Category: 2021 tonal

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Tonality of the month: PentaPro or PentaNa

The August 2021 tonality of the month is PentaPro or PentaNa, a Pro, Na, and extra pentatonality.

1) PentaPro / PentaNa — short sound sample, rhythmic — 0:46 loop
2) PentaPro / PentaNa — short sound sample, calm — 1:16 loop
3) PentaPro / PentaNa — triple 8-string guitar — July 2021 — 4:36 loop

The tonality of this month of August is PentaPro / PentaNa, a Pro, Na, and extra pentatonality. It is a Pro(gressive) tonality because it omits the regressive quart. It is a pure Na tonality because it contains only primary and secondary natural overtones. Harmonics or overtones are fundamental to harmony. Thus Na tonalities are uniquely harmonious and span over multiple octaves, preferably three or four. They follow the sequence of natural harmonics or overtones and form an arch with secondary harmonics turning into tertiary ones (or reciprocals) and thus lead to more commonly known tonalities. Na(tural harmonics) tonalities will soon appear in the Tonalibus catalogue.

You may enjoy a sound sample loop, such as the one of the tonality of the month, as sound mantra for contemplation or meditation, for upliftment, focusing, or simply for relaxation and regeneration as soothing background sound. Further, you could hum or chant along, for example using HU or another mantra syllable, and tune yourself to the fundamental.

Tonality of the month: PentaPro / PentaNa
Can you see it? The world might be at least partially round after all… — Grächwil/Meikirch, Switzerland
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July 2021 Tonalibus update

New Sound Samples
Tonalibus Album Release
Heartfelt Closing Note

This brief July 2021 Tonalibus update presents three new personal sound samples and one new cooperation sound sample. It highlights the global release of the new album Tonalibus A, B, & C. And there is a heartfelt closing note and image.

New personal sound samples from June and July 2021

“ॐ मणिपद्मे हूँ Auṃ maṇi padme hūṃ — Blues”

Pentamix / PentaDor (Egyptian scale) — triple 7-string guitar and voice — 8:28 — as loop on a separate tab

“Reaching Up to Heaven” — in ReachUp tonality

ReachUp — triple 8-string guitar and bass — 7:11 — as loop on a separate tab

“Back on a Blue Track” — treasuring healthy roots

PentaMin / PentaEol or pentatonic minor on F — double 8-string guitar, bass, djembe — 7:41 — as loop on a separate tab

“Wild Thing” — new cooperation sound sample

ReachUp (double harmonic/Gypsy minor) — Voice by Christina Braun — 8-string guitar by Ulrico — 3:48

The new personal sound samples can also be found in the still growing collection Summer 2021, the new cooperation sound sample under Cooperation 2020-2021.

Tonalibus A, B, & C — a pending album release

Tonalibus A, B, & C - album

The album Tonalibus A, B, & C is a quite extensive collection of thirty-one selected personal sound samples by Ulrico. It contains two and a half hours of uplifting music recorded over the last full year. At the present time, this album as well as some singles from it are in the process of becoming available globally on many music platforms, e.g., Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Deezer, and more. Once released, the platforms offering this Tonalibus album and singles will be listed in the Fidibus Shop entry for this album. There you will also find a listing of its thirty-one tracks with their titles, their instruments, and their duration. Stay tuned for the the album Tonalibus A, B, & C!

July 2021 Tonalibus update closing note

This is an encouraging note just received from a friend in France who experienced a close loss:

“Dear Uli, thank you for the musical notes. I listen to them in the background when I write letters. They carry me along and accompany me on my way. Thank you for this universe!”

July 2021 Tonalibus Update
Full rainbow arching a moment of completion, of unity and freedom — June 2021 — Grächwil, Switzerland

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Album of sound

Album of sound
Tonalities on site
Compositions go
Out into the world
To see who’ll listen
Now available to all
A drop in the ocean
So little and small
Into the multitude
Flooding the world
These current days
Of being connected
And at the same time
Separated and isolated
By these virtual screens
While the yearning heart
Looks to touch another
And be touched as well
Manifest and tangible
All the way in reality.

Detach the tangible
Grasp the intangible
Secret of the middle
Listening, observing
So the heart can hear
The call of spirit’s love
That’s always present
Right here and now.

An album of sound: Tonalibus A, B, & C

An extensive album called Tonalibus A, B, & C with thirty-one pieces by Ulrico is in the process of being released on platforms like Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon, and many others. More info on this will be in the coming July Tonalibus Update.

From the I Ching 易經

“For freedom and well-being to unfold in the durable forms of our shared spaces, we have to renounce the tangible and listen to the mystery of the intangible in the middle, so that our heart can be awakened by its spiritual call.”

— Kontexte des Segens [Contexts of Blessing], ䷟ #32 Hong 恆, Die Fortführung [Persevering], In der Treue zur lebendigen Mitte sich dem dauerhaften Weg hingeben [In loyalty to the loving heart, devoting oneself to a sustainable path], Thomas Primas

Album of sound
Calendula pettals harvested for health — June 2021 — Grächwil, Switzerland
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Tonality of the month: ReachUp

The July 2021 tonality of the month is ReachUp — a Reach heptatonality.

1) ReachUp — short sound sample, rhythmic — 0:40 loop — plays until stopped or you go to another page on this tab.
2) ReachUp — calm sound sample — 8-string guitar — June 2021 — 2:24 loop
3) ReachUp — calm sound sample, expanded — triple 8-string guitar and bass — June 2021 — 7:11 loop

The tonality of this month of July is ReachUp, a partially anchored Reach or harmonic heptatonality. It is also known as double harmonic minor, Gypsy minor, and Hungarian minor. It contains two Reach steps or augmented seconds. Because of the rised one in the lower tetrachord, its Tonalibus name became ReachUp. The tritone and major seventh help form the two Reach steps and contribute to braking up the otherwise pronounced minor tendency of this tonality.

You may enjoy a sound sample loop, such as the one of the tonality of the month, as sound mantra for contemplation or meditation, for upliftment, focusing, or simply for relaxation and regeneration as soothing background sound. Further, you could hum or chant along, for example using HU or another mantra syllable, and tune yourself to the fundamental.

Tonality of the month: ReachUp
Alpine lake mirroring mountains, clouds, and sky — June 2021 — Lake Brienz, Switzerland