Category: 2024 tonal

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Breath of life chant – the single

Tonalibus single release — “Breath of life chant”

Breath of life chant – the single

“Breath of life chant” — the answer within — appears globally on May 4, 2024 as new Tonalibus single on:

Amazon, Anghami, Apple Music, MediaNet, Boomplay, Deezer, Instagram/Facebook, Adaptr, Flo, YouTube Music, iHeartRadio, Claro Música, iTunes, Joox, Kuack Media, NetEase, Qobuz, Pandora, Saavn, Spotify, Tencent, Tidal and TikTok & other ByteDance stores.

“Breath of life chant” — the answer within — PentaMin / PentaEol on G# (207 Hz) — whistle breath, fretted vichitra 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.

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Tonality of the month: Lydian

The tonality of the month is Lydian — a regular diatonic heptatonality.

Lydian on C# (276 Hz) — 8-string guitar — April 2024 — 3:16 — as loop on a separate tab (or via right click, if available)

Lydian, a partially anchored regular diatonic heptatonality and Pro(gressive) tonality, is the tonality of this month of May 2024. It differs by only one pitch from the well known major scale by including the triton instead of the quart. This gives it a very distinct and somewhat lofty feel. On piano keyboards, it corresponds to the white keys with F as fundamental. This tonality is one of Gregorian or church modes. However, it appears in many different musical styles, not just in Gregorian chant, ancient Greek and medieval, but also in romantic and modern music, including jazz and popular tunes. Because of its wide spread use in Polish folk music, some refer to it as Polish mode.

Tonality of the month: Lydian

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.

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April 2024 Tonalibus update

Single release
Playlists & sounds
Album samplers
Therapeutic music

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”

April 2024 Tonalibus update

“Breath of life chant” — the answer within — appears globally on May 4, 2024 as new Tonalibus single on:

Amazon, Anghami, Apple Music, MediaNet, Boomplay, Deezer, Instagram/Facebook, Adaptr, Flo, YouTube Music, iHeartRadio, Claro Música, iTunes, Joox, Kuack Media, NetEase, Qobuz, Pandora, Saavn, Spotify, Tencent, Tidal and TikTok & other ByteDance stores.

“Breath of life chant” — the answer within — PentaMin / PentaEol on G# (207 Hz) — whistle breath, fretted vichitra veena, tanpura — 8:03

April 2024 Tonalibus playlists & sounds update

April 2024 Tonalibus 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.

IJK sampler
FGH sampler
DE sampler
ABC sampler

Therapeutic music in action

April 2024 Tonalibus update

“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

May you live with ease, happy, and at peace!

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Tonality of the month: ReachMix

The tonality of the month is ReachMix — a Reach or harmonic heptatonality.

ReachMix on F# (184 Hz) — 8-string guitar — March 2024 — 5:15 — as loop on a separate tab (or via right click, if available) — for upliftment, purification, and focusing — “Consciousness” — the one state worth considering

ReachMix, a fully anchored Reach heptatonality, is the tonality of this month of April 2024. This tonality combines a DorMixolydian upper with a regular Reach lower tetrachord. ReachMix is similar to the tonality of the previous month, ReachMin, except that the sixth is now major instead of minor. The basic melodic element (pakad) of the Bairagi Bhairav raga presented last month with ReachMin is still somewhat noticeable in the new ReachMix sound sample above. However, there is a heartfelt expansion to an additional parallel more elaborate resolution pattern onto the lower quint. This highlights the rounded balancing quality of the DorMixolydian upper tetrachord.

Tonality of the month: ReachMix

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.

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March 2024 Tonalibus update

Whistle breath and ragas
Concerts recap
Playlists & sounds

This March 2024 Tonalibus update announces two new Tonalibus developments, whistle breath and the beginning correlation of tonalities in the catalogue with Indian ragas. Further it touches on two recent concerts and provides an update on sounds and playlists.

Whistle breath and starting raga correlation

March 2024 Tonalibus update

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.

Tonalibus started correlating Indian ragas with its catalogue of tonalities. A first fruit of that is the correspondence of the Bairagi Bhairv raag with ReachMin / Phrygian dominant.

“Breath of life chant” — the answer within — PentaMin / PentaEol on G# (207 Hz) — whistle breath, fretted vichitra veena, tanpura — 8:03
“Bairagi Bhairag raag” — a first raga interpretation — Bairagi Bhairag pakad, a derivative of ReachMin / Phrygian dominant on C# (138 Hz) — 8-string guitar, tanpura — 11:32

Two recent concerts with Tonalibus Ulrico

“Kulturzimmer Heimlich” in Bern on 2/17 attrached some thirty folks and resulted in two live concert recordings:
— “Fearless floating” — in the flow of life and love
— “Open door and heart” — an opportunity to step out

“Open door and heart” — an opportunity to step out — Ionian (diatonic major) on C# (138 Hz) — 8-string guitar, tanpura — 5:55 recorded live

“Hallo Stille” on 3/1 at the festival Stilles Zürich assembled some twenty individuals. All gradually opened up to the experience of silence led by Nicole Keller of Visionshaus. This was supported by gentle 8-string guitar sounds.

(photos by Karin Gsöllpointner)

March 2024 Tonalibus playlists & sounds update

March 2024 Tonalibus update

Jan-Feb 2024 sounds and playlist N “Opening of white light” are now complete with among other new recordings:
— “Embraced in silence” — so close, and yet so far
— “Know what you know” — very and nothing special
— “Gently rotating fifth wheel” — a plea for peace

March 2024 sounds and playlist O “Balance of life and love” (part of the new set “O, P & Q”) are now starting with:
— “Inner and outer connecting point” — culture fusion

“Inner and outer connecting point” — culture fusion — ReachMin / Phrygian dominant with a touch of Bairagi Bhairav, on C# (138 Hz) — 8-string guitar, tanpura — 10:32

Best wishes, with love from the heart!