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Freenotes from The Healing Music Organization

 

The staff at The Healing Music Organization encourage people to play music often. Whether by using the voice, or instruments, or some combination, making music is an easy way to bring the body, mind and spirit into harmony. Music therapists have found Freenotes to be the perfect instruments for working with their clients. Because of their unique design these instruments allow anyone to create simple, original songs that range from playful to sublime with no musical training required.

Freenotes instruments are related to the beautiful gamelan instruments of Java and Bali, where nearly all people play music. Freenotes creator, Richard Cooke, designs his instruments to enable the beginner and expert musician to experience the joys of music making in a new way. By simplifying instrument designs to require no difficult muscular coordination and by using harmony-based scales, Freenotes have opened a way for anyone to experience the deep pleasure of playing music. Freenotes instruments go together effortlessly so everyone can be a vital part of making music.

 

The Wing Freenotes
The Wing employs a five-tone pentatonic scale, so all notes are in harmony. There are no wrong notes! No difficult techniques are required to produce their lovely tones — just tap on the middle of the bar — players and listeners alike will be soothed and delighted by their pure tones.

The Wing is available in the four pentatonic scales of G Major, D Minor, C Major and A Minor. All notes within each set are in complete harmony. A tap on the bar produces pure tones of consistent quality that sustain for over six seconds creating layers of soothing sound.

The Wing has been designed to be played in many different ways… place the Wing on a flat surface and you can play using one or two mallets… or hold the Wing in one hand while playing with the other. The Wing can even be hung and played on a wall, showcasing its visual beauty as well as its harmonic sounds.

As with all Freenotes instruments, there are no wrong notes, so you can be as free as you wish. All combinations of the tones will be pleasing. Play them and hear for yourself.

The Wing has been designed to require no maintenance. It will never go out of tune and the lacquered metal bars will not tarnish or stain. There are no moving parts to adjust. Like all Freenotes instruments, the Wing is built to last and is sturdy enough for even the most energetic children. The Wing is practically indestructible. The rubber pads are all that can be detached, and a bit of contact cement quickly makes them as good as new again.

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C Major Wing - includes one pair of mallets
The C Major Wing has eleven notes and spans two octaves. It is excellent for creating soothing and uplifting harmonies. As with all Freenotes instruments, there are no wrong notes, so you can be as free as you wish to be. All combinations of these tones will be pleasing.
1-inch aluminum bars
11 notes
2 octaves
Price: $285

G Major Wing - includes one pair of mallets
The G Major Wing has eight notes and is ideal for playing many well-known folk melodies, such as Auld Lang Syne and other Scottish or Irish songs. Many Stephen Foster tunes are in this key, which is also quite useful for creating your own melodies.
1-inch aluminum bars
8 notes
Ideal for folk melodies
Price: $220

A Minor Wing - includes one pair of mallets
The A Minor Wing has eleven notes and spans two octaves. It is wonderful for creating dreamy harmonies.
 
1-inch aluminum bars
11 notes
2 octaves
Can be displayed on a wall with optional wall hanger
Built to order - allow 1 week to build, before shipment
Price: $285

D Minor Wing - includes one pair of mallets
The D Minor Wing has nine notes and is ideal for creating tranquil and exotic melodies. It is molded upon an ancient Japanese scale named Ake Bono.
1-inch aluminum bars
9 notes
Ideal for tranquil and exotic melodies
Price: $240

Moonlight Cyls - includes one pair of mallets
The Moonlight Cyls is a true gem of a soprano instrument offering floating ethereal melodies with gentle wavering tones. Made of resonated steel chime tubes in a diatonic scale with 18 notes in mixolydian mode. The scale ranges two octaves. The steel chimes are suspended above resonators along a uniquely curved frame and are played with disk mallets of traditional Balinese design.
Resonated steel chime tubes
18 Notes
Diatonic scale in mixolydian mode
2 Octave range
Built to order - allow 3-6 weeks to build, before shipment
Price: $790

The Pegasus
The Pegasus combines two complimentary pentatonic scales of A minor and C major, mirrored in their array, they form the diatonic scale found in the white keys of the piano. This design hosts a total of 23 keys made of one-inch polished aluminum bars mounted on black resonator tubes.
 
1-inch aluminum bars
Combination of both A Minor and C Major scales
23 Notes
Mounted on black resonator tubes
Includes two pairs of mallets
Can be displayed on a wall with optional wall hanger
Built to order - allow 1 week to build, before shipment
Price: $565
Optional Wall Hanger $35

 
 
 

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Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. — Kabir



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