The Chromaphonicon is a silly way to view and listen Hebrew text converted into its Proto-Sinaitic-inspired hieroglyphs. Everything gets assigned a colour and a tone. It's not meant to be anything serious or theological. There is no meaning to this. It's just a sandbox for having fun with hieroglyphs and sound.
Here's some sample Hebrew text for you to copy and try if you have none (clicking the 'test' button also plays some from a built-in sequence:
Alphabet: ืืืืืืืืืืืืืื ืกืขืคืฆืงืจืฉืช
Verse from Genesis ืึทืึนึผึฃืืึถืจ ืึฑืึนืึดึืื ืึดื ึตึผืึฉ ื ึธืชึทึืชึดึผื ืึธืึถึื ืึถืชึพืึธึผืึพืขึตึฃืฉึถืืื ืึนืจึตึฃืขึท ืึถึืจึทืข ืึฒืฉึถืืจึ ืขึทืึพืคึฐึผื ึตึฃื ืึธืึพืึธืึธึืจึถืฅ ืึฐืึถืชึพืึธึผืึพืึธืขึตึืฅ ืึฒืฉึถืืจึพืึผึฅืึน ืคึฐืจึดืึพืขึตึืฅ ืึนืจึตึฃืขึท ืึธึืจึทืข ืึธืึถึฅื ืึดึฝืึฐืึถึื ืึฐืึธืึฐืึธึฝืื
Technical Reference Data
To make things easier (or maybe it doesn't?), the Chromaphonicon converts everything first to an integer and then reads that integer for what to assign to.
| Assigned Integer | Hebrew | Egyptian | Colour | Just Intonation | Euler-Fokker genus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ื | ๐พ | Red | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| 2 | ื | ๐ | Red-Orange | 9/8 | 11/10 |
| 3 | ื | ๐ | Orange | 5/4 | 6/5 |
| 4 | ื | ๐ | Yellow-Orange | 4/3 | 13/10 |
| 5 | ื | ๐ | Yellow | 3/2 | 7/5 |
| 6 | ื | ๐ | Yellow-Green | 5/3 | 8/5 |
| 7 | ื | ๐ฑ | Lime | 15/8 | 9/5 |
| 8 | ื | ๐ | Green-Yellow | 2/1 | 2/1 |
| 9 | ื | ๐ค | Lime Green | 9/4 | 11/5 |
| 10 | ื | ๐ | Green | 5/2 | 12/5 |
| 11 | ื ื | ๐ง | Teal | 8/3 | 13/5 |
| 12 | ื | ๐ฟ | Cyan | 3/1 | 14/5 |
| 13 | ื ื | ๐ | Aqua | 10/3 | 3/1 |
| 14 | ื ื | ๐ | Sky Blue | 15/4 | 16/5 |
| 15 | ืก | ๐ฝ | Blue | 4/1 | 17/5 |
| 16 | ืข | ๐น | Han Purple | 9/2 | 18/5 |
| 17 | ืฃ ืค | ๐ | Electric Indigo | 5/1 | 19/5 |
| 18 | ืฅ ืฆ | ๐ | Purple | 8/2 | 4/1 |
| 19 | ืง | ๐ป | Violet | 6/1 | 21/5 |
| 20 | ืจ | ๐ถ | Hot Pink | 10/2 | 22/5 |
| 21 | ืฉ | ๐ | Pink | 15/2 | 23/5 |
| 22 | ืช | ๐ด | Ruby | 8/1 | 5/1 |
Scala Tuning Files
Hebrew Alphabet mapped to Just Intonation
! hebrew-to-justintonation.scl
!
22
!
1/1
9/8
5/4
4/3
3/2
5/3
15/8
2/1
9/4
5/2
8/3
3/1
10/3
15/4
4/1
9/2
5/1
8/2
6/1
10/2
15/2
8/1
Hebrew Alphabet mapped to Euler-Fokker genus
! hebrew-to-eulerfokker.scl
!
22
!
0.00000
165.00400
315.64129
398.04500
498.04500
590.22472
701.95500
1200.00000
1650.04000
1701.95500
1800.00000
1870.67242
1901.95500
1929.21900
1961.50500
1989.76900
2014.99400
2400.00000
2048.28000
2077.56400
2103.80600
2228.26983
Bad Jokes
- Who is Justin Tonation, and why is his music so good?
- Why did the musician get kicked out of the Just Intonation appreciation society? He kept saying, "Is this just, or is it equal temperament?"
- Whatโs the difference between a Just Intonation theorist and a conspiracy theorist? One believes in pure intervals. The other believes in pure nonsense.
- Why donโt Euler-Fokker genera ever get lost? They always follow the (lattice) points.
- What did the tuning theorist say after discovering a new Euler-Fokker genus? "Iโve found my tonal soulmateโฆ in 7-limit just intonation!"