Feeling Map

Intervals by circle of fifths, not semitone count. Distance from the top is tension; the right side lifts, the left side settles. Name the feeling first — check the number after.

Root
Register
Playback
Drone
Drone level
70%
Note level
80%
Size the nodes by

Right half — bright, lifting, sharp side Left half — dark, settling, flat side Bottom — furthest from home
5 Perfect 5th
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Body cue

Three dials underneath the feeling

Semitones
Just ratio
Fifths away
Beat rate

Harmonic alignment

Why it feels that way