Category: Tonality of the month/moment

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

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.

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

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.

The June 2021 tonality of the month is LydDorian / ClusterPro — a Cluster / melodic heptatonality.

LydDorian or ClusterPro, known also as acoustic scale or Lydian dominant, consists of fascinating harmonic traits. Its most contrasting two pitches are the tritone and minor seventh. They appear more harmonic when initially approached from above, not from below. After introducing them from above, they gradually become more palatable also when approached from below.

This was a personal discovery. It reversed the previous rejection of this so-called acoustic scale from the Tonalibus catalogue of anchored tonalities. Now this tonality became the latest catalogue addition, after discovering its delicate harmonic qualities and intricate anchoring. Before, it had appeared insufficiently harmonious. But the deficiency was because of not seeing its qualities and not knowing how to use them harmoniously.

Finding qualities of harmony

There seems to be some wisdom in this, a valuable lesson of harmony going well beyond music. If something appears insufficiently harmonious, apparently disturbing tones or elements may actually integrate when approaching them form another angle. In the mentioned tonality it was from above instead of from below. Something to contemplate!

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.

The May 2021 tonality of the month is Dorian — a regular diatonic heptatonality.

Dorian, the tonality of the month of May 2021, is the most evenly balanced diatonic heptatonality. Actually it stands right in the very middle between the contrasts of minor and major. Though its tetrachord classifications associate it with minor. Nevertheless, Dorian realizes a most striking balance between regressive and progressive, between major and minor polarities. This shows in the exact symmetry of the interval and pitch distribution matrix of this tonality. And this also reflects in its inherent horizontal harmonic axis. On the piano keyboard, Dorian corresponds to the white keys with D as fundamental.

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.

The April 2021 tonality of the month is HexaCorMix — a Core and partially anchored hexatonality.

HexaCorMix very recently found its place in the Tonalibus catalogue, along with HexaCorMaj and PentaCor. This came about as result of studying how all four corners of the sound temple relative to a fundamental can fit together harmonically. Besides these three, there are a few further such Core tonalities that have the horizontal-vertical anchor cross in their footprint. They are ReachUpMix (the tonality of March 2021), BlueMix, ReachUpMaj, and LoReachUpMix. The latter is one of a set of three partially anchored Reach tonalities, Tonalibus has integrated into its catalogue in recent weeks.

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.