A Wealth of Information for Future StudyĬymaScope’s Music Made Visible App for iOS is a wonderful introduction to the world of Cymatics. I look forward to hearing more about his findings in the coming year. I’ve been into coloring mandalas this past year as a way to relax and meditate so I highly encourage this type of therapeutic direction. Screenshots can also be captured via the camera and printed out in black and white, becoming a tool for art therapy. He believes the ease and accessibility of the touch screen environment will be beneficial in music therapy sessions, allowing children to explore sound with their voice or by touching a piano note and receiving instant visual feedback. Pilot studies are underway with colleagues who work with children on the autistic spectrum, who are hearing impaired or profoundly deaf or have cerebral palsy. The other way John Reid sees this tool being used is in therapeutic situations, especially in developmentally challenged or hearing impaired children. I think any musician and sound healing practitioner would benefit from reading this informative article, especially people who are playing with different tunings in their work with the intention to shift consciousness through sound and music. The first half of the article is in the App with the second half available for purchase on the CymaScope website for $2.99. His article reveals that this argument, explained in greater scientific and historic detail in his article, is much more complicated than at first glance, especially when tuning to concert pitch. Proponents of the 432 Hz tuning argue that it is closest to the relationship of naturally occurring shapes and sounds in nature, containing a 3:2 ratio relationship, with the discovery first credited to Pythagoras around 500 BCE. Reid also provides a sample of a well-researched article inside the App called ‘The Curious Concert Pitch Conflict.’ The article is a fascinating read comparing/contrasting various standard tunings throughout music history going all the way back to the first instruments discovered during the Stone Age. Both versions show the morphing geometric shapes beautifully. The 440 Hz Cymatic samples are rendered in color around the circle while the other tunings are in black and white. John Stuart Reid and his team have included three different tunings to choose from including the current standard equal tempered tuning, A = 440 Hz, the much debated 432 Hz tuning and the less known 444 Hz Tuning. It’s a lovely rendering of pitch, color and visual geometry signaling developments to come.įigure 3 – Singing into the CymaScope App. There is a minute long video featuring Daniel Levy’s performance of "Clair de Lune" showing how music can be made visible in the context of this App. Just one piano note reveals all the overtones and harmonics present in the vibration, revealing the complexity of sound in a whole new way.
There is a definite shape for each note but it also morphs and shifts between patterns as the note progresses and fades. It is fascinating to watch the progression of each note as it is attacked and starts to fade. The dynamic image is not a digital rendering, but an actual recording from the CymaScope, captured and stored in the App. As you can see in the screenshot below, playing any key around the circle will trigger the Cymatic image recording for that note in the center of the circle.
The first edition of the App contains 40 piano notes ranging from A0–C4.
Every student has unlimited access to studios and equipment during opening hours, which may include SSL Duality Delta, Audient 48 Channel, TLAudio, and Oram mixing desks, Mac workstations fully equipped with Push, Maschine, and Komplete Kontrol, the latest Pioneer DJ and Roland gear, and much more.Figure 1 - What is Cymatics? Explained in the App. With locations in London, Los Angeles, two in China, Ibiza, Mumbai, and Online, you can study Music Production, DJ Performance, Sound Design, Audio Engineering, Radio Broadcasting, Singing/Vocal Performance, Songwriting, Music Business and Live Sound Engineering at Point Blank schools all over the world. Many graduates from our various institutions have enjoyed successful careers in music including Claude VonStroke, Goldie, Nicole Moudaber, Leona Lewis, Patrick Topping, Monki, and Felix Jaehn.
Point Blank Music School inspires its students to create music using expert instructors and state-of-the-art facilities to demonstrate the process of professional music production at the highest level.