From Lyrics to Master: Volume II: Harmonic Architecture (The Art of Music Composition)

In From Lyric to Master, Volume II: Harmonic Architecture, the journey from raw emotion to resonant, fully realized music takes center stage — and nothing is ever the same again. This extraordinary volume dismantles the wall between feeling and theory, championing a radical feeling-first philosophy that frees professional musicians from the paralysis of over-thinking and restores harmony to its rightful place: as the direct language of the heart. Using the nylon-string guitar as an intimate harmonic laboratory, the book guides you through a masterfully structured progression — from the bedrock simplicity of I, IV, and V to the shimmering complexity of modal colors, extended ninths, suspended yearnings, and the dramatic tension of diminished and augmented chords — always anchored to emotion