6. Toning with Singing Bowls
Singing bowls have a fundamental tone and
partials that are well within the frequency spectrum of the human voice.
Tuning into one tone of the bowl, one can sing this tone while the bowl
is ringing. The same can be done for the other tones of the bowl. It is
a fun and pleasant way to discover the sound qualities of the bowls. One
can also hum with the sound of the bowls, it is a question of letting
the sound come out of you in a natural and fluent way, letting the bowl
take you to a sound place you have never been before. Do not think about
what sound to make, let it come out from the body or from your emotions
and then slide the frequency of the sound up and down to match those of
the singing bowl. It night develop into one single tone, or into a
series of tones, or even into a short a mantra. Experimentation is the
key here.
copyright 2001 by Dirk Gillabel
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