Hi everyone, Debra Howell and Lisa Simons here. The most recent ah ha that has affected our lives in a major way is having come upon the knowledge of the Universe's authentic vibration as being 432 hz, which relates to the tuning of instruments at A=432hz and being musicians how this vastly impacts what we give the world, our quality of health and the state of the world. The more we share this information, the more we see the need to share it far and wide to help the good of all. So here it is:
The American Federation of Musicians accepted the A440 as standard pitch in 1917.It was then accepted by the U.S. Government as its standard in 1920, and it was not until 1939 that this pitch was accepted internationally and then standardized by the International Organization for Standardization in 1955 to serve as the audio frequency reference for the calibration of pianos, violins, and other musical instruments. Before recent times, a variety of tunings were used. It has been suggested by James Furia, The Schiller Institute and others that A432 or C256 be the standard.
A432 was often used by classical composers and results in a tuning of the whole number frequencies that are connected to numbers used in the construction of a variety of ancient works and sacred sites, such as the Great Pyramid of Egypt. The original Stradivarius violin was designed to be tuned to 432hz. The archaic Egyptian instruments that have been unearthed, so far, are largely tuned to 432 hz. In ancient Greece (the school book original place for music) their instruments were predominantly tuned at 432 hz. The shamanic festival use of a specific series of drums, trumpets and harps in Sumeria, had them all tuned at 432 hz. In many cultures this tone is used in connection with sacred rituals. In India this tone is called, ‘Sadja – Father of Others', the Sitar and Tambura is tuned accordingly. In Sufism it says: ‘ the one who knows the secret of this tone, knows the mystery of the universe.' (Hazrat Inayat Khan – Music – Geneva 1959). The Om in Buddhism in Tibet is based on this too.
The controversy over tuning still rages, with proponents of A432 or C256 citing these as being more natural tunings than the current standard. 432 hz touches the full twelve scale octaval overtones of all music in creation, whereas the music of today vibrates at 440 hz, this 440hz only touches 8 scale octaval overtones , leaving out an entire section of the complete musical resonance of the universe, which thus remains untouched and unintegrated with in the 440 hz music of today. This 8 hz difference of tuning makes A UNIVERSE OF DIFFERENCE.
The modern Earth is vibrating with overlays of manipulative frequencies, (undesirable vibrations that waste energy and create unwanted sound - noise), that leave a confusion of truth. There are innumerable harmonics that cannot be resonated without being invoked by 432. It's no wonder why many people are walking shadows of themselves. We must re-activate our 'tuning fork' so that the Earth and all of us vibrate with the true pattern once again, thus breaking down the manipulative forces, wake the Global Heart and transform a world focused on the Love of Power to the Power of Love.
Please take the time to educate yourself on the 432hz, so that the next time you tune your instrument to share your music with the world, you too can help unleash the true desirable vibrations that are necessary to help make this world a better place for us all!
May this information serve you well!
With Peace, Love and Abundance,
Debra Howell & Lisa Simons, The Viragos
* The Viragos are completing a new CD, 'MUSIC DIVINE' where each song is performed in 432Hz and has authentic intentions for a better world! It will be released late April 2008!
* Debra has launched a new website as a sound healer: www.debrahowell.net . She has birthed a Chakra Tuning Guide Book and CD to help us all live a healthy and wealthy life of purpose, joy and bliss! Keeping us connected to our authentic nature and the world!
This article is taken from Music and Your Health - The Relevance of Concert Pitch by Patrick Thilmany which is to be found on the ANAWME (The Association of North American Waldorf Music Educators) web site.
The earliest conventions of Western music held that "Music on earth was a reflection of the greater 'music of the spheres', a harmony created by relative distances and rates of motions of the planets - a harmony that was constantly present, if only people were sufficiently sensitive to hear it" (Yudkin, Jeremy, Music in Medieval Europe, 1989). If we as individuals can identify with the concepts presented in this statement, and we accept that we as human beings are multifaceted creatures who must live in harmony with our environment in order to maintain our health and reach our full potential, we can begin to see into the secrets of music and its impact on our health. Such a philosophy would indicate that music should be based in nature and the cosmic rhythms of the universe, if it is to be beneficial to humanity. From this standpoint one can extrapolate that the standard used to determine concert pitch should have an organic foundation as well. One theory of setting the standard for a concert A at 432 Hz attempts to utilize the argument that 432 Hz is based in nature. This theory would indicate by deduction that 440 Hz would then lend itself to generating an unhealthy effect in the environment. To be sure, this debate becomes a very heady and esoteric conversation. Some of the more radical proponents of 432 Hz as the true basis for concert pitch would indicate that everything in nature has a basis in 432 vibrations per second, most of which has not been verified and/or is not verifiable. There is one realm of nature that does support the idea that 432 Hz has an organic basis - that is the movement of the sun. Without going into a lengthy technical monologue we can ascertain that the note C of a scale based on 432 Hz can be reduced to a vibration rate of one vibration per second. We can further establish that the true origination for the measure of one second is based on the movement of the sun. There are further, more in depth, studies based on planetary motion and the harmonic overtones and undertones which do lend further support to the "organic" basis of 432 Hz as a solid foundation for musical structure. The tuning of a scale based on 440 Hz does not lend itself to a reduction on any basis which corresponds to a cosmic movement or rhythm. The difference between 440 Hz and 432 Hz is only 8 vibrations per second, but it is a perceptible difference in the human experience.
Here are Links that describe the A432 hz tuning qualities:
http://www.altered-states.net/barry/newsletter152/index.htm
http://www.myspace.com/jamesfuria
http://goldennumber.net/classic/music.htm
http://grassapelli.com/A-432/index.html
http://members.aol.com/johnkeely/scale.html
http://www.schillerinstitute.org/music/revolution.html#%20Introduction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A440
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