I kinda feel like bowing gongs makes the best and worst sound possible at the same time I think that its the worst in the fact that its so dissonant but also the best because it still sounds cool
It sounds like Sigur Rós guitarist Jón Þór Birgisson, who I have been listening to since 2008. I will soon get a small wind gong for home use with a bow and experiment with it myself. Very good for meditation.
If you put a cup or "boss" onto a gong it forces the vibrations to be more uniform and thus allows a strong dominant pitch which sustains for some time. Without a boss, gongs tend to be more broad sounding.
Awesome stuff! To me, the "bat-wings" reminded me of fins, and the small pieces beside them, like scales. The ethereal sounds seemed to hypnotize me. Like a movie dream sequence, or something. I then began to imagine a large sculpture of a sea-serpent made out of cymbals, and made music like a wind chime...and it realized that it would be ultra fucking rad if it were real.
Also, do they get damaged if they are played with a drumstick as a ride? Is it not recommended to do that or something? I have never seen anyone do it, but I'd like to try it!
Maybe a more skilled player can. I haven't spent much time trying to master it. Firstly, the changing of direction is difficult to do smoothly - though string players manage it. Secondly, these are very lightweight gongs and I have to bow towards myself so I can hold the gong steady with the knuckle of my other hand. The only place I could try back and forth bowing would be up by the suspension cords. There is a technique using 2 contra-motion bows simultaneously...
I got chills from this. Could sample those sounds for some dark ambient music!
Finally, after all these centuries, someone makes music with a bow :P
I kinda feel like bowing gongs makes the best and worst sound possible at the same time I think that its the worst in the fact that its so dissonant but also the best because it still sounds cool
The low sounds from the batwings sound so... for lack of a better word, evil. I love it!
It sounds like Sigur Rós guitarist Jón Þór Birgisson, who I have been listening to since 2008. I will soon get a small wind gong for home use with a bow and experiment with it myself. Very good for meditation.
If you put a cup or "boss" onto a gong it forces the vibrations to be more uniform and thus allows a strong dominant pitch which sustains for some time. Without a boss, gongs tend to be more broad sounding.
I would love to let loose in there. One acid tab and a handful of mallet's beater's and bows. Totally awesome.
@toskoramone I can't remember. It is a bass bow, not a cello or violin bow.
So excited to see this video. I just started doing this myself. Amazing he range of sound you can get , and I am playing with crappy equipment.
@jamalshookup They are thin right from the beginning. The most hammering is in forming the spines / ridges.
Yes. I do unlathed, part lathed and fully lathed cymbals.
Awesome stuff! To me, the "bat-wings" reminded me of fins,
and the small pieces beside them, like scales.
The ethereal sounds seemed to hypnotize me. Like a movie dream sequence, or something.
I then began to imagine a large sculpture of a sea-serpent made out of cymbals, and made music like a wind chime...and it realized that it would be ultra fucking rad if it were real.
man they're amazing they sound amazing and look amazing!! nice work
wow, simply wow
i love your "dragonwing" cymbals really really really great work :)
Love
Love your creations!!!!! :-)
Thanks for the info, this stuff is very interesting to me!
Can you bow them back and forth consecutively, rather that only in one direction?
Brilliant!!
@mistahmaxi err, with a cymbal lathe - see my other video...
Insane ,, you are my hero.
3:59 Awesome!!!
Do u lathe any of ur cymbals.
Also, do they get damaged if they are played with a drumstick as a ride? Is it not recommended to do that or something? I have never seen anyone do it, but I'd like to try it!
Some gongs are OK to strike with a hard drumstick at varying dynamics. Others you may have to be careful when playing harder
@toskoramone it's french
1:00 to 1:25 sounds like the polar express when it stops in front of the kids house
What kind of rosin and bow did you use? If you don't mind me asking.
It's a relatively inexpensive German Bass Bow and Hidersine 3V Violin rosin. For larger or more stubborn gongs, Pop's Bass Rosin is better
@@MattNolanCustom Awesome, thank you:)
I want them all. :)
4:32
Maybe a more skilled player can. I haven't spent much time trying to master it. Firstly, the changing of direction is difficult to do smoothly - though string players manage it. Secondly, these are very lightweight gongs and I have to bow towards myself so I can hold the gong steady with the knuckle of my other hand. The only place I could try back and forth bowing would be up by the suspension cords. There is a technique using 2 contra-motion bows simultaneously...
sounds like that sound effect you hear in scary movies :)
your gongs sound better than paiste's one !
Yes! Amazing...
Need. Batwing. Gong
That is one creepy sounding instrument.
minecraft cave sounds be like
@AusProM since they make better music than you could imagine some people do give a fuck about them.