28 THE NATURE OF MUSIC 



explanation of how the test of truth is to be applied 

 in the subsequent study and analysis of music. The 

 essential points are as follows : — 



The "being and becoming" of music are due to the 

 union in feeling of rhythm and tone. 



Form and relation are form and relation of united 

 rhythm and tone. 



All tones are harmonic. Original harmony is har- 

 mony in one voice; it asserts itself and is latent in 

 common music-feeling, therefore in all of us. Har- 

 mony in one voice reports the same relations in all 

 of us. 



Melody is the composite of the two elements, 

 rhythm and harmony (tone); it is the original and 

 universal voice of music. 



Common music-feeling is united rhythm-feeling and 

 tone-feeling. 



One music, one basis of music, one common music- 

 feeling, one all-shaping principle in which all princi- 

 ples and laws are rooted. This cardinal principle 

 is equilibrium, is common to and inherent in both 

 rhythm and tone, and is the cause of their union, and 

 it dwells and operates in common feeling in all of us. 



All who take any degree of pleasure in music are 

 musical and share in the common feeling. All such 

 may by guidance and study transmute latent feeling 

 of united rhythm and tone into definite observation, 

 intelligent appreciation, understanding. 



Community of feeling leads to community of per- 

 ception and thence to community of conception. All 

 may learn the common reports of common feeling and 

 verify such reports by personal observation. 



