Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression
"Mathieu's books are worth reading for anyone in any field of music--jazz, classical, gospel, or any other. He's found the words to tell the power of music." (Pete Seeger, folksinger)"This book goes beyond what most textbooks offer, and its highly original pedagogy deserves the attention of every teacher of harmony.  Above all, this is a book for anyone who would like to acquire harmony as a lived experience rather than as mere memorization of unyielding rules on paper."  (Chien-Chang Yang, Quarterly Journal of the MLA)"Mathieu is consistently proving himself to be one of the best in musical theory."  (John Coltrane in Downbeat Magazine)"This volume offers experiential keys to help unlock the mystery of how music works its deep affect upon us.  Harmonic Experience extends any reader's understanding of music and is a user-friendly, elegant and graceful work. It is a technical treatise about the inner workings of music." (Daniel Atesh Sonneborn, Smithsonian Institution)