@@YogaIEP 🙏 thank you 🙏 the bowls themselves have been great teachers in how to play them. They encourage peaceful, slower, mindful playing. Best wishes - Pam and Jurek
Thank you for writing to us, these are some of our favourite bowls playing and we do find them calming. Yes, may there be peace in the whole world - best wishes to you from Pam and Jurek
🙏 What a lovely thing to say 🙏 These instruments really are excellent teachers in listening, giving space to allow their full sound and appreciation of silence in between aren't they. Thank you for writing to us - best wishes Pam and Jurek
It was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon The morning trumpet that bloomed in the morning fell And tears flowed uncontrollably I was not overwhelmed by emotions But my eyes did not hurt or suffer The doctor's cheap sympathy He said it was the dryness that comes with age The body pays for age faster Like ears and teeth Another one was cut off No birds flying, no trees or grass Eyes tired like a stream on Family Day To walk the dry road I have to blink the memory of the water hidden in the two peaks The dark tears of a camel with long eyebrows In the fever floating on the asphalt Was it a blue mirage falling on the dry ecosystem? When I kicked off the blanket in the afternoon The snow fell heavily and the sound of water lingered ...
@@parasdesai22 thank you for writing to us, did you like listening to the video? These bowls are now packed for tonight’s sound meditation for our local community. Will have a look at the frequencies later in the weekend. Most of the bowls are old bowls collected over many years - mostly from eBay or auction, we rely on sound files or videos to choose a bowl. We don’t have a pre- decided flow to sound, we know the bowls and play intuitively, deciding what sound we feel comes next and inviting that bowl to sound. We choose our bowls for their sound rather than one specific frequency. Our advice is always to buy instruments that resonate with you personally. We have been playing for many, many years and practice every day. Best wishes - Pam and Jurek
@@sound-and-silenceThank you for your revert, I have recently started my journey to use sound bowls, I am using C3,D3,E3,F3,G3,A3,B3 frequency of bowls. I am based out of Mumbai India
@@parasdesai22 many blessings on your practice, we found using different mallets or bowl wands can make a difference to sound, playing slower, pacing the time between sounding the bowls, musing high and low sounds, using two sounds that are very similar - so much for you to enjoy and explore best wishes - Pam and Jurek
Hello. Can you please share what type of mallet is the one that you play the mani bowls? The smaller one with red rounded ball. And do you resin also the rim of the singing bowls or just the hair? It seems that the playing is very easy, especially on mani which are thicker rim.
Did you enjoy listening to the video? Do you enjoy the sounds and pacing of the bowls? I can’t remember where I bought the mallet from as I’ve had it 10 years, it’s one of my favourites and not seen another. I bought two of them as a pair, they were listed as marimba mallets I think. The head is medium / hard and wrapped in wool. We think the mani bowls make the cleanest sounds to bow because as you say they are thicker. We play with student violin bows (so not expensive but it’s worth buying a decent Roisin for the grip. We put roisin on the bows not the bowls. We have been playing with bowls for many, many years - it takes practice and patience but well worth all of that. Best wishes - Pam and Jurek
@@sound-and-silenceI like that you create a lot of space between the strikes and the pace is meditative. And I like the combinations of mani with jambati. The mallets makes so much difference and it seems that yours has a heavier head because the sound comes so alive and doesn’t need a lot of effort. Sometimes I use the bow when I play mani, but I need 2-3 rounds to push to get a sound, at the 2kg+ mani. Some people I heard that add reisin to the bowl also but I never tried. One of the things that I like, playing more unconventionally is droning sounds with the use of the flumies. ua-cam.com/users/shortskmHNQfYDX0Y?feature=share
