{"id":174,"date":"2007-01-10T16:51:11","date_gmt":"2007-01-11T02:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=174"},"modified":"2007-01-11T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2007-01-11T21:23:09","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=174","title":{"rendered":"Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leilani is getting a musical instrument. We have narrowed it down to 2 choices – the most likely one is the stonaphone<\/a><\/p>\n

Mouse over the keys to hear it!<\/p>\n\n\n
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\nCredits: Jim Doble, Elemental Design, downloaded from the website http:\/\/www.tidewater.net\/~xylojim\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

This instrument has the most beautiful sound, the pentatonic tuning ensures that there are no disharmonic sounds. Downside is, if Leilani was to use it as a stool and step on it, it would probably break. <\/p>\n

The second favorite is the Babydinda – sound is not as rich, a pretty typical wooden xylophone sound, but totally babyproof.<\/p>\n

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From the builder’s website: “A visual delight as well as a musical one. The keys of this xylophone are each a different type (and color) hardwood. A pentatonic scale, the tones are bright and match each other nicely. Built solid to be able to take a beating from young percussionists”<\/p>\n

Check out Jim’s other virtual instruments: Pipe Harp<\/a> and links to others at the bottom of that page.<\/p>\n

More on Pentatonic Scales<\/h3>\n

The Pentatonic scale is probably the worlds most universal scale. It’s found in the folk traditions of Russia, India, Africa, Asia, Europe, and pre and post Colombian America. <\/p>\n

It is a five note scale in which all the notes are harmonious with each other. It’s most easily found by playing just the black keys on a piano. You could pick out any other notes on the keyboard, keeping the same intervals of the black keys, and you can get a variety of pentatonic scales. Another way to imagine it is: do re mi – so la – do, with the “fa” and “ti” left out.<\/p>\n

Because of the lack of dissonance, the sound is very sweet to the ear. Anyone of any musical ability can improvise to their hearts content and it all sounds harmonious . <\/p>\n

The limitation comes in when you want dissonance in your music or you want to play most modern written music. Then you’d want to go to a diatonic scale or some combination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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