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Well me been thinkin of building an ensemble of six, 3 stringed instruments tuned to 1, 7,1 intervals and harmonically fretted with each instrument being tuned to six original Solfeggio frequencies. OF course they would be in my traditional wishbone construction method and as they are highly experimental, will have 3 ply tops and backs, fir or cedar neck/ribs and maple fretboad as these materials are on hand or readily available to me.

For those who are unfamiliar with Solfeggio frequencies...here is as good a link as any. http://www.miraclesandinspiration.com/s ... ncies.html or just surf for Solfeggio...there is lots out there.

So the reason for posting is to invite input, especially in regards to fret arraignment, which obviously will not be "equal temperament"


Here be the the six frequencies for each instrument.


UT – 396 Hz – Liberating Guilt and Fear

RE – 417 Hz – Undoing Situations and Facilitating Change

MI – 528 Hz – Transformation and Miracles (DNA Repair)

FA – 639 Hz – Connecting/Relationships

SOL – 741 Hz – Expression/Solutions

LA – 852 Hz – Awakening Intuition



Any comments or input is most welcome.


thank you
Padma

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For composed music (by whom?)? Improvisation? Got players in mind?

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When all else fails, clean the shop.

Which freq do I use to make a golem?

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StuMusic

Good questions Howard. Very good questions.

Re Compositions and Pickers

a) any of the original Gregorian Solfeggio stuff that the Vatican has not suppressed would be interesting. I bet the "suppressed" stuff would really rock...about 180 ancient scores have gone missing in their library...go figure.

b) there are a lot of composers working with these frequencies...just hit up the you tube or Google Solfeggio...

c) Improvisation will be the start...me just go to the market on Saturday, tune em up, lay them on a blanket and they will get played...we have a music school here in town with a fresh crop of pickers ever year. So that will probably be the starting point.

d) put up a few youtube flicks ...word will spread on the bread like honey and drip into the mouths that can digest these instruments.

e) places like Julliard and Royal Academy of Music are quite open to this sort of stuff

There is a phenomenal amount work being done with these frequencies... but mainly on synths...and well me just don't get off on electronics unless its 144 bpm's at a rave so me tooks it into me head to build this ensemble.

thank you for asking Howard, any suggestions?


blessings

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I don't know about the instrument, but you got the making of a Dan Brown novel in that story.

John

A 440 would be a good start...and no...I am not joking.

This standard was political established for various reasons.

Go here Zlurgh http://web.mac.com/len15/MUSICAL_CULT_CONTROL/Leonard_G._Horowitz.html
or just surf...there is a lot out there on the effects of frequencies on consciousness.

Of course, you could also look into the ELF range and its effects on consciousness if you really wanna get into it.


blessings

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Is true John, Duh Padma will lead you down the garden path every chance me get.

Sorry though, unlike Brown, me don't write fiction.


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Speaking of Dan Brown Padma is this kind of sort of like the brown note?

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103401

Be sure to watch the video after it loads....

GO BLUE!!!!

.... I was certain of that.

I mean.....something has to explain why the sitar makes me recoil....right? I figure that if certain freqs can cause harmony and serenity then other, evil freqs might be quietly weaponized.

At about the age of thirteen I read about Tesla and the Russians experimenting with ELF. In that year I also acquired an album called, "The Guitars That Destroyed The World"....and something inside me snapped....and then everything became perfectly clear. I had a mission....a definable, plottable course for my life...which I then pursued with inspired vigor. Since then, however, I've become increasingly less hopeful about taking over the world, since acquiring and learning to play the guitar yielded far less subjugation than I had originally planned.

But there MUST be an answer. I just KNOW it!! An etherial key that, if turned, will open a door behind which are all the mysteries of absolute power. Capos don't work. Concert tuning doesn't cut it. It's all just useless!

I'm into alternate tunings now. So far.....I got nothin'. If this experiment doesn't show progress soon I'm going fretless.

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StuMusic

I wonder if that's connected to the "440 Stainless" that I see on a lot of knives.

