There is much out there in internet land concerning Hitler’s use of the A=440 concert pitch to wage war and cause confusion. Although this sounds a bit far-fetched, there are many who believe it… hook, line, and sinker. For now, we’ll call it a theory. I propose that he used…
Before exploring Pythagorean tuning, you may find it helpful to see Picturing Concert Pitch and Picturing Temperament for visual explanations of two concepts used throughout this discussion. There are as many different concert pitches as there are notes on a piano. Well… almost. What do I mean by that? Although there are…
There are those who say: Water has memory… Music is healing emotionally and physically… Flowers have healing properties… If music and flowers both carry healing properties, wouldn’t it make sense that we seek out a natural method of allowing the two to work together? Both natural and homeopathic healing…
There are old Chinese proverbs and many other ancient writings that talk about the power of our words. But, where do our words actually come from? They don’t just pop out of thin air! Well, I would say that’s most of the time. Under inspiration, some incredible stuff has come…
For many years, I’ve been fascinated with sound resonance. I guess much of that came out of working with musical acoustics specialists during the writing of my dissertation. My topic was a strange one – looking inside the mouths of clarinet players to see how the tongue moved while playing.…
In this post, I add more information from three previous blog posts along with a video where I go through all the PowerPoint slides. At the end (below), you can download the PDF of that presentation which has clickable links on the last slide. The links send you on some…
For a further exploration of cymatics and the possibility of using cymatic images as musical information, see Cymatics is Music in Pictures. “Cymatics?” you ask. Simply put, the term “cymatics” was coined by Hans Jenny in the 1970’s as a way of describing how to visualize sound. Up until recently,…
What I love about being a musician is the opportunity to learn more about the history of music. Now, had you asked me that while I was a student, I’d probably have growled at you. Way back in the recesses of my brain, I dig up the memory of music…