This album offers 27 meditative improvisations by Ulrico in 3½ hours of uplifting music, at times with a touch of blues. Six of these are recordings of spontaneous cooperation with friends. Two feature Punnu Wasu (voice and mandolin), three Christina Braun (voice and violin), and one Karin Gsöllpointner (voice).This album’s recordings are from September 2023 through February 2024.
This June-July 2024 Tonalibus update highlights the addition to this website of correlations of Hindustani raagas with Tonalibus nomenclature. And it updates on playlists, sounds, and images.
Tonality correlations of Hindustani raagas
Raagas correlations in the Fidibus shop now present four two-page tables that list over eighty Hindustani raagas with their Tonalibus nomenclature correlations: — alphabetic by raaga name — by lower or by upper tetrachord — by Tonalibus correspondence level
“नट सरस Nat Saras” — moon dance by a pond— MajReach / harmonic major on C# (276 Hz) — 8-string guitar, lap slide guitar, gong, tanpura — 7:32— exploring the tonality that the raaga Nat Bhairav is based on
June-July 2024 Tonalibus playlists and sounds update
By now, Playlist P“Discovering new horizons” has grown to 7 pieces over 51 minutes with the addition of three June 2024 Sounds and the first of July 2024 Sounds: — “नट सरस Nat Saras” — moon dance by a pond — with some correspondence to the raaga Nat Bhairav — (↑) — “Between light and sound” — Hungarian Gypsy equanimity — in between, in more ways than one — (↓↓) — “Vanishing appearance” — frettless floating kiln — (↓) — “Prince on a pea” — can you find it? — corr. raaga Todi Further, there are new extensive tonality sound samples available for LoReachUp, ReachUpMin, and MajReach.
“Vanishing appearance” — frettless floating kiln— Aeolian / natural minor, ReachUpMin / Hungarian Gypsy minor on E — harmonium, shamisen, small gong — 6:16— an initial step with a precious Japanese shamisen 三味線 or sangen 三絃
“Between light and sound” — Hungarian Gypsy equanimity— ReachUpMin / Hungarian Gypsy minor on low F (rel. A 423 Hz) — 7-string guitar, 3/4 violin, small sound bowl — 8:48
Two concluding thoughts with best wishes
“To the poet, everything is luminous; to the dull, nothing is remarkable.”
“You can shoot arrows at the sky if you like, …, but they’ll invariably fall back to earth.”
— The snow lion’s turquoise mane, Surya Das, p. xxii & 5
This May 2024 Tonalibus update highlights two tonality derivatives and recordings from a recent cooperation session with Christina Braun. Further, it provides an update on Tonalibus playlists and new sounds. Finally, this update touches on the popularity of Tonalibus releases on Spotify.
Two new tonality derivatives
Two tonality derivatives — PentaMinMix / PentaEolDor and PentaLoPhryg / Bairagi Bhairav — are new in the extended pentatonalities tables and tonalities overview. (Derivatives are not further detailed in the catalogue.)
“իմաստուն Imastunsurvivors” — calling for silence — PentaMinMix / PentaEolDor (derivative) on F# (184 Hz) — 8-string guitar, conch, voice, tanpura — 6:28“Pebbles in the pond” — a touch of a raga — Bairagi Bhairav raag based on C# — Christina Braun: voice — Ulrico: 8-string guitar — 5:38
Tonalibus cooperation recordings with Christina Braun
New cooperation recordings with Christina Braun (voice) are now in playlist Coop B and April 2024 Sounds: “Ever forward into the open” — blue destination(↓) “Cherry blossom dragon” — spring awakening “Pebbles in the pond” — a touch of a raga(↑) “Straight forward” — dare jump in head-on
“Ever forward into the open” — blue destination — PentaMin/PentaEol based on D# — Christina Braun: voice — Ulrico: singing saw, bass, 6-string guitar — 4:15
“Querencia” — the place where one’s strength is drawn from — Lydian on C# (276 Hz) — 8-string guitar, big gong, tanpura — 7:05
Popularity of Tonalibus single releases
On Spotify, a most significant online music platform, Tonalibus listeners have recently more than tripled, the new release of May 4, 2024 “Breath of life chant” was already played many hundred times, and the piece “Once upon a time — again and still on the way” from June 2023 has well exceeded a thousand times.
“Breath of life chant” — the answer within — PentaMin / PentaEol on G# (207 Hz) — whistle breath, frettedvichitra veena, tanpura — 8:03
May your gardens sprout harmonious life, love, and peace!
“मैत्री Maitrībase” — the privilege of breath — TetraMin, PentaMinMix/PentaEolDor (derivatives) on C# (276 Hz) — 8-string guitar, tanpura — 6:55
“Breath of life chant” — the answer within— PentaMin / PentaEol on G# (207 Hz) — whistle breath, frettedvichitra veena, tanpura — 8:03
During extremely soft mantra chanting, so soft it is more breathing than chanting, in a flowing transition from the syllable HU to OM, a faint, largely involuntary whistle sound can become apparent, whistle breath! This is very subtle but powerful and can aide in finding one’s fundamental pitch. The piece “Breath of life chant” is based on whistle breath.
This April 2024 Tonalibus update highlights an upcoming Tonalibus single release featuring whistle breath. Further, it announces the development of Tonalibus album sampler playlists and new sounds. Finally, this update touches on the therapeutic use of live music.
May 4 Tonalibus single release — “Breath of life chant”
“Breath of life chant” — the answer within — appears globally on May 4, 2024 as new Tonalibus single on:
“Breath of life chant” — the answer within— PentaMin / PentaEol on G# (207 Hz) — whistle breath, frettedvichitra veena, tanpura — 8:03
April 2024 Tonalibus playlists & sounds update
March 2024 sounds concluded and playlist Tonalibus O “Balance of life and love” by now offers six pieces within 62½ minutes of meditative music, including new: —“Tears of joy” — mantra of soul with a waking toddler’s song, or as plain mantra of soul — multi-octave G# chant with a fusion of mantra syllables like Ōṃ / Aum and HU, unifying much of the spiritual foundation of Tonalibus —“Perfect imperfection” — one step closer(below) —“Consciousness” — the one state worth considering —“Breath of life chant” — whistle breath plain— new additional version highlighting whistle breath alone
“Perfect imperfection” — one step closer — IonAeolian / ClusterBal (melodic major) with a touch of Ionian on E (164.3 Hz) — 8-string guitar, small gong, tanpura — 12:01
New Tonalibus main album sampler playlists
For each of the four so far published Tonalibus main albums, ABC, DE, FGH, and IJK, there is now a selection of some ten pieces or about 1¼ hour of diverse, mostly meditative, calming world music available (below), among Fidibus shop playlists, as well as on Spotify as public artist playlists.
“Music’s value lies in its inherent ability to enhance connection and communication, as well as to benefit physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing… Therapeutic music is live acoustic music, played or sung, and specifically tailored to [an] immediate need. It is an art based on the science of sound… [and] uses the inherent healing elements of live music and sound to enhance the environment…, making it more conducive to the human healing process.” — NSBTM website, National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians
Tonalibus Ulrico on April 13, 2024 at the Kientalerhof Campus for Body Therapy, Kiental, musically accompanying applied practice sessions of an advanced training course on craniosacral osteopathy for body therapists led by Jürgen Westhoff — photo by Karin Gsöllpointner
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