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January 2024 Tonalibus update

New album I, J & K
Year-end concerts
Playlists & sounds

This January 2024 Tonalibus update announces the January 29 release of the new triple album “Tonalibus I, J & K”. Further, it touches on two year-end concerts and provides an extensive update on playlists and sounds.

“Tonalibus I, J & K” — a new triple album release

January 2024 Tonalibus update

On January 29, 2024, the new triple album “Tonalibus I, J & K” appears globally on music platforms like Spotify, Deezer, Apple, YouTube, Amazon, and many more. It offers 3½ hours of mostly meditative improvisations by Ulrico in 29 original pieces. Detailed info about this album, platforms used, and its pieces are in the Fidibus shop. One of these pieces is “Future past lives” — a heartfelt blues memory revived (below).

Phrygian on E — double 6-string guitar — 5:15 — “Future past lives” — a heartfelt blues memory revived

2023 year-end concerts in Kiental, Switzerland

January 2024 Tonalibus update

Year-end 2023 live sounds with 15 recordings came about through Punnu Singh Wasu inviting Ulrico to contribute to sound healing and a Silvester concert at the Kientalerhof in Kiental, Switzerland on December 30 and 31. These live recordings are also available as playlist for continual listening and include “Harmony in the present moment” — blending cultures (below).

Mixolydian / Ionian on C# — Punnu Wasu: mandolin — Ulrico: 8-string guitar — 8:35 live — “Harmony in the present moment” — blending cultures

January 2024 Tonalibus playlists & sounds update

January 2024 Tonalibus update

Quite a lot happened with Playlist L, M & N and Playlist coops: “M — Make peace with freedom” is complete with 10 pieces over 79 minutes, including “ॐ गणेश ॐ — Ōṃ Gaṇeśa Ōṃ” (below). “Year-end ’23 coop with Punnu Wasu” has 15 live recordings over 2 hours. “L — Among suns, moons, & stars” now has 12 pieces over 74 minutes. New “Coop B with Christina Braun” so far has 6 pieces over 30 minutes.

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

Two new playlists present the very and most popular of the globally published Tonalibus pieces — as on Spotify, the most intensely used music platform for Tonalibus.

December 2023 sounds and November 2023 sounds are now on separate pages. Year-end 2023 live sounds was already mentioned above and also presents a few concert photos.

May happiness and love grace your days!

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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!

Tonality of the month: BlueReach

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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December 2023 Tonalibus update

Tonalities selection
Two new tonalities
Sounds and playlists
2023 Spotify results

This December 2023 Tonalibus update announces the completion of Tonalities selection in the Fidibus shop to systematically form individual tonalities for one’s own compositions and eventually personal sound mantras. Plus it highlights the new integration of two more blues tonalities into the Tonalibus catalogue. Further, this update touches on new Sounds and the conclusion of Playlist L. Finally it shares how Tonalibus releases fared on Spotify in 2023 and eight most popular pieces.

Individual tonalities selection is complete

December 2023 Tonalibus update

The Fidibus shop now offers individual Heptatonality selection based on a previously selected pentatonality or harmonic base and for all twelve chromatic pitches. Together with Pentatonality selection, Harmonic Base, and Fundamental pitch, this concludes Sound as mantra and Tonalities selection as aide to find individual tonalities and eventually also personal sound mantras.

Two new tritone or blues tonalities in the Tonalibus catalogue

Sound sample of BlueReach — a triton or blues tonality new in the catalogue
BlueReach on F# (rel 438.2) — 8-string guitar — 4:32
“One more step, and yet another” — happy trails!
Sound sample of BlueMaj — a triton or blues tonality new in the catalogue
BlueMaj on F# (rel 438.2) — 8-string guitar, faint tanpura — 3:17
“What goes up, and what comes down” — watch out!

