Emerald Path Swing Chime | F4, G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F5, G5: Lydian Ascent
Emerald Path Swing Chime | F4, G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F5, G5 | Lydian Ascent Starting with F4, all the way to G5. We go step by step in this. Warm, wide-bodied fundamental with enough length to sustain well past the notes stacked above it. Creates a wash of sound. This tuning is F Lydian — the F major scale with a raised fourth. That single altered note, B natural instead of B♭, is what gives the instrument its character. What would be tension in a chord progression becomes a persistent upward lean. It is the reason Lydian shows up so often in film scores under wide landscape shots. The other consequence of a complete scale is roughness, and we mean that as a feature. Play it as a scale and it is genuinely melodic. Play it as a cloud and it shimmers. Very few chimes do both. Physical Specifications Bar Count: 9 Hand-Tuned Aluminum Bars Octave Span: F4 to G5 (major ninth, 4th and 5th octaves) Mode: F Lydian Extended Sequence: F4 (25.5") | G4 (24.1") | A4 (22.7") B4 (21.5") | C5 (20.9") | D5 (19.7") E5 (18.6") | F5 (18.1") | G5 (16.9") Materials: High-grade aluminum bars, sustainable hardwood frame, high-tensile nylon suspension Tuning Philosophy: Complete diatonic sequence — melodic playability and dense adjacent-interval shimmer in one instrument Includes: Wooden striker for playing Made in: Nepal