Stuff #1) Singing Bowl Improv?
This is a video of a man playing a set of Tibetan singing bowls. His collection is one of the largest in the world. He has a jazz influence, which could explain the "improvisation" title and links to the technique we talked about in Indian music. He has been a guest artist at Yale, taught at Wesleyan University, and done many performances for albums and even a documentary. I couldn't embed the video, but enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMT5jvXHTso
Stuff #2) Large Singing Bowl!
Okay, okay, I was wrong. So, it's NOT her standing up, BUT she is kneeling and the thing is still huge. I think I could probably fit inside. :) This singing bowl is in Kyoto, Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rin_gong_at_Kiyomizu-dera,_Kyoto.JPG#filelinks
Stuff #3) Singing Bowl for Healing
This is a link to a website where a woman tells her story of experiencing, researching, and using the various types of singing bowls as healing aids. She talks about the relaxation, the communication, and the way she felt her body flowed with the sounds. Music Therapy anyone? This is pretty cool. Here's the link:
http://www.creatinghealthatlanta.com/sound-treatments.asp
Stuff #4) Dancing Elephants who Love Indian music!!!
This is the greatest thing... ever! A Christian church asked a temple if they could borrow some elephants for a procession or parade. The temple said no. BUT the musicians the Christian church was using were the same musicians that worked in the temple where the elephants were. They started the procession without the elephants and the elephants started walking down the road, joining the processional, and following their own culture's music!!!! How great is that!
Here's the video:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2taqb_dancing-elephants_animals
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Tori, I love the elephants. I had no clue that they would respond to music like that. The largest singing bowl is quite impressive as well. I wonder if she has to continuously walk around it to create the tone? I also love the picture of the man playing a crystal singing bowl on a woman's back. That seems like a very interesting massage session.
I enjoyed all of the singing bowl information. I wonder if I started collecting now, if I could get enough for a singing bowl choir. Interesting thought. Seriously, the bowls remind me very much of bells, which I guess they are, to an extent. The damping issues would be interesting and in the video here, the player used no damping. Not using any damping really creates a challenge to playing melodies or harmonies. I guess these would be the same challenges that carilloniers have dealt with for years! There are some interesting things to explore further here.
I also liked the crystal healing singing bowls. That could be very interesting to explore, also. And the dancing elephants - what fun! They definitely are feeling the music. If you liked that, you might want to check out Snowball, the dancing cockatoo. He made the science news headlines about a year ago.
Wow, the singing bowl improve video was pretty cool. And the large singing bowl was still impressive. I'm intrigued by anything remotely New Age-y, and the healing singing bowls link was interesting. However, I don't think I'm ever going to pay $100 for a treatment unless I'd won the lottery or something. And the dancing elephants were so cute!
I need to get a singing bowl--maybe several. I was awed at what the guy could do with all those bowls in the first video. I had heard of singing bowls used for sound healing. Didgeridoos are also used. Vibrational medicine is something I'd like to learn more about. Love the dancing elephant, too!
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