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A follow-up to “The great 440 Hz conspiracy and why all our music is wrong”

Eighteen months ago, I wrote a piece for Global News about how our standard 12-note Western scale of music is all wrong.

Over the decades, it was determined through international convention that all the notes on our scale had to be anchored to the frequency of Middle A, which is set at 440 Hz. Every other note is a ratio related to that frequency.

However, there are those who believe that this is very, very wrong and that a more “natural” and “pure” mathematical state of Middle A should be either 442 Hz or 438 Hz. The difference is subtle, but adherents to this theory contend that music with his tuning just “feels” better.

Here is an audio example of what I’m talking about.

I recently received an email from John who would like to advance this concept even further.

Looking at things slightly differently, he says that the correct tuning for a piano keyboard has Middle B (also known as B4) tuned to 480 Hz. This would actually put Middle A to just below 428 Hz. Very subtle, but noticeable.

If you move down the keyboard to B1–the second-lowest B on the keyboard–you end up at a frequency of 60 Hz, which is the hum we hear from leaky electrical transmission lines in North America. That could bugger things up when it comes to reproducing music electronically at low frequencies. Is that why I need an AC power-scrubber for my high-end stereo?

John continues:

“Electronics tend to beep at concert B, in particular things that beep in hospital ICU’s and fast food restaurants. They are usually set to B6, high B a half-step below soprano high C. You can’t sub-vocalize that high unless you sing opera, and that note is almost never encountered in ordinary music, so is next to impossible to process. That’s pretty well engineered to drive baristas and nurses insane, unless they’ve spent a whole lot of time listening to Shostakovitch’s Symphony No. 2 on their headphones.

“If you have a microwave oven, press the reset button and observe the tone of the beep. If it’s approximately concert B natural, what octave (e.g. about B6?) and is it close to a B tuned to A440 or is it a multiple of 60 Hz? Repeat for electronic kitchen timers you might have lying around.

“Have a look at Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3 in B Major (Arthur Rubinstein).  B Major attracted very few works.”

For more (but unrelated) fun, check out John’s 1976 thesis on “A graph theoretic model for configurational isomerism.” Great holiday reading.

One more thing: You think that you know silence? Maybe not,

Alan Cross

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One thought on “A follow-up to “The great 440 Hz conspiracy and why all our music is wrong”

  • Hi Allan,

    THE SEVEN SECRETS OF SOUND AND MUSIC, CHAKRAS AND COLORS INSIDE GOD AND MAN

    I believe that music in particular, as well as sound in general, has been used and manipulated to help create illnesses, especially cancer, and also change in attitude (mental and emotional state) and behavior (e.g., words or speech, acts or action and deeds or habits).
    Attitude + behavior = whole character
    Here are what I have found/ discovered/ learned from my own readings and researches:
    1. God created the original primordial 7 notes of do-ri-me-fa-so-la-ti
    2. These are the sounds and vibration-frequencies of the 7 chakras (endocrine glands)
    Source: The Great Gospel (according to Jesus Christ) thru John, by Jakob Lorber, which is a 7,500-page dictation from the Lord Jesus Christ. In at least two occasions, Jesus and archangel Rafael talked about this primordial notes/ music
    3. The 432 hertz adherents say 432 is the vibration of (yellow) light, hence, chakra 2 or note Ri.
    4. The group of Dr. Len Horowitz say their 528 hertz is the vibration of love, and all color green. Love colored green is divine love for God and neighbor, not love for self (self-love) which is color red, chakra # 1. Hence, 528-green-divine love is 4th chakra, note fa.
    5. Knowing that 432 is the frequency of light or yellow color leads us to determine it is chakra # 2, note Ri, is enough to retune our guitar in its A chord, where the rest of the notes are automatically derived, such as Do = 396 hertz.
    6. Using 528 as the tune of the 4th chakra, hence 4th note which is fa, will give us is an additional aid to reaching to the same tunes/frequencies/ sounds of the notes.
    7. So here are the tunes/ frequencies/ sounds of these 7 notes:
    Do = 396 hertz
    Ri = 432 hertz
    Me = 501 hertz (resonates to 7.83 hertz, or Schumann Resonance, the hum of mother Earth);
    Fa = 528 hertz ( divine love)
    So = 600 hertz
    La = 672 hertz
    Ti = 741 hertz

    8. They are the sounds/ vibrations/ frequencies of the 7 chakras (endocrine glands) inside the human body
    Do = 396 hertz = Chakra # 1 = Gonad gland
    Ri = 432 hertz = Chakra # 2 = Pancreas gland
    Me = 501 hertz = Chakra # 3 = Adrenal gland
    Fa = 528 hertz = Chakra # 4 = Thymus gland
    So = 600 hertz = Chakra # 5 = Thyroid gland
    La = 672 hertz = Chakra # 6 = Pituitary gland
    Ti = 741 hertz = Chakra # 7 = Pineal gland