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Howard Klepper
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When all else fails, clean the shop.

Apparently, a few of these conspirators feel guilty so they leave little clues of their nefarious activity strewn about.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

I really had this album....one can't choose his influences you know.

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StuMusic

Yo, Zlurgh

Well, I wouldn't call them "evil frequencies"... although some frequencies are more desirable for others and lets leave the morality to the moralists.

As Hermes Trismegistus said "He who understands the law of vibration holds the scepter of power in his hand"

Alternate tunings eh....well try string her up to this

1. C#
2. G#
3. C#
4. E
5. G#
6. C#

or

1. E
2. C#
3. G#
4. E
5. C#
6. G#

both are C# minor

The cord of C# minor being C# F# B E G# C# or E F# G# A B C# D#

136.1hz minus 3 cents be the exact frequency.

The earth tone...the measured frequency of the elliptical orbit of the earth as it travels around the sun. To arrive at the frequency of 136.1 Hz, an earth year is reduced to a second (frequencies are measured in cycles per second). An earth year is 365.242 days and an earth day is 86,400 seconds. When the days are multiplied by seconds the answer will be 315,567,925.9747 seconds equal one earth year. To arrive at an audible sound, 315,567,925.9747 seconds are divided into one (year) and then raised 32 octaves. The result will be the audible tone will be 136.1 Hz.

This Earth frequency of 136.1Hz, is also the frequency for the Sanskrit mantra ~Om~. In recent brainwave research, this cosmic note OHM frequency, helps meditators and yoga practitioners achieve desired "Theta" brainwave states quickly.


Om.

The Om chant.


Calms down stress and nervous conditions or to assist with meditation. It's been found that hyperactive children mellow in this frequency.


try it.


blessings
Padma


PS: reg. fretless...was 1967 me pulled the frets out of me '62 Fender Jazz Bass...filled the slots with bondo and never looked back. Is about all me remember of the 60's

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Seems like the sort of music that might be better explored using a hang drum or didgeridoo. What about an arrangement like a hammered dulcimer? No frets needed...

cheers

Ya Steve, "this sort of music" at first glance would be associated with a hang or didg, but not at this beginning faze.

First gotta get them built.

Then see who takes the bait ~ the academics or the improv buskers.

You do here a lot of synth generated Solfeggio stuff mixed with didges though.

Perhaps me make a set of Solfeggio didges and take them to the nude beach on the next full moon. Now that would be interesting.


blessings
Padma

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Sorry...can't remember any alchemist that ever ruled the world.

Probably he got locked in a soundproof Vatican dungeon....is why.

I do wonder where they put that scepter though.

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StuMusic

So how does one figure out the frequency of a tuning?
But if I tune to say, something like CGCFBbD with my tuner set to 440, is it still 440 or something else? What is the relation there?

CGCFBbD... A variation of dropped "C" tuning

However the C is still determined in its relationship to A 440.

Virtually all tuneing devices for "tuning" stringed instruments are preset with A at 440hz.

So no mater what "key" you may open tune to with that preset tuner set at 440, you will be still tuned in relation to the concert pitch of A 440.

Think relativity.

As said, the reason for "A" being 440hz was political in NA. Bach, Brahms nor Beethoven tuned to "A" as 440. In fact "A" was pretty much different in each country in Europe until the US persuaded Europe to follow suit.

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You think she would do it publicly ??

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Howard Klepper
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When all else fails, clean the shop.

Well gee Howard, I don't know
but if and when she shows up in ceremony this week end, I'll make it a point to ask her.
With that, me gone for the next few days.

be
Padma

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okay. i saw this thread originally, and tried to figure out what padma was up to.
you want to make a bunch of instruments tuned to not chromatic, but all the notes would sound "right" together.
right being a modal chant or something?
i like the idea.
make 4 instruments, or more, that are tuned that no matter what note one played, it would fit in.
am i wrong here?
better get that stuff to ya pad.
extra 1/8" ply shipping packing. ha!