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Solar Tones

Solar Tones is a system of tone generation based on the position of the planets in the solar system for any given month. The tonal or key centers were derived from the open strings of the guitar.

Background


The guitar is constructed in such a way that the intervals occur chromatically ascending and descending.
I've drawn the parallel between the construction of the guitar and the structure of our solar system.
Planetary order
Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

This system assigns an interval to each planet in the solar system, and additionally depending on their positions in the solar system, I have a different set of tones each month to use as a composition frame work.
Planets and their equivalent interval order
Sun -> Open
Mercury -> mi2
Venus -> Ma2
Earth -> mi3
Mars -> Ma3
Belt of Asteroids -> P4 & aug4
Jupiter -> P5
Saturn -> mi6
Uranus -> Ma6
Neptune -> mi7
Pluto -> Ma7

The role of planetary assignment of intervals
Jupiter, consisting of mostly gas, can effect our planet in many ways. Radio waves, sun spots and weather patters can all be attributed to the pull that Jupiter has on us even from such a great distance.

Conversely, the dominant 5th plays the strong role in the key or tonality of a piece of music. Clearly, the assignment of the dominant 5th should go to Jupiter.

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