December 2023 Tonalibus update on sounds and playlist L

December 2023 Tonalibus update

Newest Tonalibus recordings are now in Nov. & Dec. ’23 Sounds and complete Playlist L, which has grown to 16 pieces spanning 94½ minutes of diverse bluesy meditation music. To previous November sounds came five new cooperation pieces, one with Karin Gsöllpointner and four with Christina Braun. December sounds already includes five pieces in various blues tonalities.

“The river’s current” — free flow spontaneity — (one of four recordings with Christina Braun in November 2023 sounds)
Phrygian based on E (rel. 435 Hz) — Christina Braun: voice — Ulrico: 7-string guitar, bass bowl — 6:40

2023 Spotify — results and some most popular pieces

Most popular Tonalibus pieces on Spotify — ± 10 pieces, ± 1 hour

December 2023 Tonalibus update

Wonderful holidays
and
a happy new year!

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Tonality of the month: PentaBluNaLa

a) PentaBluNaLa on C# — calm sound sample — 2:29 — as loop on a separate tab (or via right click, if available)
b) PentaBluNaLa on C# — rhythmic sound sample — 2:03 — as loop on a separate tab (or via right click, if available)
c) PentaBluNaLa on C# with chant — “Mischief or miss a chief” — 8-string guitar, double voice, tanpura — 5:01

The tonality of the month of December 2023 is PentaBluNaLa — the most recent addition to the Tonalibus catalogue — a partially anchored basic pentatonality and prime Na tonality. The name PentaBluNaLa indicates that this is a pentatonality based on initial Na(tural) harmonics including the Blu(esy) minor third. The syllable La indicates that the major sixth is present (and no seventh). As Na tonality, PentaBluNaLa pitches cover harmonics in both directions, progressive as well as regressive — giving expression to a fusion of contrasts, of major and minor, of duality into unity.

Tonality of the month: PentaBluNaLa
Tonality of the month: PentaBluNaLa summary visualization of its pitches, intervals, and harmonic axe

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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November 2023 Tonalibus update

Sounds and playlists
Tonalities selection
New pentatonality
Website performance

This November 2023 Tonalibus update announces new Sounds and additions to Playlist L. Plus it highlights the completion of individual Pentatonality selection in the Fidibus shop to systematically form personal tonalities for one’s own compositions and eventually personal sound mantras. Further, this update touches on the recent integration of another tonality into the Tonalibus catalogue. And finally it mentions a general improvement to this website.

November 2023 Tonalibus sounds and playlist progress

November 2023 Tonalibus update

Newest Tonalibus recordings now appear in Playlist L, initiate November 2023 sounds, and complete Sept-Oct 2023 sounds:

— “Mischief or miss a chief” — PentaBluNaLa with chant
— “Happy cat’s meow” — head and heart
— “Starlight before dawn” — gentle blue heart mix — for M-D

“Starlight before dawn” — CorMix on F# — 8-string guitar, tingsha cymbal pair, faint tanpura — October 2023 — 3:44

Individual tonalities selection development progress

November 2023 Tonalibus update

As part of individual Tonalities selection in the Fidibus shop, personal Pentatonality selection is now complete and available for simple and extended selections based on one’s personal harmonic base relative to all twelve chromatic pitches.

Preliminary tetratonality selection mentioned in the previous update was let go in favor of going directly to pentatonalities.

A new addition to the Tonalibus tonalities catalogue

November 2023 Tonalibus update

PentaBluNaLa, a basic pentatonality and prime Na tonality, was recently integrated into the Tonalibus catalogue of tonalities after discovering it’s uniquely pleasant and slightly mischievous harmonic qualities.

PentaBluNaLa — calm sound sample — 8-string guitar — November 2023 — 2:29

November 2023 update on Tonalibus website performance

November 2023 Tonalibus update

Response time performance of the Tonalibus website recently improved very noticeably through a hosting service CPU and memory upgrade and better caching. However, DE, FR, and IT translations of voluminous pages, e.g. of the Sounds index, can still take a few seconds to appear the first time called up.

May you thrive in relative safety and endless love!