source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:33:18 -0800 Subject: Re: AD3 ? From: rtomes@kcbbs.gen.nz (Ray Tomes) Gary Morrison wrote: > Speaking for myself personally, I find this sort of "cosmic resonance" >argument worthless, for two reasons: >1. You can almost certainly come up with other equally valid cosmic >resonances. For example Lyndon LaRouch's followers claim that C=256Hz >tuning is natural because the Earth rotates around its axis at a frequency >equal to a (very very low) G in that tuning. (Actually that claim is not >true, but it does suggest a lower tuning than A=440Hz.) Agreed that there are multiple cosmic influences and we don't in all cases know which ones are insignificant and which ones aren't. >2. There is almost certainly no way (zippo!) that our ears and minds could >possibly be sensitive to such a thing. Wrong! Our brains have a variety of different frequencies depending on conditions, but it is now recognised that theses frequencies are related to the Schumann resonance. Also, experiments show when we are subjected to ELF (extra low frequency) waves which are a little slower or faster than the typical Schumann resonance frequency our reaction times are either slowed or speeded up. Also, strong natural 3 Hz ELF waves have been shown to correlate strongly with accidents (confirming that our reactions are too slow). So you see, our brains can be entrained by natural ELF waves near the normal brain frequencies. When a chord is played in a key then there is also present in our brains a frequency which is the HCF (highest common factor) of the notes played. This frequency will often be in the ELF range and will generally match either the key or the subdominant. So you see, given that both e/m and sound can entrain the brain, it is quite possible that our brains would also feel whether these two frequencies are in tune. I accept the previous comments about the variations in natural frequencies and so it is necessary to say that there is no hard and fast absolute rule but the relationships at a moment in time will be important. -- Ray Tomes -- rtomes@kcbbs.gen.nz -- Harmonics Theory -- http://www.kcbbs.gen.nz/users/rtomes/rt-home.htm Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 01:35 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA10655; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 01:35:21 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA10691 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id QAA14366; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:33:48 -0800 Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:33:48 -0800 Message-Id: <336c4f90.804140894@kcbbs.gen.nz> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu