The February 2022 tonality of the month is BlueMin, a tritone or blues tonality.
BlueMin — calm sound sample — Nov. 2021 — 2:56 loop — plays until stopped or you go to another page on this tabBlueMin — rhythmic sound sample — November 2021 — 1:42 loop
The tonality of the month of February 2022 is BlueMin, a tritone or blues tonality. As the name indicates, the octave of a tritone or blues tonality includes the tritone. Further it includes one or more Reach steps (augmented seconds), generally off the fundamental or quint. And there may be consecutive half steps. As such, BlueMin, a fully anchored tonality, is exceptional in that it contains three consecutive half steps or four consecutive halftones. However these may not (or only very rarely) be all consecutive.
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 do so using a spiritually charged syllable like HU or Ōṁ / Aum ॐ, or another mantra syllable that suits you.
Partially frozen waterfall — December 2021 — Wasserfall Hall close to Admont, Austria
The January 2022 tonality of the month is Aeolian (natural minor), a diatonic heptatonality.
1) Aeolian — very calm sound sample — Dec. 2021 — 3:30 loop — plays until stopped or you go to another page on this tab2) Aeolian — calm sound sample — December 2021 — 2:28 loop 3) Aeolian — rhythmic sound sample — December 2021 — 2:44 loop4) Aeolian — short rhythmic sound sample — June 2020 — 0:40 loop
The tonality of the month of January 2022 is Aeolian (natural minor), a regular diatonic heptatonality that is fully anchored. The octave of the diatonic tonality matrix includes five whole steps and two half steps (or semitones). And either two or three consecutive whole steps, a pair and a trio, alternate in separating the two individual half steps from each other.
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 Ōṁ / Aum ॐ, HU, or another mantra syllable that suits you, and tune yourself to the fundamental.
The miracle of the present moment — December 2021 — near Grächwil / Meikirch, Switzerland
The December 2021 tonality of the month is HexaLocorMin, a hexatonality.
1) HexaLocorMin — rhythmic sound sample — 2:27 loop — plays until stopped or you go to another page on this tab.2) HexaLocorMin — calm sound sample — 8-string guitar — August 2021 — 2:03 loop
The tonality of the month of December 2021 is HexaLocorMin, a (Lo)Cor hexatonality that is partially anchored. Its lower half consists of Core pitches and the upper is PhrygAeolian. Locor tonalities include the three initial of the four corners of the sound temple, i.e. North, East, and South, but not West. Another Locor tonality is HexaLocorReach. Further, HexaLocorMin is closely related to BlueMin, LoReachUpMin, and ReachUpMin. They all include two, BlueMin even three, consecutve half steps. Plus HexaLocorMin is in various degrees related to other Core tonalities, especially HexaCorMix, BlueMix, LoReachUpMix, and ReachUpMix.
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 Ōṁ / Aum ॐ, HU, or another mantra syllable that suits you, and tune yourself to the fundamental.
Tonalibus office and balcony before sunrise — August 2021 — Grächwil, Switzerland
The November 2021 tonality of the month is LoloReachMaj, a Reach heptatonality.
1) LoloReachMaj — rhythmic sound sample — 3:15 loop — plays until stopped or you go to another page on this tab.2) LoloReachMaj — calm sound sample — 8-string guitar — August 2021 — 3:26 loop
The tonality of the month of November 2021 is LoloReachMaj, a fully anchored Reach (or harmonic) heptatonality. Also known as Ionian #2 of the Neapolitan scales, it actually is Ionian with the raised major second. Belonging to the subgroup of Lolo Reach tonalities, it is their first present in the Tonalibus catalogue. Further in this subgroup are LoloReachMin, LoloReach, and LoloReachMix. These very recently qualified as coming additions to the catalogue, along with the closely related tonalities HexaBluNa and PentaBluNa.
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 Ōṁ / Aum ॐ, HU, or another mantra syllable that suits you, and tune yourself to the fundamental.
Color explosion of a hydrangea in late fall — October 2021 – Grächwil, Switzerland — photo by Karin Gsöllpointner
The October 2021 tonality of the month is PentaBlue, a tritone or blues pentatonality.
PentaBlue — short sound sample — June 2020 — 0:40 loop
The tonality of the month of October 2021 is PentaBlue, a tritone or blues tonality and extra pentatonality. It is the root of the Tonalibus group of tritone or blues tonalities. This group leads from PentaBlue via HexaBlue to PhrygBlue, MinBlue, and BlueMix. These are all present in the Tonalibus catalogue, along with BlueUp, a Reg(ressive) tritone or blues tonality. Now, BlueMin just qualified as a coming addition to this group.
Keep going — home
You always get somewhere, if only you go far enough! Sometimes one may feel or get lost on the way. But especially then, the same applies. Keep going! Go further, and you will get somewhere. Trust and confidence carry on and on. Stopping brings demise in most cases. However, most everyone likes to have a place to call home, to stay and return to after explorations. Fortunately though, the world is round. If you go all the way, you will come around back home — but from the opposite side than from which you left it. Thus it will look different. But if it’s really your home, you will recognize it and not pass by.
An inspiring quote
“It is the man who thinks he may live as freely as his unconsidered desires prompt him who does not see the reckoning of such an attitude. He is binding his life to a hollow dream if he persists in this thought. If he has had the experience of knowing his true self, there will never be any hatred for another.” — The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, Books One and Two, Paul Twitchell, p. 198
Sound mantra
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 Ōṁ / Aum ॐ, HU, or another mantra syllable, and tune yourself to the fundamental.
Illumination before sunrise over a horizon of Alpine mountains — September 2021 — Grächwil, Switzerland
