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Tibetan Singing Bowls

by: Youffraita

Mon Jan 12, 2009 at 21:52:52 PST
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(midnight - promoted by ek hornbeck)

I mentioned Tibetan singing bowls a few nights ago, and got some lovely responses. Here's a glimpse of what can be done with them:

Youffraita :: Tibetan Singing Bowls

The best bowls, or so I have read, when filled with water and then played, will create a sort of fountain. I don't know...I've never tried it (& my singing bowl is not one of the best)...but they can be very beautiful, and terrific aids to meditation.

And let's conclude with a master of this art:

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Tips for singing bowls? (4.00 / 10)

The best make such beautiful music.

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope.--Molly Ivins

by: Youffraita @ Mon Jan 12, 2009 at 23:56:48 PM CST

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Hey, thanks, ek! (4.00 / 4)

What a surprise!

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope.--Molly Ivins

by: Youffraita @ Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 00:23:07 AM CST

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Nice, Youffraita! (4.00 / 1)

How do know which are good videos if you can't watch videos?

by: Edger @ Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 07:51:50 AM CST

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erm...A famous (4.00 / 1)

science fiction editor, back in the day, when asked how he knew a manuscript wasn't very good without reading the entire novel, said, "You don't have to eat a whole egg to know that it's rotten."

I give the videos the "sentence" test. In the case of Chuck Jones cartoons, well, it's a no-brainer: they are terrific. But otherwise: if it "reads" well quickly, it's probably all right.

(In other cases, I stick to videos that I watched when my computer was totally functional.)

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope.--Molly Ivins

by: Youffraita @ Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 17:43:51 PM CST

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erm... (4.00 / 1)

heh! :-)

by: Edger @ Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 17:46:15 PM CST

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Edger, pls see (4.00 / 1)

my P.S. And I hope all's well with you. Thanks for stopping by "Tibetan Singing Bowl" blog.

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope.--Molly Ivins

by: Youffraita @ Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 17:57:02 PM CST

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Just tugging your chain a little, is all. ;-) (4.00 / 1)

by: Edger @ Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 18:33:11 PM CST

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P.S.: I'm okay if the (4.00 / 1)

video is two minutes or less. And I can usually tell whether something is terrible in the first minute & a half. This actually came up in an editorial meeting I attended: we are looking for a reason to say "no" on any given manuscript. And the terrible ones--be they mss, clips, demos, or whatever--usually give you that reason to say no within a few pages/seconds/minutes.

We are talking pop culture here, after all, not Serious Art (lol).

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope.--Molly Ivins

by: Youffraita @ Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 17:52:27 PM CST

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The bowls remind me (4.00 / 1)

of Aeolian harmonic wind harps...

One instrument that uses the Aeolian effect is the Grand Aeolian Harp pictured here, and other wind harps available from HarmonicWindHarps.com

by: Edger @ Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 18:44:43 PM CST

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Definite similarity there, yes (4.00 / 1)

But with the singing bowls, the player can affect the tone: I have struck them and also played them around the lip, and done a combo of the two, depending on the effect I wanted/needed. I have also read that Tibetan monks have used their singing bowls as begging bowls (but I don't remember whether they did that for political reasons: ie, whether the Chinese government actually banned the bowls. Wouldn't surprise me if they did.)

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope.--Molly Ivins

by: Youffraita @ Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 18:56:39 PM CST

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Life is a bowl of singing (0.00 / 0)

Youffraita,
I listened to the video that was up yesterday & went to a larger selection on youtube.
The resonance & harmonics of such long duration really surprised me.
Very cool.
I was imagining the cacophony in his mom`s kitchen when as a child, he`d have all the pots & pans out, beating them with a wooden mixing spoon.
He is deaf now from that, you know.

(not)

I`m already against the next war.

by: Knucklehead @ Wed Jan 14, 2009 at 21:18:38 PM CST

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