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But this one had a special addition of LED lights and ‘chakra-aligning’ gemstones that Vargas claimed pulsed at 4 hertz — a frequency she said that’s meant to help the immune system.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

“Is it true?” one asks Hernandez as she tells them about the 528 hertz sound frequency her father asked her to play while he was dying in the hospital.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

Hangzhou-based Geely says it has solved that problem in its Galaxy E8 electric sedan, which vibrates at 1.25 hertz — the same as a human heartbeat — when the car is driving on undulating terrain.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2024

Previous research shows that "concert tremor" can be recorded as long-duration signals with narrowband, harmonic frequency peaks between 1 and 10 hertz.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

They measure it in hertz, which is how many peaks go by per second.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones