This does remind me: too many people at my school called the gong (bell) "dong", without any comedic intentions. They just didn't know the word existed so they used their own onomatopoeia. No, they didn't do it to piss me off. Many of them were unrelated and still used that instead of gong. Keeps me up at night to this day.
They're (albeit low quality) singing bowls, which are supposed to reflect the vibrations in the likes of the ones flowing through the universe & through us. To me, it looks like they're moving purely by vibrations passed onto one another (of course with little initial "push"). That's the beauty in it, i think the bowls represent everything in the universe interacting with eachother and in turn, passing variant vibrations & moving in an endless cycle. This is all of course asian bhuddist speculation 🤣 but yes, essentially bowls in water!
It'd be funny if I have this at home and then when I'm hungry and I can't find the bowls I call my parents and say:GUYS WHERE THE HECK ARE THE PLATES AND BOWLS and they're like: honey we put it at the garden to make a water gong remember? XD
there was a game they played in highschool back in the day, I think they called it DiIdos & Swans, where they'd smother them brown & white D's in peanut butter, then stick them in a large tub of oats, then glans up, throw into the lakes and wait for birds to peck and slob on them, then leave these mysterious figures lying/floating in the ponds nearby. Worked well for the first few days. I'll also never forget the occasional summer droughts where the rivers just dried up into quicksand. it was even better
This is very inspiring and beautiful. How do the bowls stay in motion in the water? Is there like a fan blowing on them in a certain direction or something?
Ada Lovelace wrote this comment in 1843. She predicted computers would procedurally generate music. In 1843. "The Analytical Engine, on the contrary, is not merely adapted for _tabulating_ the results of one particular function and of no other, but for _developing and tabulating_ any function whatever. In fact the engine may be described as being the material expression of any indefinite function of any degree of generality and complexity…" "The operating mechanism can even be thrown into action independently of any object to operate upon (although of course no _result_ could then be developed). Again, it might act upon other things besides _number,_ were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engine. Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent…."
that would actually cause the bowls to reverberate less, which would make them quieter. you could probably tune the bowls differently by putting water inside them.
It's simpler than that, even! That raised part you can see to the left? That's a pump, keeping the water and, thereby, the bowls in motion! :) Kind of like in an aquarium.
I have not read all the comments, so I hope I am not being repetitious. Each bowl could have a dampening item put in it to dull the sound to a deeper tone if you wanted. Perhaps some clay or sand. That way the tonal range could be added to.
Mr Horioshi3 had it when he said to put different amounts of sand in each to change the tone , as well as give it a slight dull tone. That way it's not like the other guy said. Like the dishes in a kitchen just making the same noise.
Thank You! I was hoping this comment would be taken kindly and not as a criticism. I really appreciate your comment. I would like to be kept informed if you try this idea. It was so melodic to hear, but different ranges of tones would add to the pleasure. I hope you continue to play with this natural instrument.
Should mix media of bowls, steel, brass, glass etc... Maybe add wood "strikers" so that sometimes it's two bowls sounding, sometimes only one. Would also add to visual diversity.
Well if the water is dead still before you place anything inside, and you start to add bowls, it will cause ripples in the water. Due to the added interference of each bowl it could go on for quite a while!
@Soundchaser480 watch the left side of the screen, you'll see when a bowl goes near it that they're pushed away, my guess would be a small current of water pushing the bowls.
+Thomas Carroll don't be sorry. why waste your powerful inherent human emotions on one silly dish? Think Man! isn't your personal inner peace more valuable than a transient cylindrical ceramic expression of temporal physicality? Tom, you need to get your emotional house in order!
That is where I was going with my comment. Higher and lower pitches to extend the amounts of tonal values. To me this would be that much more enjoyable. Not unlike a great musician using multiple notes from different levels of the instrument. Water is a great idea as well.
Just wait for an earthquake to hit like
*DINGBONGBINGBINGDINGBONGBONG*
sorry i dont speak chinese
Death metal water gong
*watching two big ones head for each other*
brace yourselves, a gong is coming!
So relaxing to watch the way they just flow smoothly on the water and the nice blue and white contrast is gorgeous.
So cool. Using high quality singing bowls could be even better
Aldo S exactly what I was thinking!
This does remind me: too many people at my school called the gong (bell) "dong", without any comedic intentions. They just didn't know the word existed so they used their own onomatopoeia. No, they didn't do it to piss me off. Many of them were unrelated and still used that instead of gong.
