Category: Tonality of the month/moment

The tonality of the moment for autumn 2025 is HexaBluNaReach.

HexaBluNaReach is a BluNa and Reach hexatonality.

Hexatonalities consist of six pitches to the octave. HexaBluNaReach contains no whole steps but three Reach steps (augmented seconds) and three halftone steps alternating with each other. BluNa indicates that it is a partial blue tonality (Blu) with an initial Reach step off the fundamental to the minor third, with the quint but no tritone. With the quint and the major third it includes the initial or most prevalent natural overtones (Na). BluNa thus indicates that both the major and minor third are present and generally no quart. Therefore the second Reach step leads from the major third to the quint over the middle of the scale, a quality shared with the Mid tonalities, which however don’t have the initial Reach step. Finally, the upper tetrachord of HexaBluNaReach features, as the name indicates, a regular Reach step, that is from the minor sixth to the major seventh.

All this gives this special tonality a unique symmetry overall and a remarkable equilibrium between major and minor. Its name could therefore also be minor major or major minor.

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.

The tonality of the moment for summer 2025 is PentaMin / PentaEol or pentatonic minor.

PentaMin / PentaEol, the tonality of the moment, is a fully anchored, regular basic pentatonality. The name PentaMin indicates that it is the common root of Phrygian, Aeolian, and Dorian, specifically with the minor seventh (and no sixth nor second). The second name, PentaEol, indicates that this pentatonality corresponds to Aeolian, as well as to Phrygian or Dorian, without any second or sixth. PentaMin / PentaEol is commonly known as pentatonic minor.

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.

The tonality of the moment for late spring / early summer 2025 is PentaVibhas, a derivative tonality.

The tonality of the moment is PentaVibhas, a Reach tonality derivative or reduction. It consist of the fundamental, the minor second, major third, quint, and minor sixth (1-2-5-8-9-1). PentaVibhas is a derivative pentatonality that has recently emerged in Tonalibus improvisations and the recordings “Another day breaks” and “Vibhas dawn“. The pitch distribution of this derivative pentatonality is equivalent to the Indian Raag Vibhas / Bibhas (as you can see in the Tonalibus Raagas correlations tables in the Fidibus shop). For derivative tonalities there are no further details in the Tonalibus catalogue. PentaVibhas corresponds to ReachMin (Phrygian dominant) or ReachBal (Gypsy major) with no quart and no seventh, or to ReachNaMin or ReachNaBal with no tritone and no seventh.

Tonalibus PentaVibhas – 2025-04 – 1

Tonalibus PentaVibhas – 2025-04 – 2

Tonalibus PentaVibhas – 2025-04 – 3

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.

The tonality of the moment for spring 2025 is PentaNa / PentaPro.

The tonality of the moment is PentaPro / PentaNa — a Pro tonality, prime Na tonality, and clustered basic pentatonality. The name indicates that this is a penta- and Pro tonality (and that the upper trichord is with the minor seventh and no sixth). As Pro tonality, the lower tetra- or trichord is PentaMaj, i.e. wihout the regressive quart. The identifier Pro stands for progressive, Na for natural harmonics. As Na tonality, all pitches are primary or secondary harmonics or overtones. This gives this special tonality a very strong harmonic base.

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.

The tonality of the moment for winter 2024/25 is LocorReach.

The tonality of the moment is LocorReach, a Locor / Cor Reach heptatonality. The name LocorReach indicates that this tonality contains the lower Core pitches and in the upper tetrachord a regular Reach-step. Its step pattern is as follows: Ascending from the fundamental (tonic or Do), a Reach step leads to a half plus a whole step. Then follow two consecutive half steps and another Reach step. Finally a half step leads up to the octave. LocorReach is, as other partially anchored Reach heptatonalities of the subgroup Locor / Cor, characterized by containing the minor and major third, plus also the tritone.

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.