Scientists are finding that listening to and making music really fires up the brain. Music can also be healing or detrimental for us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Bringing us to a place of rest and peace allows our bodies to work through the healing processes more effectively. Therefore, it’s important to listen to music that fosters and promotes healing.
I’ve been watching some NOVA and other scientific videos on quantum mechanics and physics. This has then led reading articles, blog posts, and comments about how there are so many coincidences in the world with certain numbers. But, for some, if there’s not an exact match, scientists chalk certain things up…
What is musical temperament? In a very small nutshell, musical temperament is making adjustments in the distance between notes so that chords and scales have a halfway decent chance of sounding in tune. Our current system of tuning, equal temperament (where the distance between all notes is equal), is not at all…
Numbers, Sacred Geometry and Musical Frequencies? Are they related? Because people know that I’m delving into the wonderful world of frequencies, I get sent a lot of stuff that might be related. Facebook is inundated with memes, videos, and stories of the beauty of how numbers are important in…
“Musical Intent” is most about what a composer and/or performer expects to convey through his/her music. In this article, we explore how musical intent affects how we respond to music.
Einstein said “energy is all there is.” Based on a vibrational energy field surrounding us, we are in a constant state of vibration so energy is frequency. Using this knowledge, we explore the importance of understanding the energy field and frequencies within our bodies.
What is entrainment and how does it relate to music? The basics of entrainment work when two rhythmical objects eventually sync with one another. The example commonly used is that of the Dutch scientist, Christian Huygens, where he noted that pendulum clock clocks eventually synchronize. As noted by Martin Clayton…
Joseph Goebbels is said to have been behind the choice of our current concert pitch being set to A=440. Leonard Horowitz is a promoter of this conspiracy theory. A little lesson in music history may assist the reader in deciding for themselves whether this is a probable theory or not. Does this relate to the ancient solfeggio frequencies? A lesson in both music history and music theory should help the reader make that determination.