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To the ancient Chinese, music was the basis of not only civilization, but of everything. Eight types of instruments were brought and local songs played so that he could verify that they were all in line with the 5 tones. Instead, the Emperor tested the exact pitches of their notes of music, the five notes of the ancient Chinese tonal scale. He would not audit books, observe the population, or interview authorities as the most important means to assess the health of his empire. The Emperor Shun, Shu King, would travel each year throughout the provinces to check on the health and status of each territory. Tame uses ancient China as his primary example of how music played a role in civilization building. “Music creates order out of chaos for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony impose compatibility upon the incongruous” ~ Yehundi Menuhin – American Violinist and Composer 1. In this case, the Fibonacci sequence which creates this spiral shape matches the ratios of the notes on the scale perfectly. In addition, as shown on the left, throughout history humans have related the structure of music and its ratios to the natural world.
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His favorite axiom seems to be “As in music, so in life – ,” raising the belief that civilization is shaped and societies are molded by music and in turn the character of a civilization shapes the music. Tame presents the notion that music is a force that creates order out of chaos, helping to achieve a greater universal order. Pythagoras’ concept of music was deeper than the material and the academic, as it reached to and from the cosmos and combined the spiritual with the material. A main thrust of Pythagoras’s research was to discover the nature of music and he discovered that tones could be reduced and explained through numbers and mathematical ratios – the same as those of the mathematical universe and many of the forms therein. Tame begins with fact that ancients believed there was sacred power within sound and music. He contrasts historical societies in which people were very conscious of music’s power as compared to today’s materialistic notion that music is not essential, something on the periphery, something in the United States at least to be cut from many school’s curriculum as unnecessary. As Tame notes in the “Overture,” (the intro), music’s influence plays on us constantly as it alters our heartbeat, relaxes or tenses us, affects heartbeat and blood pressure, and fills us with a range of emotions. The beauty of this book is that it isn’t simply a history of music, music as entertainment, or its prominence in human cultures, but describes the actual power of music, hence its title. It is a self-proclaimed “study of the influence of music on man and society, from the time of the ancient civilizations to the present.”
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The books includes discussions of music and morality, music therapy, sound and color, the origin and effects of jazz and the blues, atoms as harmonic resonators, the physics of OM and more. The book is a wide but deep study of the role of music not only in the human sphere, but also its inextricable ties to the cosmos and our natural world itself.
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For anyone who marvels at this phenomenon that we call “music,” this is an excellent read. The number of days the ability lasts can be increased to a maximum of 9 days by completing five instances of the side quest " Ancient Power." This quest requires locating petrified vampire body parts and infusing the remains' lingering magical essence into the Bloodstone Chalice.The “The Secret Power of Music” by David Tame is a wide ranging work that covers the inherent power of music and its origins in the human story. It augments the Vampiric Drain destruction spell to absorb stamina and magicka, as well as health for a number of days. Activating the chalice will grant the ability for one day. It can be gained upon completion of " The Bloodstone Chalice." Once the chalice has been returned to Castle Volkihar, it will sit in the small room to the side of the main hall. This ability can only be obtained by joining Harkon and becoming a Vampire Lord.