HexaBluNa or HexaLolo— calm sound sample — 8-string guitar — November 2021 — 2:54 — as loop on a separate tabHexaBluNa or HexaLolo— rhythmic sound sample — 8-string guitar — November 2021 — 2:23 — as loop on a separate tab
The tonality of the month of August 2022 is HexaBluNa or HexaLolo, a Blu(e) hexatonality. Its first name, HexaBluNa, indicates that this is a hexatonality based on the first few Na(tural) harmonics with the addition of the Blu(esy) minor third and quart in the lower tetachord. Its second name is HexaLolo. This indicates that the lower tetrachord is the lowest possible or Lolo version of Reach. And the upper tetrachord contains just the minor seventh. A distinguishing feature of this tonality is the presence of two consecutive half tone steps. They juxtapose and allow this tonality to blend the contrasting common notions of minor and major side by side unified as one.
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 HU or Ōṃ / Aum ॐ, or another mantra syllable that suits you.
Summer sun gradually progressing towards the horizon — July 2022 — Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota
This July 2022 Tonalibus update highlights some website changes. It announces the new main menu language selection and links to the Tonalibus / Ulrico pages on some major global music platforms. First though, it presents the latest playlist and sound sample additions. And it concludes with a spiritual reminder quote and a an fascinating 8-second video clip.
Playlist and sound sample updates
“New moon rising” — a sensitive welcome — 4:52 — 8-string guitar — ReachNaBal — as loop on a separate tab
New additions to playlist Tonalibus F and/or the Summer 2022 collection of personal sound samples include the following pieces: 1) “New moon rising” — a sensitive welcome — 4:52 — 8-string guitar — ReachNaBal — (above) 2) “Let’s talk” — a personal manifesto — 13:21 — double 8-string guitar, voice, and gongs — based on the four corners of the sound temple, from PentaCor, via HexaCorMix to LoReachUpMix and back 3) “Let’s listen” — a personal meditation — 13:21 — double 8-string guitar and gongs — based on the four corners of the sound temple, from PentaCor, via HexaCorMix to LoReachUpMix and back — plain instrumental version of “Let’s talk” without voice — (under Summer 2022) 4) And there are corresponding new extra tonality sound samples for ReachNaBal and PentaCor.
July 2022 Tonalibus update on menu options and translations
The page Contact of this website is now accessible as the last secondary menu option under About.
Under Start you now find links to the Tonalibus / Ulrico pages on some major music platforms.
The language selection option for English, German, French, or Italian is now a main menu option.
The Tonalibus website currently experiences isolated translation problems. In English all works well. But in German, French, and Italian some links that target a specific place in the body of a page land on the top of the target page instead of the desired location on that page. This happens e.g. with the link Blog Posts by Month, a secondary main menu option under Spiritualibus Blog, with some links as loop with recent sound samples, or with some tonality subgroup menu links like for Pentatonalities. The provider of the currently used translation engine is busy working on resolving this.
An old spiritual reminder quote as July 2022 update
“I have no special message to give but to remind you of the teaching of Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji, which he impressed on us all through his life and which constitutes the essence of the teachings of the saints of all times. What is their mission in this world? Saints are men of God, who come here on a mission of mercy to lead the suffering humanity back to the feet of God. That is their only mission in life. They come not to divide but to unite and are above the narrow distinctions of caste and creed. They do not wish to create new sects or castes, though when they pass away, their followers lose sight of their real teachings and take to various types of ritualism and narrow down the teachings, meant for the whole humanity, to particular sects and schools. This gives rise to castes or creeds and even bigotry and fanaticism; but there are no such differences in saints.
“Saints of all ages and countries have the same message to give, the same truth to teach. They tell us that the soul is a spark of the divine flame, but its light here is dimmed by mind and maya. They teach us how to pierce these veils and get united again to our source or origin.”
Message to overseas disciples in 1957 from Maharaj Charan Singh
A maple leaf, angular tracks, and freedom of light
Sunlight through foliage caressing the ground around a maple leaf — 8 seconds — July 2022 — Chanhassen, MN
Core tonalities are a diverse collection of specific hepta-, hexa-, and pentatonalites with a common core. Though only partially or progressively anchored (with the exception of fully anchored BlueMix), they are most uniquely anchored in that they contain all four corners of the sound temple. Besides the fundamental or octave, these are the minor third, tritone, and major sixth. As a result of containing all four corners of the sound temple, they tend towards dissolving tonality. Thus they can open up more freedom in experiencing sound.
The addition of the quint to the four corners of the sound temple produces the pentatonality PentaCor. The quint strengthens its fundamental and anchors it in a more common sense of harmony and tonality.
The above PentaCor sound sample provides the foundation of the following personal sound sample “Let’s listen” for meditation. It modulates from PentaCor via HexaCorMix (by adding the minor seventh) to LoReachUpMix (that includes also the minor second).
“Let’s listen” — a personal meditation — from PentaCor via HexaCorMix to LoReachUpMix and back — double 8-string guitar and gongs — June 2022 — 13:21 — as loop on a separate tab— also available with voice as “Let’s talk” — a personal manifestoTonality of the month: PentaCor — as above so below — May 2022 — Etang de la Gruère, Switzerland
This June 2022 Tonalibus update confirms the global release of the new album “Tonalibus D & E”. Further it touches on Tonalibus playlists and the main menu option Sounds. And it presents a few inspiring quotes on harmony and a concluding image.
New album “Tonalibus D & E”
This new album is now globally available on music platforms like Spotify, Deezer, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. These and further platforms are listed on the page Tonalibus D & E — Album. There are also detailes about its twenty-seven uplifting tracks. Below as sample is “चैतन्य Chaitanya — blues”.
Playlists are now primarily under Sounds. The playlist “Tonalibus F” already features four new recordings, including “Phrygian HU” — a meditative blues (below). All playlist tracks are also available under Sounds by season. Recently Summer 2022 came about, since Spring 2022 is complete.
“Phrygian HU” — Phrygian — multiple 8-string guitar, voice, crotales, tampura — 10:20 — as loop on a separate tab
One, two, three… in harmony and music
“Lao-Tzu, around 600 B.C.E., wrote, ‘One has produced Two, Two has produced Three.’ A commentator explains, ‘These words mean that One has been divided into Yin, the female principle, and Yang, the male principle. These two have joined, and out of their junction has come a third, Harmony. The spirit of Harmony, as it condenses, produces all beings.'”
“Indeed, Pythagoras, who lived in Greece around the same time that Lao-Tzu lived in China, thought that tripling was the only acceptable harmonic principle; consequently, the harmonic system generated by compounding fifths and reducing octaves is called Pythagorean.”
“G lives between C and D … It is a light that goes on inside.”
— Harmonic Experience, W. A. Mathieu, pp. 34-36
June 2022 Tonalibus update image
Dandelion seeds ready to be carried by the wind into the big open world — May 2022 — Grächwil, Switzerland
The global release date for the new album “Tonalibus D & E” is June 11, 2022. On that day, it appears on Spotify, YouTube Music, Deezer, Apple Music / iTunes, Amazon, and on many more music platforms around the world. This album features twenty-seven spontaneous, new improvisations by Ulrico on various instruments, a few also with voice. These pieces span close to two and three quarter hours of diverse original world music. They have a more or less meditative character and at times a touch of blues. Detailed information about this new album you find under Tonalibus D & E — Albumin the Fidibus shop.
High mountains on fire, light, and sound unfolding freedom of sound and harmony
