“Picturing Concert Pitch” is similar the article where I pictured temperament. The point is to get the visual outside of music and find another way that any non-musician can relate to how both concert pitch and musical temperament work. Too often, people get them mixed up saying that temperament and…
Picturing Temperament brings a visual to how the distance between pitches look on a ruler.
Did King David sing and play in a specific musical key? What does the “key of David” mean? To answer these questions, we must look at music history through the eyes of either an ethnomusicologist or archaeomusicologist. What does history in general tell us about the practices of ancient musicians?…
Is there a problem with free speech? To answer that question, we must look at how our words affect those around us. My father told me, “make sure your brain is engaged before putting your mouth in gear.” As a child, I let stuff fly out of my mouth, not…
Everything in the universe is based on patterns and cycles. When they are evident, it’s a path that leads to possible discoveries. When patterns and cycles cease to exist, that’s when research sits on a shelf until further understanding is revealed. In the Frequencies of Creation series, I hypothesize that…
The final post in the frequencies of creation series is fitting for the periodic table, especially since one of the most important features of the “universal weave” is the number 7. We start at the beginning of time when the universe was void and without form… Russell A. Smith (R.…
Step into the wonderful world of cymatics where we visualize “music in motion.” Because everything (all matter) has a resonant frequency, everything in the universe can all be expressed in musical form. Cymatics is one way the ancients could “notate” the visual aspects of music. Is it possible cymatics is…
Many questions come my way concerning tuning. This includes the big question, “are certain frequencies good/bad for us?” As I began to ponder these questions, a few realities came my way about how music works. Here are a few key points:Music works on natural laws (musical overtone/harmonic series)Harmonics are both…