On the background of decades of Aurelio’s studies, research and practice in this field, associations and collaborations with international experts and institutions e.g. World Federation of Music Therapy and the International Sound Healing Association. The “SVARAM New Waves” series is a unique range of instruments based on Pythagorean studies and harmonic principles and is specifically geared for the use in the emerging field of psycho-somatic medicine.

NEW WAVES appear on the sound-scene of the new millennium to introduce to the sensitized listener tonal material which – in contrast to the standardized western system with its equal tempered 12 tones – reflects the organic building principles of our universe and is based on the natural laws of proportion, integer numbers and pure harmonic intervals and progressions. SVARAM is exploring with this new series of instruments the realm of original and ancient musical material and practices and their symbolic applications, which have risen out of a deep identification with the inherent harmonic structure of the world.

To rediscover music’s sacred, healing and educational dimension SVARAM explores ancient and newly developed tuning systems. We make them available to cultural creative pioneers to experiment with a holistic approach to sound for the harmonization of self, society and the world. In a constantly unfolding process of integrating new inventions and original practices, NEW WAVES are a growing range of innovative and unusual instruments. Our wish is that through our pioneering impetus similar activities may be stimulated and initiated in the emerging field of a community based, global culture of harmony.

Harmonic Tunings

NEW WAVES’ harmonic tunings utilize the beauty and clarity of simple mathematics and pure proportions, to find a tonal expression of the inherent harmony and beauty of the cosmic play. In contrast to the standardized international concert pitch of A 440 Hz, our instruments are based on C 256, the ‘SCIENTIFIC C’, (the eight octave of one -1-2-4-8-16-32-64-128-256…). This relates our music’s fundamental pitch to the primal time unit of one second, reflecting the 24 hour, 86400 seconds rotation of the Earth around its axis – and stands analogous to our primal movement around an inner center.

The ‘Harmonic series’ reflects an archetypal and prominent building principle of creation, the process of emanation: out of the One, the Many are brought forth through apparent division and multiplication. Each single sound is composed of a combination of many sounds, with varied and characteristic selections from the archetypal pattern of this harmonic series. In its fullness the series represents the step by step progression from One to Infinity, always retaining the one unifying core. Our hearing perceives, predisposed through its own organic structure and intrauterine conditioning through the mother’s voice,, the most simple ratios as consonant and appealing and identifies a limited range of proportions as distinct enough to be utilized in musical communication. These primal intervals can be experienced through contemplative play in their relation to, and impact on, our mental, vital and physical constitution. They can give us keys to archetypal states, modes and structures of consciousness.

The Moving ‘ Touch of Sound’

Each tone of the selected scales supports and is contained in the others. The interacting tones create a real symphony of togetherness and oneness. Through additional movement of spinning, whirling or swinging, the sound behind the sound appears, becomes audible… the unified waves touch the organic system, deepening the resonance underlying all living beings. Matter is recognized in its vibrational nature, and the whole being delights in a pure experience of synaesthetic awareness.

Contemplative Play

A new approach to playing with music is asked for to support the process of learning and self-exploration, to experience the ‘meaning’ and potential of NEW WAVES instruments. The childlike curiosity to play with the unknown, to discover, a sense of wonder, combined with a deep listening into the depth and quality of sound and an alert reflection on its sensory impact – are all helpful in fathoming the ‘message’ of the specific tonal configuration. We center ourselves, come into relation with the instrument in an attitude of communion, play with single tones, perceive, respond, invite, create, act and react, move and are moved ….. The focus lies on receptivity, perception, listening, sensing, and not so much on expression and doing. The function of the instruments is to open the space, environment, feeling and imagination to the realm of vibrations and bring the player’s being and surroundings into resonance with its inherent musical structure and natural need for harmony. The deepening of the sound perception works on the diverse layers of our constitution – with an immediate physical, tactile or deeper organic impact, an emotional response and possible visual, intuitive reaction – increasing the capacity of differentiation and unification in a heightened state of awareness, the phenomenon of synaesthesia in which our senses all swing together in a symphonic experience of wholeness. The vibratory, energetic nature of our existence is revealing itself through the refinement of our human instrumentation, the player playing is the play – in the moving dance of New Waves!

Instruments

After more than 25 years of experimentation with the vibrational touch and metaphysics of sound, new instruments are in constant development and are now available in a first series. These prototypes of a coming generation of musical instruments as ‘vibrational tools’ await the interest, participation and co-creation of educators, sound healers and agents of change who as pioneers are ready to explore, work with and further the innovations in their respective fields.

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