Lab of Light · Etz Mayim · עץ מים

Symphony Chodesh

סימפוניה חודש – a new-moon symphony that listens to the constants of creation and asks: “If they could sing, what would their song sound like?”

Each month, at (or near) Rosh Chodesh, a short piece of music is generated from fundamental constants – Planck length, electron charge, the fine-structure constant, and others – tuned into the range of human hearing and offered as a small ניגון of praise.

Fundamental constants → Frequencies New-moon cycles Physics as niggun

What Symphony Chodesh Is

Symphony Chodesh is not a concert hall project. It is a quiet listening experiment: an attempt to translate the “fixed” aspects of the universe into something we can hear, softly, once a month, as the moon renews herself.

The goal is not scientific accuracy for its own sake, and not musical virtuosity. The goal is awareness – to remember that behind the math, behind the code, there is a Creator, and that even the constants can be read as a kind of psalm.

How It Works (Conceptual Blueprint)

The exact implementation will evolve, but the basic idea is to gently map fundamental constants into the language of sound:

Choose a small set of constants for a given month (for example, Planck length, electron charge, fine-structure constant).
Normalize each constant into a range that can be mapped into audible frequencies (e.g. 80–1200 Hz) and musical intervals.
Treat each constant as a “voice” or “instrument”: one becomes a bassline, another a melody, another a slow modulation or drone.
Let the current Hebrew month and its traditional themes influence the scale, mode, or rhythmic pattern.
Render a short piece (a few minutes) and keep it simple and listenable – more like a meditation than a soundtrack.

Over time, a quiet archive of monthly pieces can form: a year of constants sung once for each Rosh Chodesh.

Kavanah · Intention

This Lab of Light lives under עץ מים – Etz Mayim, the Tree of Water, because it thinks of sound as a kind of flowing river:

To let the listener feel, even for a moment, that reality is finely tuned and held in place by a Divine hand.
To make room for awe without requiring advanced math or physics background.
To honor Rosh Chodesh as a time of subtle renewal – a small song, not a loud one.

You might listen once when the new moon arrives, or loop the piece softly while you learn, write, or simply breathe.

Status & Future Steps

Symphony Chodesh is currently in the design and prototyping phase. The plan, Be’ezrat HaShem, is:

Design a simple script that reads constants and maps them to pitches.
Choose a small set of sound palettes (strings, soft synths, bells).
Generate one short piece per month and archive them here.
Eventually, allow a visitor to toggle which constants they want to “hear.”

For now, this page is a kli – a vessel. The music will grow into it.