Pitch

Pitch is the audible variation of frequency. It moves up or down. Melody is made up of a succession of pitches. The distance between pitches is an interval. Intervals have certain characteristics that are useful for the Sound Alchemist. Pitch can move from note to note in a stair like fashion or it can slide in a connected way.

Pitch can impact the chakras in a favorable way. As each chakra is aligned to a specific frequency, melodies can be created to stimulate chakra health. A melody of C to D to E to G travels from the root to the sacral to the solar plexus to the throat. The strong foundation is swept through the wounds of the second chakra to ground them. Moving to the solar plexus invites one to use will and act upon releasing the energetic debris. At the throat the energy is expressed and released. This four note sequence can be a specific empowerment tool.

Explore the feeling of pitch in the body. Using different phonetics run your sounded voice down into the body cavity and pay attention. Notice how certain areas resonate more than others. Likely, these are the chakra centers. Vary the phonetics from ah to oh to oo to ee to uh and notice how the location in the body changes. Explore. This self exploration will prepare you for similar work with assisting a client to develop sound awareness.

Pitch and intervals and scales are explored in depth in Level One of the Sound Alchemy course. Additionally, if you are a musician, you can learn some very powerful information about pitch, interval and scale in the Healing Music Musician’s Training Online Course. This knowledge can then be immediately applied to your creations to highly impact their healing capacity.