Overtone Music Network

a common space & database for harmonic overtones

OVERTONES – Music, Phonetics, ... and Maths intertwined

OVERTONE SINGING
INTERTWINES MUSIC, MATHS, ... AND LANGUAGE!

Hopefully the above statement doesn't sound too overrating for anyone who personally has given attention to overtone singing, where the music very obviously is expressed through number and wovel sounds.
Two days ago I appealed for assistance to translate the interface of the Overtone Spiral program, and I am overwhelmed by the kind and generous responses, which may lead to a German, a Spanish, a Romanian, and maybe even a Finnish version.

I also shared a link to the program in various music theory and microtonal groups, and the respons was great. One of the most pleasing things was how Paul Christian from Minneapolis within minutes was able to write about 100 lines code, which could not only render the Ari graphic (Ari for 'arithmetics') I have used for representation of numbers in the app, but it included four different ways of systematisation.

LEARN TO COUNT WITH OVERTONE SINGING
Overtone singers ought to be aware, that each new prime number introduces a new musical function through the harmonic series.
Ari is not a number system like the [2, 5] base 10 system which forms the basis of most modern number culture, or like the sexagesimal [2, 3, 5] system used in ancient Mesopotamia. Ari is a representation of the essence of number analysis, the prime factorization. As such it is also a representation of music.

Brief introduction:
- The numbers appear as circles/wheels which are divided by 'spokes'.
- Prime numbers (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ...) appear as wheels with a number of spokes/radials going all the way from perimeter to center.
- Each added concentric ring indicates that the number consist of one further factorization element.

Example:
15 = 3x5 may be a good place to start as it is composed by the two first odd primes, 3 (perfect fifth in music) and 5 (just major third in music). A perfect fifth interval plus a just major third interval gives us the just major seventh (=15).
The circle representation shows four versions, different ways of systemising.
In the two upper ones all 15 subdivisions can be seen in the outer ring.
In the two lower ones the rings only illustrates the primes, 3 and 5 in different order.

This content has been seen 235 times

Comment

You need to be a member of OMN to add comments. Sign up, it's free!

Join Overtone Music Network

Sponsored by:

Latest Activity

Sukadev Bretz posted a video

Sita Ram, by Ramadasa, Radha and others

A wonderful version of Sita Ram, performed by Ramadasa (harmonium and vocal) and Radha (vocal) and accompanied by Ramani (vocal), Franziska (drum), Sonya (vo...
Mar 7
Ilaria Orefice updated their profile
Feb 26
Jens Ickert posted events
Feb 26
Timber Freier Träumer (Hanfreich posted an event
Thumbnail

Obertongesang (Grundkurs) mit Timber - in Stuttgart at Stuttgart, Forum 3

April 27, 2024 from 11am to 6pm
Feb 16
Julia Renöckl posted a blog post
Feb 12
Julia Renöckl is now in contact with Timber Freier Träumer (Hanfreich
Feb 12
Julia Renöckl posted a status
"Obertonkurs in der www.stimmwerkstatt.at am 16. und 17. März 2024"
Feb 12
Timber Freier Träumer (Hanfreich is now in contact with Filip Rydlo
Feb 10
Jens Mügge commented on Bruno Amstad's photo
Feb 7
Sukadev Bretz posted a video

He Prabho by Mantra Circle

He prabho ananda-data jnana hama ko dijieShighra sare durguno ko dura hama se kijieLijie hama ko sharana me hama sad-achari baneBrahmachari, dharma-rakshaka,...
Jan 20
Jens Mügge commented on Willi Grimm's video
Jan 13
Willi Grimm posted a video

WSP Oberbalm Juli 2021 - Kailash Kokopelli

Klang im Wasserspeicher OberbalmEin Zeitungsbericht im Juli 2020 gab den Anstoss, dass wieder einmal ein akustisch ganz besonderer Raum klanglich ausgelotet ...
Jan 9

© 2007 - 2024   Legal Notice - Privacy Policy - Sponsored by Yoga Vidya, Germany -   Powered by

 |  Support | Privacy  |  Terms of Service