The Scale: Our Musical Inheritance from Nature - Paperback

by Don Robertson (Author)

The Scale is an all-important handbook designed to aid musicians and composers in gaining an understanding of the time-honored principles of harmony in music. The book describes how these principles had been misapplied during the 20th century and how they can now be reapplied to restore music to its former greatness and glory. In this revolutionary work, the author not only carefully describes the immutable laws of natural harmony, recognized by the great minds of ancient times, but also presents his own revolutionary discoveries that will help lay the groundwork for music in the 21st century.

Author Biography

Don Robertson is an internationally recognized composer and writer who has authored nine books and composed fourteen albums of music, a string quartet, and three works for chorus and orchestra. His 45-year mission to develop a music-education platform for the 21st century began in 1968 after he discovered the previously unknown existence of a root chord for discordant music - the prevailing 20th century style of classical music. With this discovery, he realized that the next step in the evolution of musical composition would be to return to the harmonic principles inherent in nature itself.