SEGMENT TWO

SINGING BOWLS ART LAB

This segment is fully dedicated to the art and science of playing and assembling a set of singing bowls. It takes a student to the mastery level of understanding what singing bowls can offer and how to get the full potential out of them. Segment Two will take you on a journey unveiling the most subtle nuances of the mystical sound of singing bowls.

Segment Two content covers:

• How to use playing mallets
• What are the proper cushions for singing bowls
• Beginners techniques for playing singing bowls 
• Advanced playing techniques
• A review of striking and rubbing mallets
• How to listen to the singing bowl
• Singing bowls with different speed of pulsation
• How to evaluate the quality of the singing bowl
• Comprehensive video tutorial on evaluating the quality of contemporary singing bowls
• Contemporary singing bowls price guide
• Comprehensive video tutorials of antique singing bowls quality evaluation and price guide (Jambati, Thadobati, Thadobati cups, Manipuri, Mani, Naga, Shiva Lingam, Kopri)
• "Listening with the body" exercise 
• "Listening to the separated tones" exercise 
• "Listening to the Ethos" exercise 
• A brief overview of Taoist philosophy and singing bowls
• The physics and dynamics of singing bowls
• The concept of the pulse of singing bowl 
• The pulse of the singing bowl in working with brain entrainment and internal rhythms of the body
• Recommendations of the most efficient computer and smartphone frequency analyzers 
• Ratios between the sound partials in singing bowls 
• Consideration of the singing bowl as a non-harmonic instrument
• Do all singing bowls emit consonant overtones?
• A practical exercise in analyzing the ratios between the sound partials of randomly selected singing bowls 
• Learning to choose singing bowls with harmonic ratios
• Video tutorials and a practical exercise in assembling a set of bowls with common harmonics and intervals of an octave, and perfect fifths
• Video tutorials and a practical exercise in putting together matched pairs (binaural sets)
• The magic of dissonance
• A comprehensive explanation of what a headset is
• Video tutorials on assembling and working with the headset
• Step by step tutorials on how to assemble any set of three or more bowls considering musical intervals, ratios between sound partials, rates of pulsations, and Ethos
• The periodic rhythm of singing bowls and striking rhythm
• Breath rate and heartbeat entrainment
• Using the knowledge of nodes and antinodes in working with singing bowls
• Matching singing bowls "BPM"
• Video tutorials on building tension with singing bowls

Table of contents:

2a Playing techniques and accessories (watch a video)

2b Now that we got a bowl, what are we gonna do with it?

2c The pulse of a singing bowl

2d Ratios between the sound partials in singing bowls

2e Octaves, perfect fifths, and common harmonics

2f Matching binaural pairs

2g Headsets

2h Building a set of bowls

2i The periodic rhythm of singing bowls and striking rhythm (breath and heart entrainment)

2j Nodes and antinodes of singing bowls

2k Buyer's guide