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John Coltrane's Tone Circle


An article about the John Coltrane Tone Circle, a 5-octave Circle of Fifths and a double-ring Hexatonic Circle as well. Interpretation, explanation ...

The Merkaba represent the innermost law of the physical world: the inseparable relationship between the two complementary halves – the positive and negative, the manifest and the unmanifest – which form a perfect equilibrium. But, if you look at some of the titles of his compositions (“ Ascension “, “ Ascent “, “ Sun Ship “, “Cosmos”, “ Interstellar Space “, “Spiritual”, et cetera) then is seems more then clear that music, the occult / religion and geometry / math were all connected for Coltrane. ALTERED DOMINANT (ALT DOM) CHORDS Jazz guitarist, composer and music theorist Mark Rossi shared another way of looking at the circled tones.

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