Category: Tonality of the month/moment

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

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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.

The tonality of the month of November 2024 is PentaBluMix.

The tonality of this month is PentaBluMix, an extended pentatonality. The name PentaBluMix indicates that this is a pentatonality consisting of PentaBlu lower pitches along with a DorMixolydian upper tetrachord. Its step pattern is as follows: Ascending from the fundamental (tonic or Do), a regular Reach step leads to an augmented Reach step. Then follows a whole step and a half step. Finally a whole step leads up to the octave. PentaBluMix is equivalent to HexaBluMix without quart, HexaCorMix without tritone, or to PhrygDorian, LoReachUpMix / LoCorMix, Dorian, ReachUpMix, or BlueMix without second and quart or tritone. And it is closely related to PentaNaMix, PentaBluMin, and PentaBluMaj.

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 month of October 2024 is ReachUp.

The tonality of this month is ReachUp, a partially anchored Reach heptatonality. It is also known as double harmonic / Gypsy / Hungarian minor. Characteristic for this tonality are its four half tone steps, two of them successive, and its two Reach steps or augmented seconds. Because of the Reach step high up in the lower tetrachord, its Tonalibus name became ReachUp. There being no further specification in that name for the upper tetrachord indicates the presence of the second Reach step, a regular one, in the upper part of this tonality. The tritone and major seventh help form the two Reach steps. And they contribute to balance the otherwise pronounced minor tendency of this tonality. This fascinating tonality appears some in Carnatic (South Indian) and Turkish music, less frequently in Jazz and Western classical music.

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.