I knew from past research that the vibration of Aum, according to the Divine Scale, corresponded to E flat above C3 (the 12th black key from the right on a piano keyboard), which can be sung comfortably. But I never tried chanting it at that frequency until today. When I did, I experienced something interesting. When my lips came together to draw out the mmmmm, the vibration caused a powerful surge of energy. There's is something very special about the note E flat. At 639 Hz, it is close to the frequency of the kung note in the Chinese system of music. According to David Tame, "this foundation note was considered to be the earthly manifestation of divine will, and a sacred, eternal principle, upon which was based the proportional system (the weight, size and tone of all things) of the entire state." If the kung was wrong, civilization would decline. Unfortunately, the ruler of each dynasty changed the value for the kung because they reasoned that if the previous dynasty had been right, it wouldn’t have ended. The last Chinese dynasty put the kung at 601.5 Hz, a D. They were wrong. The central role of the E flat note was also pointed out by Barbara Hero in her collection of musings and sketches on the mystical aspects of music, "Eyes + Ears = Ideas." She found that it was at the beginning, end, or other key locations in 18 different musical, mathematical or metaphysical patterns. She wrote, "It’s the place at which we find the beginning of life, and the fastest musical pulse of the thirty second note... It becomes the boundary of the end of the time where space begins... it is at the limit of the macrocosmos." When I researched songs that are in E flat, I discovered that there are many love songs in E flat major.
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