Tonality of the month: BlueReach

The tonality of the month is BlueReach — a tritone or blues tonality and Reach heptatonality.

BlueReach on F# (rel. 438.2 Hz) — 8-string guitar — 4:32 — as loop on a separate tab (or via right-click, if available) — a.k.a. “One more step, and yet another” — happy trails!

BlueReach on B (rel. 438.2 Hz) — 8-string guitar, bass, lap slide guitar, voice, tingsha cymbals, faint tanpura — 9:37 — a.k.a. “ॐ गणेश ॐ — Ōṃ Gaṇeśa Ōṃ” — a picture story

BlueReach, the tonality of this month of January 2024, is one of the two most recent additions to the Tonalibus catalogue of anchored tonalities. Its name indicates that there are two Reach steps. A Reach step spans three half steps and is also known as augmented second. The one in the lower tetrachord is in a blues mode. And the one in the upper tetrachord is a typical Reach step. This provides a fascinating hybrid of tritone or blues and fully anchored Reach heptatonality characteristics. Besides the two Reach steps, there are four half steps, three of them consecutive; and only one whole step. A rather exceptional tonality!

You may enjoy a sound sample or tonality loop as sound mantra for contemplation or meditation. This can help with upliftment, purification, and focusing. Or it could simply be used as soothing background sound for relaxation and regeneration. If you care to hum, chant, or sing along, you could use a spiritually charged syllable like Ōṃ / Aum ॐ, or HU, or another mantra syllable that suits you.