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<blockquote data-quote="skeller047" data-source="post: 628905" data-attributes="member: 9069">The drones I use were done with samples of string orchestra ensemble.&nbsp; Because of the way they are made, I don’t know what actual instruments were used, and it varies from note to note.&nbsp; I also suspect that different octves are being played, it’s a real ensemble sound.&nbsp;&nbsp; I added the fifth, or rather the 12th, above - to add a bit of weight to the sound.&nbsp; But the root tone is all you really perceive, the added tone is mixed much lower.I do play various tones against the drones, usually from a Mixolydian mode based on the root, as that is the most “natural” sounding (it closely matches the harmonic series of the root note).&nbsp;&nbsp; I often listen for difference tones as a way to tune, as I was taught by my clarinet teacher many decades ago.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is part of long tone and tonal centering exercise, it’s kind of like a meditation.&nbsp;&nbsp; Each drone tone is held for either 30 seconds or a minute, depending on how much time I want to spend on tonal focus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skeller047, post: 628905, member: 9069"] The drones I use were done with samples of string orchestra ensemble. Because of the way they are made, I don’t know what actual instruments were used, and it varies from note to note. I also suspect that different octves are being played, it’s a real ensemble sound. I added the fifth, or rather the 12th, above - to add a bit of weight to the sound. But the root tone is all you really perceive, the added tone is mixed much lower. I do play various tones against the drones, usually from a Mixolydian mode based on the root, as that is the most “natural” sounding (it closely matches the harmonic series of the root note). I often listen for difference tones as a way to tune, as I was taught by my clarinet teacher many decades ago. This is part of long tone and tonal centering exercise, it’s kind of like a meditation. Each drone tone is held for either 30 seconds or a minute, depending on how much time I want to spend on tonal focus. [/QUOTE]

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