CHAPTER VI.
THE KEYNOTES
It is the opinion of many esoteric philosophers that every human being vibrates in harmony to a particular musical note, and that, when this note has once been found, it may be made to exert a strong influence towards the improvement of existing conditions. As this note, known as the “Keynote,” is a gift at birth, its vibratory forces are felt almost exclusively in the health.
The list of the possible Keynotes, with their corresponding BIRTH NUMBERS, is as follows:
EIGHTH TABLE
Musical Keynotes, Triad of 1–5–7
| THE ONES. | THE FIVES. | THE SEVENS. |
| 01 C Major. | 05 G Major. | 07 B Major. |
| 10 C-sharp Major. | 14 A-flat Major. | 16 C Major. |
| 19 C minor. | 23 G minor. | 25 B minor. |
| 28 C-flat Major. |
Musical Keynotes, Triad of 2–4–8
| THE TWOS | THE FOURS | THE EIGHTS |
| 02 D. | 04 F Major. | 08 C Major. |
| 11 D-sharp minor. | 13 F-sharp Major. | 17 C-sharp Major. |
| 20 D minor. | 22 F minor. | 26 C minor. |
| 29 D-flat minor. | 31 E Major. |
Musical Keynotes, Triad of 3–6–9
| THE THREES | THE SIXES | THE NINES |
| 03 E Major. | 06 A Major. | 0D Major. |
| 12 F Major. | 15 B-flat Major. | 18 E-flat Major. |
| 21 E minor. | 24 A minor. | 27 D minor. |
| 30 E-flat Major. |
Thus, a person who is born on the 3rd of the month has E Major as his Keynote; one born on the 26th, has C minor; the 14th, A-flat Major, etc.
Those who have derived the greatest degree of benefit from the use of the musical keynotes insist that they must be used, or played, every day, and that, if this law is not obeyed, the penalty will be felt in the complete loss of their health-giving vibrations. Even though one is not in any sense a musician, he may still take advantage of this law. For example, let him ask some more musical person to teach him how to pick out the little triad, or chord, of his own individual key, and he will require no further knowledge of music, for he will then be able to strike this chord at least once each day. If a person whose musical keynote is Major should be an individual who Is easily excited, however, it will be better for him to play the chord in the minor. If one whose musical keynote is in the minor is given to periods of marked depression, the Major of the same key should be substituted.
If a person is studying music, and is practicing, it is frequently advisable to put all his exercises in his own key at the beginning of the practice hour, that he may commence his task in this harmonious key, and work out from that. Many music teachers have already discovered that this is the best and quickest method of putting their pupils in harmony with the work to be performed, and they are now taking advantage of this psychic fact in all difficult instructions.
While it is true, as has been suggested, that the musical keynotes apply almost exclusively to the health, the daily use of this chord, when the notes are harmonious, induces harmony in all directions. In periods of mental excitement, peace and quiet may be induced if one will resort to this best of all seditives. In periods of depression, nothing will restore the equilibrium more quickly or surely.