Mystical Secrets of Music

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Mystical Secrets of Music

• Annie Phil of the band Hobbyhorse
• MysticalSecretsOfMusic.com
• HobbyhorseCafe.com
• annie_at_hobbyhorsemusic.com

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Music from Voyager (demo)

• 20th century music of the spheres
• Recorded electromagnetic waves in space
• You can easily hear patterns
• The patterns evolve and develop logically over
  time
• It sounds strangely familiar

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What is Music?

• Hermes, Apollo and the Lyre (demo)
• "Music is nothing but knowing the order of all
  things" - Hermes Trismegistus
• Music Astronomy Math?!
• Number as an expressive language
• Audible music gives direct experience of number
  in multiple dimensions

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Music of the Spheres
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Music of the Spheres

• Order and relationships Meaning
• Cycles, Proportions Harmony
• Harmony is a relationship Same but Different
• First Harmony Octave As above so below (demo)

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Cycles in Music

• Orpheus
• Cycles alternate (polarity) and repeat (periodic)
• Examples Sound Waves, Scales, Rhythm, Song
  Structure (demo)
• Complex Cycles Fugues, rounds, polyrhythms (demo)

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Proportions and Ratios
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Proportions and Ratios

• Proportions compare something to something else
• Each number is a ratio 1/n, and has unique
  character (mystical secret)
• Tone color, harmonic series (demo)
• Intervals, Chords, Scales (demo)

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Creation (Mystical Secret)

• Two processes of creation are and
• 3 and 4 are foundational numbers
• Addition aggregation, joining parts (e.g.
  grafting), 3 4 7
• Multiplication mutual modification (e.g. cross
  breeding), 3 4 12

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Three-ness in Music

• Audience examples of three-ness?
• 32 ratio Musical Fifth (demo)
• Triads (demo)
• Waltz time (demo)
• 3 part Harmony (demo)

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Four-ness in Music

• Audience examples of four-ness?
• 4 represents 22, 22, powers of 2
• 21 ratio Octave (as above, so below)
• 4/4 and teental rhythmic cycles (demo)
• 4 part harmony (demo)

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Seven-ness Twelve-ness

• Seven planets, chakras, etc. (see table of
  correspondences)
• Twelve zodiac signs, houses
• Measurement of time clock, calendar
• Measurement of space feet/inches

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7 and 12 in Music

• Derived from 3 and 4 by and
• 7 note diatonic scales and modes (demo)
• 7/4 rhythm (demo)
• 12 note chromatic scales (demo)
• 12/8 rhythm (demo)

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Pythagoras (c. 500 bce)

• Knew Egyptian and Orphic mysteries
• Odd legacy (Pythagorean theorem, bean souls,
  vegetarianism)
• Cosmos explained by number
• Tetractys, meaning of each number
• Monochord as basic research tool (demo)

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Pythagoras
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Robert Fludd (1574 - 1637 ev)

• Monochord revisited
• Cosmic octave

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Cosmic Monochord
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Cosmic Octave