@@misteryofnada4660 Thank you, and yes the mallets do make such a difference - the weight, the shape, the length of the handle. Over the years we have tried lots of different ones, they are the kind of thing we'll pick up when we see them and we think they'll make a different sound. The yellow headed mallets are from Dragon Fly Percussion and are lovely to use on the bigger bowls. We have found when using the bow we need lots of roisin, I had been using the roisin I bought for £6 with my original bow for the last 10 years but then dropped it and it shattered so spent £30 on a new block and it has improved the bowing technique we use. I'm sure by exploring the angles and pressure you use with the bow it will improve> That's a great technique of using a flumie with the bowl - have never tried that before but will do when I've unpacked the bowls and mallets from last night's community sound session. We do use the flumies on the gongs and are beginning to discover different combinations of flumie sizes and playing gongs together so each session can sound different to the people that come. You're the first person I've seen doing this - the bowls are great teachers of patience aren't they. Best wishes - Pam
@@sound-and-silence Ohh thank you Pam for your message. I have a intimate connection with the himalayan antique singing bowls from all the instruments that I use. And as you mentioned, it is all about listening and intuition when playing. Sometimes I use melodious rhythms in my playing, sometimes just combinations of sound textures. With playing the flumies, I found just couple of bowls that work well. The relatevely thin rim bowls and to be of bigger sizes like jambati. And to keep the droning fluent and sustained without the sound to start to buzz off because of too much pressure, then I believe it is also about the quality and the build of the bowl. And what most bowls sound when you use flumie, it is the sound that comes from the poor interaction from metal and flumie, and not the sound that comes from the bowl itself. But with this, you need to play with the pressure and to see what kind of bowls are working with what kind of mallets. What I use in the video is #2.5 from Blove flumies which is amazing also on big gongs.
Beautiful 💜 That’s an amazing collection of bowls and they sound fantastic, thanks for sharing and inspiring 😊🙏
@@YogaIEP 🙏 thank you 🙏 the bowls themselves have been great teachers in how to play them. They encourage peaceful, slower, mindful playing. Best wishes - Pam and Jurek
Molto rilassante, grazie per questo video dall' Italia ❤
Peaceful and satisfied ❤ thank you for sharing ❤
@@RakshithSAcharya thank you 🙏 we are happy you feel peaceful and satisfied - we wish you all the best - Pam and Jurek 🪷
Thank you for calming my mind, it's very soothing. May there be peace in the whole world.♥
Thank you for writing to us, these are some of our favourite bowls playing and we do find them calming. Yes, may there be peace in the whole world - best wishes to you from Pam and Jurek
Thanks, very interesting also in the maner to produce the sound....
Thank you for watching. Best wishes Jurek and Pam
Thank you, beautiful calming resonance ❤❤❤
@@soniagrover2148 🙏
This is quite extraordinary. Thank you so much Jurek [and Pam] for sharing this marvellous experience. Just stunning.
🙏 What a lovely thing to say 🙏 These instruments really are excellent teachers in listening, giving space to allow their full sound and appreciation of silence in between aren't they. Thank you for writing to us - best wishes Pam and Jurek
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Thank you 🙏 best wishes Pam and Jurek
Neat stuff
@@AntiFur1993 thank you 🙏 best wishes Pam and Jurek
Amazing video
Thank you Mitzi ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
It was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon
The morning trumpet that bloomed in the morning fell
And tears flowed uncontrollably
I was not overwhelmed by emotions
But my eyes did not hurt or suffer
The doctor's cheap sympathy
He said it was the dryness that comes with age
The body pays for age faster
Like ears and teeth
Another one was cut off
No birds flying, no trees or grass
Eyes tired like a stream on Family Day
To walk the dry road
I have to blink the memory of the water hidden in the two peaks
The dark tears of a camel with long eyebrows
In the fever floating on the asphalt
Was it a blue mirage falling on the dry ecosystem?
When I kicked off the blanket in the afternoon
The snow fell heavily and the sound of water lingered
...
Thank you for your poem. Best wishes Jurek and Pam
❤️💛💜 🌸 🌻 🍀
@@ogdrag_ra thank you 🙏 many blessings - Pam and Jurek
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@@Виктор-г8ф2к 🙏
Sir, could you tell if which frequency bowls do you use? Where do you source them? Is there a pre decided flow which you ring the bowls ?
@@parasdesai22 thank you for writing to us, did you like listening to the video? These bowls are now packed for tonight’s sound meditation for our local community. Will have a look at the frequencies later in the weekend.
