Saturday, March 24, 2012

Brainfart Gem Discovered While Editing

An e-book version of "Chaos In Boxes" is currently in the editing phase. While I was editing, a footnoted brainfart got a bit of exploration, and an exciting new observation is the result.

Ready?
Here it is:

QUESTION: What do you get when you subtract the Major Scale from the Chromatic Scale?

PROCEDURE: The C Major Scale contains the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B. The Chromatic scale contains all of these, plus C#, D#, F#, G#, A#. Those notes make up the F# Major Pentatonic Scale.

ANSWER: the Chromatic Scale minus any chosen Major Scale results in the Major Pentatonic Scale whose root is a tritone away from the root of the chosen Major Scale.

At the risk of attracting ridicule from the establishment, I'm sticking my chest out real far while putting a big old "Quod Erat Demonstrandum" on this document.

Q.E.D.
Booyah, baby!

Sean Luciw,
authour, "Chaos In Boxes: twisted adventures in music theory"

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Ancient Solfeggio Synth VSTi

I've created a VSTi synthesizer which specializes in
producing the Ancient Solfeggio frequencies. It's
available for download here:


The synth is FREEWARE, but if you feel inspired
to do so, you can click the Donation button, submit
a testimonial, or check out some of my musical
projects.

On a related topic, I have Ancient Solfeggio Tone
music available for purchase at:

Happy music making everyone!

Sean

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Ancient Solfeggio Tones Volume 1

In Section V of my book "Chaos In Boxes" I explore
the Ancient Solfeggio Tones at great length, using
various diagrams and a healthy mixture of vertical
thinking (ie. cold logic) and lateral thinking (ie. creativity)...
where I discovered, for example, the presence of
The Golden Mean. These are ideas presented on a
printed page.

I am now pleased to announce the availability of
real Solfeggio music, available for download and on
hardcopy. Each tone is presented in a multilayered,
multi-octave texture, generated electronically
in a style which is aesthetically similar to didjeridoos or
crystal bowls for a lush meditative experience. Enjoyable
at low or high volume, in the background or as part of
an immersive experience.

Go to the page on my website which includes a list of
links, or go directly to iTunes.