global resonance frequency

“If you wish to understand the universe, think of energy, frequency and vibration.”
-Nikola Tesla

From the previous post, the seventh number in the Fibonacci number sequence is 8.

0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 …

During one of his early experiments, genius scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla discovered that a very low frequency around 8Hz radiated after powerful electromagnetic events such as lightning.  Scientists in the 1950′s later concurred that the resonance frequency of the Earth is about 8Hz, or more exactly 7.83Hz – see the Schumann Resonances. Moreover, the resonance frequency of the human brain and all organic matter is also 8Hz.

In other words, 8Hz is the frequency that penetrates and unites the Earth with the human brain.

8Hz (8 cycles per second) is an Alpha wave frequency.  This frequency exists in the relaxed-awake consciousness, i.e. in meditation or immediately before falling asleep or waking up; consciousness converging simultaneously with subconsciousness.  The frequency range of 8-12Hz is also where lucid dreaming exists.  Being exposed to these low-frequency oscillations might enhance one’s state of awareness since it can synchronize thought-wave patterns, through a process known as entrainment, as was the case with Tesla, who often sat quietly and alone in his laboratory among his inventions that were pulsating these infrasonic low frequencies.  It has also been documented that early astronauts when in orbit outside Earth’s atmosphere suffered from migraines and disorientation having been deprived of Earth’s resonant 8Hz which governs circadian rhythm.  The frequency of their brain suddenly had no sense of fundamental ground.  Scientists later installed low-frequency oscillators on board spacecrafts to synthesize Earth’s alpha waves at 8Hz.  No longer were astronauts disoriented.

“The pulse of space beats to the rhythm it is charged with, and this we call atmosphere.”
-Hazrat Inayat Khan

This topic gives birth to a plethora of new musical and sonic ideas.  8Hz is inaudible but it is felt and 8 beats per second may be superimposed in countless rhythmic and harmonic applications.  Electromagnetism, interconnectivity and the forces of attraction and repulsion is a infinite field of exploration.  A noble goal is to find a musical way of organizing these findings.  The harmonic overtone series as generated by 8Hz is a beginning of sorts.  For instance, an octave above 8Hz is 16Hz, and if we were to extend the range of the piano, a 16Hz pitch would be a perfect B natural in our conventional twelve-tone equal temperament widely used in the western world.

On deck for further study: Static Electricity, Alternating Current, Electromagnetic Fields, and Binaural Beating.