Anchored Harmony and Tonalities
Just be, no more nor less
All life aimed for more
Until, at last, here now
All that was, and will be
Finally just be so free
Relish the very moment
Blossoming the present
Space to think and feel
Remember and dream
Most of all experience
Indisputable and real
Flow of life and love
Dissolve rigid dogma
Flush out what holds
Dare to let go, detach
The notion of freedom
What can, and can not
Be just, not less or more.
Ideas come and go. If one acts on them, more of them are sure to follow. Otherwise they go some place else. Like so many things in life, when they are appreciated and welcome, more will come this way. A constant flow, at times however, can be a challenge to keep up with. But then, on the other hand, when it slows down, one tends to quickly wonder, where the flow of inspiration had gone.
Balance can be hard to come by. Even when convinced of the equality of soul. We all have much to learn from each other. However this requires a two-way exchange, a give and take. If too one-sided, which may take a while to figure out, it won’t last for the long run. Or better yet the other way around: For a relation to last, both are needed, give and take in some sort of balance. This is where so many relationships falter; but also what makes so many relations last. It is the quality of love. Or, as the case may be, the withholding thereof. The give and take.
Giving freely leads to receiving freely. Spiritual freedom. Withholding leads to lacking. Love is the key. And action makes it all real, creates one’s individual heaven here now.
Indeed, ideas come and go.
Go on, gone, or goon? Which is it?
The first, go on, is the obvious choice. But how much is it the second, gone, or even the third, goon? When going on, moving on, one leaves much behind. Letting go, detachment, is a key to divine love. It proves its essence. Thus, going on is in the present; gone is in the past. Hanging on to things, one way or another, likely leads to appearing as goon sooner or later to some extent.
Progressive versus regressive is a definite focus, most days. But then, there is the heart, the core. It goes beyond pro and con, or reg as the latter is also called with its backward hold.
For a solid foundation, good anchorage ideally has both, a determined view ahead as well as a sharp but forgiving one back. Then, one can realize a healthy balance. One may call this a fundamental law of harmony that applies across the board, in music and in life.
To keep it simple, it is best to focus on what is, and go on from here now. What has past is gone for good. And getting lost in what may or may not ever be, can make one more or less a goon. So let’s go on, embrace the mantra of life, love, sound, and light! Heaven is here now, in this very moment.
This April 2021 Tonalibus update first presents new personal sound samples. Further, it touches on tonality naming as well website improvements. But before that, it announces the integration of additional tonalities into the Tonalibus catalogue. With this emerged the three tonality group classifications Pro (short for progressive), Reg (for regressive), and Core. As the Tonalibus glossary indicates, a Core tonality contains all four corners of the sound temple; and Pro tonalities omit the regressive quart, while Reg tonalities omit the progressive quint.
The spring 2021 collection of personal sound samples keeps growing. Further, multiple sound samples came about for each of the newly integrated Core and Pro tonalities (mentioned below). This includes four new scale and sound samples for each of the newly added tonalities.
Also, there is a new spring 2021 cooperation sound sample. Its title is “Roots Reaching for Heaven” and it spans 5:54 featuring the amazing voice of Christina Braun with Ulrico’s 8-string guitar accompaniment. The underlying tonality of this spontaneous improvisation is HexaProMix.
Tonalibus introduced the tonality classifications Pro, Reg, and Core. These designate and group together specific, partially anchored tonalities. Pro tonalities are only progressively and Reg tonalities only regressively anchored. Core tonalities are progressively but not regressively anchored, except for BlueMix which is fully, i.e. progressively and regressively, anchored.
Pro tonalities include: PentaProMin, HexaProMin, HexaProMix, HexaProMaj, HexaProReach, PentaProLa/PentaIon (pentatonic major), and Lydian (a regular diatonic heptatonality). These, except for the last two, are new in the Tonalibus catalogue as of now.
Reg tonalities are less of a focus for Tonalibus, because their overtone anchoring is less evident. There are three Reg tonalities currently in the catalogue: PentaReg / PentaPhryg (blues minor), BlueUp, and Locrian (a regular diatonic heptatonality).
Core tonalities are fundamental to Tonalibus, because they include all four corners of the sound temple. As a result, they tend towards dissolving tonality and can thus open more freedom in experiencing sound. Newly integrated Core tonalities are PentaCor, HexaCorMix, and HexaCorMaj. While previously already present ones are ReachUpMix, ReachUpMaj, LoReachUpMix, and BlueMix.
The pitches in the lower tetrachord of a Pro tonality anchor in primarily discernible overtones (that are not octaves). These are the quint, major third, and major second. The upper tetrachord remains flexible and provides fascinating, more or less subtly distinct tonalities. In a Reg tonality this manifests inverse. The lower tertrachord is flexible, while the overtone foundation of the upper tetrachord pitches stems from the last past or previous generation in sound progression.
Consistent navigation aides are now available on all tonality pages, including individual and group category pages. Therefore there is much less need for scrolling. Specific portions of a page are now accessible directly from corresponding buttons at the beginning of each page (similar to the three buttons offered as the first thing of this update). Such buttons are also available now on personal sound sample pages. Plus all loops, sound samples that automatically restart at their beginning when reaching their end, are now on dedicated loop pages, no longer interspersed.
The spelling of tonality names has been adjusted by capitalizing the initial letter of each component in a name. As a result it became more evident what the specific elements of a tonality expressed in its name are. For example, PentaIon indicates that this is a pentatonality with a Ionian or as such major orientation. Or LoReachUpMix shows that this is a Reach tonality with the upper tetrachord the Mixolydian type of minor, and that the shifted up Reach step is in the lower tetrachord with the framing half step bellow it lowered below the preceding whole step. Thus a name can express also the complexity of a tonality to some extent.
“Don’t wish for the shining brilliance of the jewel but for the crude roughness of the stone.”
— from verse 39 of the Tao Te Ching 道德经 by Lao Tzu (1972 Diederichs edition, p. 82)
An encouraging note just arrived from Northeast Switzerland. It reads: “Tonalibus is indeed a rich collection, an instructive and experiential resource for spirit, mind, and ear. I will listen to it more.”
Finally, the photo below concludes this April 2021 Tonalibus Update. It shows a remainder of last snow on pear tree flower buds ready to open up and blossom.
Be well and prosper!
Something was so beneficial
and all of a sudden it is no more
turned sour, depressing, nightmare
it's high time to let it go, take leave
if it is a food, don't eat it any more
if a person, reduce or cut the contact
if a religion, take a healthy distance
there is no need to condemn it at all
life always coaches one first hand
answers are formed by questions
whenever allowed to arise freely
recognize prejudice and attitude
entropy or syntropy give a choice
progression goes froward in spirit
regression back to what has passed
spontaneity in the present moment
while ossification brings rigid dogma
such contrasting divisions of duality
unification is indeed found as soul
in divine consciousness and love
a middle path of healthy balance
detached, neither for nor against
live and let live, in the love of God
working together with all that is
let be, or rather not, what is not
that's part of spiritual freedom.“All things under the sun come about through being. Being comes about through not being.”
— from verse 40 of the Tao Te Ching 道德经 by Lao Tzu (1972 Diederichs edition, p. 83)