Most of the bowls are old bowls collected over many years - mostly from eBay or auction, we rely on sound files or videos to choose a bowl.
We don’t have a pre- decided flow to sound, we know the bowls and play intuitively, deciding what sound we feel comes next and inviting that bowl to sound. We choose our bowls for their sound rather than one specific frequency. Our advice is always to buy instruments that resonate with you personally.
We have been playing for many, many years and practice every day.
Best wishes - Pam and Jurek
@@sound-and-silenceThank you for your revert, I have recently started my journey to use sound bowls, I am using C3,D3,E3,F3,G3,A3,B3 frequency of bowls. I am based out of Mumbai India
@@parasdesai22 many blessings on your practice, we found using different mallets or bowl wands can make a difference to sound, playing slower, pacing the time between sounding the bowls, musing high and low sounds, using two sounds that are very similar - so much for you to enjoy and explore best wishes - Pam and Jurek
Hello. Can you please share what type of mallet is the one that you play the mani bowls? The smaller one with red rounded ball.
And do you resin also the rim of the singing bowls or just the hair? It seems that the playing is very easy, especially on mani which are thicker rim.
Did you enjoy listening to the video? Do you enjoy the sounds and pacing of the bowls?
I can’t remember where I bought the mallet from as I’ve had it 10 years, it’s one of my favourites and not seen another. I bought two of them as a pair, they were listed as marimba mallets I think. The head is medium / hard and wrapped in wool.
We think the mani bowls make the cleanest sounds to bow because as you say they are thicker. We play with student violin bows (so not expensive but it’s worth buying a decent Roisin for the grip. We put roisin on the bows not the bowls. We have been playing with bowls for many, many years - it takes practice and patience but well worth all of that.
Best wishes - Pam and Jurek
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@@sound-and-silenceI like that you create a lot of space between the strikes and the pace is meditative. And I like the combinations of mani with jambati.
The mallets makes so much difference and it seems that yours has a heavier head because the sound comes so alive and doesn’t need a lot of effort.
Sometimes I use the bow when I play mani, but I need 2-3 rounds to push to get a sound, at the 2kg+ mani. Some people I heard that add reisin to the bowl also but I never tried.
One of the things that I like, playing more unconventionally is droning sounds with the use of the flumies.
ua-cam.com/users/shortskmHNQfYDX0Y?feature=share
@@misteryofnada4660 Thank you, and yes the mallets do make such a difference - the weight, the shape, the length of the handle. Over the years we have tried lots of different ones, they are the kind of thing we'll pick up when we see them and we think they'll make a different sound. The yellow headed mallets are from Dragon Fly Percussion and are lovely to use on the bigger bowls. We have found when using the bow we need lots of roisin, I had been using the roisin I bought for £6 with my original bow for the last 10 years but then dropped it and it shattered so spent £30 on a new block and it has improved the bowing technique we use. I'm sure by exploring the angles and pressure you use with the bow it will improve>
That's a great technique of using a flumie with the bowl - have never tried that before but will do when I've unpacked the bowls and mallets from last night's community sound session. We do use the flumies on the gongs and are beginning to discover different combinations of flumie sizes and playing gongs together so each session can sound different to the people that come. You're the first person I've seen doing this - the bowls are great teachers of patience aren't they.
Best wishes - Pam
@@sound-and-silence Ohh thank you Pam for your message.
I have a intimate connection with the himalayan antique singing bowls from all the instruments that I use. And as you mentioned, it is all about listening and intuition when playing. Sometimes I use melodious rhythms in my playing, sometimes just combinations of sound textures.
With playing the flumies, I found just couple of bowls that work well. The relatevely thin rim bowls and to be of bigger sizes like jambati. And to keep the droning fluent and sustained without the sound to start to buzz off because of too much pressure, then I believe it is also about the quality and the build of the bowl. And what most bowls sound when you use flumie, it is the sound that comes from the poor interaction from metal and flumie, and not the sound that comes from the bowl itself. But with this, you need to play with the pressure and to see what kind of bowls are working with what kind of mallets. What I use in the video is #2.5 from Blove flumies which is amazing also on big gongs.