source file: m1380.txt Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 13:07:10 -0400 Subject: Matthieu's _The Harmonic Experience_ From: "Paul H. Erlich" I spend some time looking at this monumental book yesterday, and it is quite good. I feel certain that the majority of list members will find that it strikes many chords with thier own musical understanding, in a way that has never been succesfully verbalized before. There seems to be a big hole, namely meantone temperament. But for the most part, the book is beautiful and honest. The author believes, as I do, that under normal musical conditions the ear does not recognize harmonic relationships based on partials beyond the 13th.