Crystal/Singing bowls

Iommic Pope · Post by **Iommic Pope** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 4:13 am

Who's doing these?
I need a good place to start.

sonidero · Post by **sonidero** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:09 am

Start with some wine glasses from the bargin store and work your way up???

Iommic Pope · Post by **Iommic Pope** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:25 am

You know, soni I actually thought you'd be the guru on this topic.

I was going to start with some cheaper metal singing bowls to muck around with. Just wanted to know if anyone had a set and if there was particular type/make to get/avoid.

On the subject of the crystal bowls, although I'm not really ready to invest in any yet, are they all the same or are there variations? I get the impression that there are cheapo ones that hippie stores mark up and then there are legit versions as well.

spacelordmother · Post by **spacelordmother** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:46 am

sonidero wrote:Start with some wine glasses from the bargin store and work your way up???

I've had good luck with cognac glasses, and since you can usually get more water in them than a wine glass you can really bring teh lowz.

Chankgeez · Post by **Chankgeez** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:34 am

Forget about crystal bowls, crystal skulls are where it's at.

Barracuda · Post by **Barracuda** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:40 am

This is good timing, pope. I am also starting to look into getting some good singing bowls. I am guessing since they have a new age association, it is really easy to overpay though.

sonidero · Post by **sonidero** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:43 am

I don't have one at the moment but I've had several small to medium metal bowls before... You should be able to find some online for $20-$50 if you wanna have a go at the ohm...

Also this is close by my house, I'll get pics this week...

http://www.singingbowlshop.com/tibetan-singing-bowls/

lumena · Post by **lumena** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:21 pm

Ask away.

I have been working as a sound healer for years.
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sonidero · Post by **sonidero** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:27 pm

Crystal Vs. Metal, pros and cons on your Spiritual Ascension???

lumena · Post by **lumena** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 4:21 pm

http://www.silverskyimports.com

Lots of good sound files there and you can actually hear the differences.

Here is recording done with sony pcm - no fx of only 3 tibetan bowls...
https://youtu.be/ay38kMu8DP4

in short...
metal - lightweight, complex harmonic structure but volume is not intense.
crystal - heavy and fragile, sine wave single frequency but loud and can be intense.

Complex harmonies can be gotten with either but it takes more crystal to reach the complexity of the metal bowls. That being said if you have two or three very loud sine waves it can create some pretty intense beating effect. In the end if you are thinking singing bowls you might also want to consider gongs. Two or more larger ..24" or so gongs can really be intense and harmonically complex. For gongs check with gongs unlimited they are the ones. Gongs will come out cheaper if you really are serious.

Iommic Pope · Post by **Iommic Pope** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:23 pm

Chankgeez wrote:Forget about crystal bowls, crystal skulls are where it's at.

Yes!

Thanks guys.
Lots to check out there.

Believe me, I am definitely considering gongs.

Introspective space drone town,

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coldbrightsunlight · Post by **coldbrightsunlight** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:45 am

I've got one small metal one I bought in nepal as a souvenir, I love the droney sound. Getting loads of them so you can make music sounds fun.

Jwar · Post by **Jwar** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:26 am

Can you fuzz a singing bowl?

Not sure I understand...

Iommic Pope · Post by **Iommic Pope** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:29 am

I'm sure there's a way.

Just a cool sound to compliment the heavies (was what I had in mind) or for doing quiet bits before I do loud bits.

Maybe there's a crystal boner for you, jwar?

Clockworker · Post by **Clockworker** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:57 pm

jwar wrote:Can you fuzz a singing bowl?

Not sure I understand...

Contact mics? You can put those on anything. Hell, if I had a singing bowl I'd try it out.

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