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Eric Wen, Graphic Music Analysis: an Introduction to Schenkerian Theory and Practice (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020). xiv + 390 pp. $89 (pb). ISBN 9781538104668.Eric Wen, Structurally Sound: Seven Musical Masterworks Deconstructed (New York: Dover, 2017). xiv + 320 pp. $24.95 (pb). ISBN 9780486806778.

Eric Wen, Graphic Music Analysis: an Introduction to Schenkerian Theory and Practice (Lanham:... Introduction: Schenkerian Mind TricksSometimes, when I am teaching music theory, a famous cinematic scene pops into my head involving an old, wise and pale‐green sage, who exclaims to his apprentice: ‘Always with you it cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say … [the apprentice interjects …] No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned … [the apprentice interjects again …] No! Try not! Do, or do not. There is no try.’ Like any passionate teacher, this sage is distraught over the (lack of) progress being made by his pupil, who has yet to grasp the depths of their arts and the particular mindset necessary to mastering them. But as a contrivance of Hollywood, and with an underlying musical‐dramatic message conveyed to us by no less a composer than John Williams and no less an ensemble than the London Symphony Orchestra, the scene touches upon something of far more galactic proportions than the mere quibblings of a crusty old teacher – for the apprentice, a talented but as yet undeveloped warrior, is still unwilling to take that leap of faith needed to become one with the Force, a leap that the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Music Analysis Wiley

Eric Wen, Graphic Music Analysis: an Introduction to Schenkerian Theory and Practice (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020). xiv + 390 pp. $89 (pb). ISBN 9781538104668.Eric Wen, Structurally Sound: Seven Musical Masterworks Deconstructed (New York: Dover, 2017). xiv + 320 pp. $24.95 (pb). ISBN 9780486806778.

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Music Analysis , Volume 41 (1) – Mar 1, 2022
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Introduction: Schenkerian Mind TricksSometimes, when I am teaching music theory, a famous cinematic scene pops into my head involving an old, wise and pale‐green sage, who exclaims to his apprentice: ‘Always with you it cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say … [the apprentice interjects …] No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned … [the apprentice interjects again …] No! Try not! Do, or do not. There is no try.’ Like any passionate teacher, this sage is distraught over the (lack of) progress being made by his pupil, who has yet to grasp the depths of their arts and the particular mindset necessary to mastering them. But as a contrivance of Hollywood, and with an underlying musical‐dramatic message conveyed to us by no less a composer than John Williams and no less an ensemble than the London Symphony Orchestra, the scene touches upon something of far more galactic proportions than the mere quibblings of a crusty old teacher – for the apprentice, a talented but as yet undeveloped warrior, is still unwilling to take that leap of faith needed to become one with the Force, a leap that the

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