Text: Subject: Re: Keely quote Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 12:03:28 +0100 From: "lui" To: "Lynda" , dalesvp@qwest.net References: 1 , 2 "The action induced by the mouth organ, transmitted at a distance from the sphere without any connection of wire, demonstrates the purity of the principle of sympathetic transmission as negatized or disturbed by discordants, which, focalizing on the resonating sevenths of resonators, or tubes attached to ring, the sympathetic flow is by this means transmitted to the focalizing center, or center of neutrality, to be redistributed at each revolution of sphere, keeping intact the sympathetic volume during sensitization, thus preventing the equation or stoppage of its rotation." PHILOSOPHY OF TRANSMISSION AND ROTATION OF MUSICAL SPHERE, John E. W. Keely A friend sent me this earlier today. So what is resonation? Does it give off a series of vibrations that appear to be in harmony until the seventh comes along and causes discordance. Look at the C note's overtones C C G C E G Bb It's clear to me what I would do if I considered the Bb to be 'out of tune' as such! Well maybe not out of tune but it is enharmonic. Personally I would look at the overtone series and decide that it would be great to set up a triad consisting of G Bb D....BUT, the Bb is tuned enharmonic, as it is within the overtone series. So why the D? C C G C E G Bb C D Because it puts the Bb in the position of acting as a third, an enharmonic third. With this Bb(1/4 tone) in the centre there is no Maj/min 3rd: G Bb1/4 D Between G and Bb1/4 there is a movement of a minor third + 1/4 tone Between Bb1/4 and D there is a movement of a minor third + 1/4 tone. The Bb is dead centre. So this triad , is it a Major triad or a Minor triad? My money is on the fact that it isn't either and is a special triad! The only example I can think to give is to put a G or D in the terrestrial or celestial resonator and the Bb in the Nuetral. Then to go up in half steps as Keely suggests and use the same approach.

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