Keeps me up at night to this day.
when you are going to buy a bowl and it says 'our bowls have been rigorously tested'
THE ALGORITHM HAS STARTED PREPARE FOR A MILLION VIEWS
Until the future corrects me... *_DENIED_*
69 likes, nice.
Welp, it’s been 5 months
That would be enough to drive me stark raving mad in about 3 hours.
3 hours!? The length of the vid was enough for me.
I'm just tracking one of the tiny bowls and see where it's heading
Every body like wow so beautiful and I'm just over here like guys it's literally bowls in water
Chloe Grace hahahaha
They're (albeit low quality) singing bowls, which are supposed to reflect the vibrations in the likes of the ones flowing through the universe & through us. To me, it looks like they're moving purely by vibrations passed onto one another (of course with little initial "push"). That's the beauty in it, i think the bowls represent everything in the universe interacting with eachother and in turn, passing variant vibrations & moving in an endless cycle. This is all of course asian bhuddist speculation 🤣 but yes, essentially bowls in water!
Doesnt even sound nice.
And I'm like that's actually pretty artistic.
That's ok. It makes a nice noise anyway
Some sound really nice, like two small ones hitting each other. Than when two big ones hit each other:
falls of chair
Uploader: I've waited 9 goddamn years for this.
anyone else feel like it would start to sound really annoying
no
Great idea for making the strained relationship with your neighbors even worse.
I have to get/make me one of these. :)
when left the faucet open but the sink is clogged and u haven't done the dishes:
It'd be funny if I have this at home and then when I'm hungry and I can't find the bowls I call my parents and say:GUYS WHERE THE HECK ARE THE PLATES AND BOWLS and they're like: honey we put it at the garden to make a water gong remember? XD
This gives me anxiety that one of the bowls might break
Now that is one lovely idea :-) Nature playing music (almost) :-)
Pretty cool! Water chimes instead of wind chimes. What stirred the water? And what us the venue in Mougins? Are the gongs on display somewhere?
偶然性の音楽というのも含めて、ひたすら美しいですね。
there was a game they played in highschool back in the day, I think they called it DiIdos & Swans, where they'd smother them brown & white D's in peanut butter, then stick them in a large tub of oats, then glans up, throw into the lakes and wait for birds to peck and slob on them, then leave these mysterious figures lying/floating in the ponds nearby. Worked well for the first few days.
I'll also never forget the occasional summer droughts where the rivers just dried up into quicksand. it was even better
Much better then any old wind chime.
This is very inspiring and beautiful. How do the bowls stay in motion in the water? Is there like a fan blowing on them in a certain direction or something?
+Remorf Chucket Good point. I guess the dishes clinging make waves on water so that bowls can stay in motion..
+Remorf Chucket There's a small water jet on the left that pushes the bowls toward the center.
In the future music will be randomly generated
w e e d e a t e r
Ada Lovelace wrote this comment in 1843. She predicted computers would procedurally generate music. In 1843.
"The Analytical Engine, on the contrary, is not merely adapted for _tabulating_ the results of one particular function and of no other, but for _developing and tabulating_ any function whatever. In fact the engine may be described as being the material expression of any indefinite function of any degree of generality and complexity…"
"The operating mechanism can even be thrown into action independently of any object to operate upon (although of course no _result_ could then be developed). Again, it might act upon other things besides _number,_ were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engine. Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent…."
Also in the present. Apparently.
that would actually cause the bowls to reverberate less, which would make them quieter. you could probably tune the bowls differently by putting water inside them.
It's simpler than that, even! That raised part you can see to the left? That's a pump, keeping the water and, thereby, the bowls in motion! :) Kind of like in an aquarium.
Amazing idea...but I agree...metal bowls would have sounded less clangy....I want one of these!!
I read it as "water pong" and was expecting someone to throw a ping pong ball in a bowl and have it bounce into the other bowl
wow, that's ingenious! The opposite about the silly algorithm that show this nine years later.
are those soup bowls or bowls made with metals?
Definitely an interesting concept, but a different bowl material with more resonance and less "clang!" would be ideal.
Why is this under "comedy"? It's awesome!!
Listen, I really respect interesting art like this. I fact I REALLY like it! ...I was really hoping one of them would smash and ruin the moment.
How do these bowls stay afloat? It sounds as though they're made from something ceramic.
this is the hardest instrument to play.
