle and joint problems, etc. But still, I'd recommend many grains of salt when reading "The Secret Power of Music." /t Tom Ritchford tom@mvision.com Verge's "Little Idiot" -- Music for the mentally peculiar. 1-800-WEIRDOS http://www.weirdos.com/verge Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 01:03 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA00992; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 02:03:13 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA00990 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id QAA29896; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:01:42 -0800 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:01:42 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu