Question:
41 octaves above sound, do notes have color?
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2011-01-26 09:32:19 UTC
I got this quote from a really awesome website: http://www.miqel.com/jazz_music_heart/vibrational-truth.html

"41 Octaves above Sound - notes have color

We hear about ten octaves of sound and see about one octave of light with our eyes.
Because going up an octave is doubling, each octave has a bandwidth (range of frequencies) that is as large as the sum of all bandwidths of the preceding octaves (similar to each time a population doubles). This means that visible light, 41 octaves up from from the middle of our hearing range, is an octave with a bandwidth many times greater than that of all 10 octaves of the hearing range. So the human eye has a very wide range even though it sees in only one octave."

Can you explain that to me in a way I can understand lol

I think what it is saying is that frequencies (or vibrations?) are fractals and that even though our eyes see only one octave, it is an octave of higher frequency so it contains all of the 10 octaves our ears are capable of sensing?

*What do you think it would be like to see in two octaves?* Do you think our visible spectrum would include things like UV light or something?
Six answers:
Christian M
2011-01-29 15:47:44 UTC
I imagine that most things become too subtle to be understood with the mind and while they can be experienced they cannot then be put into words or concepts that the mind can grasp. However, in that joy of knowing there is no urge to put It into words. It is enough to drink in that Blissful experience.



Shhhhh, Shhhhh, Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,



No words



Namaste'
Zen
2011-01-27 09:35:42 UTC
to explain the underlying principle:



octaves are a measurement in a logarithmic space whereas wavelengths vary in a linear space. The result is that when you go from the realm of sound to the realm of light the bandwidth of one octave in light is massive in a linear sense, making a single octave of light massively larger than 1 or indeed all 10 octaves of sound.



note that a comparison of light to sound is somewhat nonsensical because

A) sound is a longitudinal waves whereas light is a transverse wave

B) because the medium in which the travel is drastically different, the Power of the waves is essentially incomparable.



Finally, if we saw an extra octave we would, indeed be able to see UV and or IR radiation. In fact most predatory mammals see vastly farther in the IR than we do.
anonymous
2011-01-26 17:35:51 UTC
Uh yeah it has to do with wavelength so visible light is around 350-750nm I think. So 41 octaves up must correspond with that wavelength. If we saw 2 octaves worth of color we would probably be able to see UV and maybe X-Rays umm and whatever is below I can't remember...
claptic
2011-01-26 18:25:34 UTC
Cannot quite pull together what your question is arousing in me, but it has to do with the use of Hermetic axiom, As above, So below, to understand what you are sharing. You are a visionary I think and what you experience with your eyes (rainbows) makes me think of Pythagoras and his ability to listen to the music of the spheres.

I bet if you keep after this you may come to an understanding of how the Logos of God is dispersed into matter.
Bilbo Baggins
2011-01-26 19:29:57 UTC
What an Awesome Question Love!



The color is a blinding white with blur auras!!
anonymous
2011-01-26 20:40:04 UTC
Nope.


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