The Listening Book and The Musical Life, by W. A. Mathieu

The Listening Book and The Musical Life

by W. A. Mathieu

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1.	The Listening Book - Introduction 02:37	buy track
2.	The More You Listen 01:25	buy track
3.	Listening to Animals 04:44	buy track
4.	Listening to People 03:27	buy track
5.	Unlistening 04:35	buy track
6.	The Sound Horizon 01:31	buy track
7.	Resonance 05:16	buy track
8.	Walking 06:49	buy track
9.	Life Drummer 05:18	buy track
10.	Most Perfect Music 03:41	buy track
11.	Dinner Symphony at the Sillses' 03:57	buy track
12.	Fear of Music 04:22	buy track
13.	Finding a Teacher 04:46	buy track
14.	Willing Silence 02:33	buy track
15.	Originality 03:33	buy track
16.	The Circle of Listening 02:56	buy track
17.	Telephoning Counts 02:07	buy track
18.	Cosmic Practice 01:25	buy track
19.	Ima Dork 02:00	buy track
20.	I'm Not Musical 01:15	buy track
21.	The Best Excuses 04:10	buy track
22.	Mistakes 01:43	buy track
23.	No One Can Tell You 01:57	buy track
24.	What Should I Practice? 02:25	buy track
25.	Technique and the Eraser Trick 01:43	buy track
26.	Names 02:40	buy track
27.	There's Not Much to Learn and it Takes Forever 01:51	buy track
28.	Tone-Deaf Choir 07:29	buy track
29.	Creative Limits 00:34	buy track
30.	As Much as Possible from as Little as Possible 00:40	buy track
31.	One Note 07:59	buy track
32.	Two Notes 01:35	buy track
33.	Three Notes 01:20	buy track
34.	Four Notes 03:43	buy track
35.	Steps and Leaps 03:06	buy track
36.	Play by the Clock 03:46	buy track
37.	The Magic Scale 07:22	buy track
38.	The Musical Life - Introduction 03:08	buy track
39.	Everyday Rhythm 01:40	buy track
40.	Bug on a Tamboura 01:50	buy track
41.	Boundary Events 00:50	buy track
42.	The Mind of Sound 03:15	buy track
43.	Ephemerals 01:02	buy track
44.	When Cousins Fall in Love 02:15	buy track
45.	Whatsa Matta wid da Bass? 03:36	buy track
46.	Human Unison 04:19	buy track
47.	Fireworks 01:43	buy track
48.	Erased Music 04:28	buy track
49.	Honeysuckle Breath 01:50	buy track

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The Listening Book and The Musical Life is about rediscovering the power of listening as an instrument of self-discovery and personal transformation. By exploring our capacity for listening to sounds and for making music, we can awaken and release our full creative powers.

In this 2-CD audio edition of the classic book, W. A. Mathieu presents exercises designed to help you explore and expand your capacity for listening, appreciate the connection between sound, music, and every-day life, and discover the creative possibilities of music-making.

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