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Thread #50290 Message #762875
Posted By: open mike
09-Aug-02 - 11:52 PM
Thread Name: Labyrinth songs needed
Subject: RE: Labyrinth songs needed
here's a little info from the labyrinth book by Sid Lonegren--it describes an eight circuit Cretan form where there would be eight paths, but the order which you walk them in (the entrance leads you into the third "layer" from the outside...etc. then when you make the first turn, you are in the second circuit..etc) is 3-2-1-4/7-6-5-8 sort of hard to put into words, there are graphics in the book which explain this better, but the basic concept is that the musical scale is equated with the paths and the key of "c" 1=middle c, 2=d, 3=e, 4=f, 5=g, 6=a, 7=b, 8= c so the tune that corresponds to these paths is : E-D-C-F / B-A-G-C . THIS DOES NOT MATCH YOUR 11 PATH LABYRINTH, BUT IT IS AN INTERESTENG CONCEPT TO TAKE THE SACRED GEOMETRY AND TRANSLATE IT TO MUSIC...the suggestion is to play this tune while walking the path... as for a round--the Vine and Fig Tree is quite inspiring if you are looking for a Peace theme....it is in a minor key, so would fit the earlier mentioned Minor-tour... (Minotaur?)