Tag Archives: the Honeycomb

Blow your horn, not your savings

Posted on November 27, 2014 by jazzpanflute

The Honeycomb: useless brainfood? The Honeycomb, known by some as the Harmonic Table, maps notes on a hexagonal grid along three axes: fifths, major thirds and minor thirds. That’s nice, but what do you want to do with it? Well, … Continue reading →

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Honeycomium. WTF. A truly analog experience.

Posted on November 25, 2014 by jazzpanflute

What singers don’t know about howling mikes Have you ever noticed in Karaoke bars when a singer takes the microphone and it starts howling, the ones that don’t know try to cover the mike with their hand and the feedback … Continue reading →

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Charting the Emotions

Posted on July 8, 2014 by jazzpanflute

Once upon a time, inspired by Alain Daniélou’s Ragas of North Indian Classical Music, I mapped just-tuned frequencies into an infinite web that I call the Honeycomb. You can explore it in my interactive Atlas of Tonespace, by clicking on the notes … Continue reading →

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