Excerpt from Hyperacoustics
It will be generally admitted that the phenomena of Tonality show certain determinate characteristics which persist in all the varied works of music.
It may be a matter of opinion as to whether this "determinance" is real or apparent, and whether it is amenable to scientific treament.
The only way to decide the question is to write a book about it and ask the public to judge.
The first division of the subject, "Simultaneous Tonality," was published in 1916; we now wish to examine the Successive aspect.
It is a difficult and controversial matter to attempt to separate the transient from the enduring factors of modem musical practice, hence the scope of the discussion has to be limited to fairly well-established cases.
Our aim is to sweep over the works of music somewhat as the astronomer scans the sky with his telescope, and as he does not interfere with the feelings evoked by the glories of the heavens, and cannot alter the working of the subject he studies, so our scientific scrutiny, and the methods adopted for its expression, has no concern whatever with music as an art.
It does not aim at any aesthetic views, and it is hoped that the reader will close this book only with an increased desire to become more familiar with the great works of the art.
The book does not teach harmony or technique, plenty of works and teachers abound for that purpose. It attempts a purely scientific scrutiny, avoiding as far as possible the detached dryness of a more rigidly logical treatment.
In order to avoid disappointment it is necessary to limit expectations (which are possibly awakened by works of a similar character) as to prediction, and increased facilities in the art.
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