    9. Each is a power base of the 7 powers of the Holy Spirit, namely:
    Do = 396 hertz = Chakra # 1 = Gonad gland = Power of Self-love to love selfamily
    Ri = 432 hertz = Chakra # 2 = Pancreas gland = Power of Lower wisdom, for material world
    Me = 501 hertz = Chakra # 3 = Adrenal gland = Power of Will, to make love willing in both mind and heart, and also willing enough to speak it and do it!
    Fa = 528 hertz = Chakra # 4 = Thymus gland = Power of Divine Love to enable you to love God and neighbor; no love hormones from the thymus gland means you cannot love God and neighbor in feeling, but only love them mentally! So, you cannot love God above all “with all your heart”…
    So = 600 hertz = Chakra # 5 = Thyroid gland = Power of Earnest, higher form of Will (chakra 3)… to make your love (for selfamily, or for God or for neighbor) earnest: sincere, wholehearted, fervent, aflame, enduring, lasting, eternal; determined, unstoppable;
    La = 672 hertz = Chakra # 6 = Pituitary gland = Power of Patience (taking time to see all angles, hence, all parts, hence, the whole, hence, all-seeing. The impatient are not all-seeing, but one-sided only… biased. Hence, third eye. .. reads and interprets information. This makes your love all-seeing, all-wise, very intelligent in spiritual things whereas chakra 2 makes your love wise in worldly matters;
    Ti = 741 hertz = Chakra # 7 = Pineal gland = both the door of information/ data as well as the Power of Meekness-Humility-Mercy, hence, makes your love meek, humble, merciful, kind, compassionate, and the likes.

    10. You strum A = Do of your guitar and you activate your chakra 1… enables you to love your selfamily more.
    You strum A = Ri of your guitar and you activate your chakra 2… enables you to become wiser or brighter in subjects dealing with matters, e.g., finances, farming, how material creation behaves, hence, makes you a great scientist, and businessman, any career dealing with matters;
    You strum A = Me of your guitar and you activate your chakra 3… enables you to have a love that is WILLING… that, is desired by both heart and mind, and expressed in words and actions. Whole person. Entire character.
    You strum A = Fa of your guitar and you activate your chakra 4… enables your thymus gland to produce love hormones to feel your love for God and neighbor, not just think love.
    You strum A = So of your guitar and you activate your chakra 5… enables you to make your love EARNEST.
    You strum A = La of your guitar and you activate your chakra 6… enables you to make your love PATIENT, ALL-SEEING, ALL-WISE, not blind love nor dumb love;
    You strum A = Ti of your guitar and you activate your chakra 7… enables you to make your love meek and humble, (not proud, not arrogant), and merciful (kind, compassionate).

    In short, a most beautiful YOU!

    11. The colors of the rainbow (7 primary colors) are actually the colors of the 7 chakras:
    Do = 396 hertz = Red
    Ri = 432 hertz = Yellow
    Me = 501 hertz = Orange
    Fa = 528 hertz = Green
    So = 600 hertz = Blue
    La = 672 hertz = Indigo
    Ti = 741 hertz = Violet

    Note: Being able to get the frequencies of the 7 colors can also help us see whether or not our 7 notes’ frequencies are correct.

    12. To repeat and emphasize, they are also the 7 qualities or traits of the Holy Spirit, namely:
    Do = 396 hertz = Chakra # 1 = Gonad gland = Self-love
    Ri = 432 hertz = Chakra # 2 = Pancreas gland = Lower wisdom
    Me = 501 hertz = Chakra # 3 = Adrenal gland = Will
    Fa = 528 hertz = Chakra # 4 = Thymus gland = Divine Love also called Order because this balances and complete self-love;
    So = 600 hertz = Chakra # 5 = Thyroid gland = Earnest
    La = 672 hertz = Chakra # 6 = Pituitary gland = Patience; also known as third eye
    Ti = 741 hertz = Chakra # 7 = Pineal gland = Meekness-Humility-Mercy

    These 7 qualities are the 7 basic features of God’s character, specific descriptions of who and what God is… and also who and what each of us is, since we are His image and likeness or replica, sons and daughters.

    If we are asked Who and what is God? and also Who and what is man?, we should answer them as follows:
    God is love, has love that is complete, hence, perfect, that is, has love for man, self and His other creations; whose love is both wise for matter (material realm) and spirit (spirit realm); and whose love is both willing and earnest; and lastly, whose love is meek-humble and merciful.

    Man is love, has love that is complete, hence, perfect, that is, has love for selfamily, God and neighbor or fellow creations; whose love is both wise for matter (material realm) and spirit (spirit realm); and whose love is both willing and earnest; and lastly, whose love is meek-humble and merciful.

    Take time to make the conclusion, and to be convinced about it, that THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER OF ALL!

    My main source of information about God’s Holy Spirit to have 7 spiritual traits or qualities, having 7 tones or notes forming music and also having colors revealed in the Rainbow is: The Great Gospel (according to Jesus Christ) thru John, dictated to Jakob Lorber. Shortened title: The Great Gospel thru John.

    My problem/ challenge since I read this thick book in 1996 is to find their actual sound and frequencies… which I am not yet 100% they are what I have given in this comment/ letter.

    Being able to determine the frequencies of the 7 colors can be a big milestone in this research/ search.

    I would be happy if you can help.

    As I said, I am not yet 100% sure if Do = 396, etc., but I am pretty sure we have now arrived to the area of true knowledge. A little refinement, or a little adjustment of the number might be what is needed.

    And then, WE SHALL BE STRUMMING THE 7 GREAT SOUNDS AND NOTES THAT WILL ACTIVATE-STIMULATE OUR 7 GREAT CHARACTER TRAITS OF GOD INSIDE US… THUS, MAKING US TO BE MORE GOD-LIKE/ CHRIST-LIKE MORE AND MORE… AND AS THE MUSIC OF THE HOLY SPIRIT KEEPS PLAYING, THEN WE SHALL BECOME MORE AND MORE BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE OF THE GREAT DIVINE GOD!

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