THE GONG OF THE ALGORITHM HAS BROUGHT YOU HERE
So that’s where all the plates have gone
we’re all here early. soon this video is going to have more views than i have failing classes in school.
I want a 10 hour video of this
sounds like the hyperbolic time chamber
Dude I think your dishwasher is broken...
_I've seen enough, I'm satisfied_
such a peaceful sound. someday when Im rich ill have a giant pool dedicated to a water gong
Did you do it?
this is just a big ol' wind chime
Oh... they're bumping into eachother.
What kind of plates are those? Ceramic?
@Soundchaser480 i think there is a jet on the left edge. notice at 0:18 the small bowl rapidly increases in velocity
Wow! this shit really hits the fan at 0:34!
imagine you're all alone and you forget those things are in your house and the two biggest bowls hit each other and you shit yourself .
That's my doorbell.
I have not read all the comments, so I hope I am not being repetitious. Each bowl could have a dampening item put in it to dull the sound to a deeper tone if you wanted. Perhaps some clay or sand. That way the tonal range could be added to.
lmao this is gonna end up in a "2010s samples" video
Mr Horioshi3 had it when he said to put different amounts of sand in each to change the tone , as well as give it a slight dull tone. That way it's not like the other guy said. Like the dishes in a kitchen just making the same noise.
sounds like a restaurant kitchen
That would drive me nuts...
that's pretty gosh darn neat
Did you watch the "water drops" video too?
I wouldn't really say it's a racket, it's a bit soft for that. It pretty much sounds like wind chimes doesn't it?
Cool idea and it looks rad....but that noise. Ouch. Maybe with some metal bowls better.
Thank You! I was hoping this comment would be taken kindly and not as a criticism. I really appreciate your comment. I would like to be kept informed if you try this idea. It was so melodic to hear, but different ranges of tones would add to the pleasure. I hope you continue to play with this natural instrument.
I need 1 hour version.
i went to zelda dubsteps to this.............how
Should mix media of bowls, steel, brass, glass etc... Maybe add wood "strikers" so that sometimes it's two bowls sounding, sometimes only one. Would also add to visual diversity.
WATER MOTOR GONG, WATER MOT- Oh wait.
was thinnkin that too. bronze?
Ohhhhhh water GONG. I was confused for a second
I love the solo...
It'd be really awesome if all the bowls were in key. This is an amazing idea, but it sounds like a bit of a cacophony.
That one gong ripped it!!!
really nostalgic video
this is very creative
Me placing a bunch of bowls on the jacuzzi
what a cool idea!
ok, back to water bongs
divine spontaneity !
Well if the water is dead still before you place anything inside, and you start to add bowls, it will cause ripples in the water. Due to the added interference of each bowl it could go on for quite a while!
The whole gang ate breakfast in the pool. Just left the dishes with the fishes again 😒
@Soundchaser480 watch the left side of the screen, you'll see when a bowl goes near it that they're pushed away, my guess would be a small current of water pushing the bowls.
It's cool, but hearing that makes me think the dish is gonna break. sorry
+Thomas Carroll don't be sorry. why waste your powerful inherent human emotions on one silly dish? Think Man! isn't your personal inner peace more valuable than a transient cylindrical ceramic expression of temporal physicality? Tom, you need to get your emotional house in order!
Ok, I'll work on that.
Thomas Carroll Koolsville welcomes you.
K. Thanks
same way giant steel boats stay afloat.
me when i try to put my mac n cheese in the microwave at 3 AM
I thought this was a petri dish full of *something*
That is where I was going with my comment. Higher and lower pitches to extend the amounts of tonal values. To me this would be that much more enjoyable. Not unlike a great musician using multiple notes from different levels of the instrument. Water is a great idea as well.
That's genius!
Nice Idea.
so instead of soup in a bowl the bowl is in the soup?
Great to visit,
hell to live/work!
Great idea!
i still take it as a compliment
Encourage people to toss coins in the bowls til they sink if they want it to shut the hell up... would pay for itself.
Beautiful!
Congratulations!
there is a current coming out from the far left if you can see. It moves the plates
My parents can blame this video when they find all the bowls in the bathtub
what a great idea
anyone else really dont like the noise?
how are they kept moving??
ooo I want one!
Can I do this on a hot tub? Or my Jacuzzi perhaps?
Seems like there's a pump at the left side moving the water.
MAN THAT WOULD GET ON MY NERVES IN LIKE 15 SECONDS