Gongs, Singing Bowls & Bells 4

http://www.frankperry.co.uk. 100s of instruments for a solstice sound meditation. Another section (all are chronological) from this almost 90 minute improvisation in London 2008 played largely upon a spiral of Manipuri singing bowls punctuated by sections featuring bowed PAISTE tuned and un-tuned Sound Disks, tiny bells (Nectarine) and gongs and accompanied by Jump singing bowls and a swung Tuned PAISTE gong. Frank celebrates the Summer Solstice and his 45 years in music and 60th birthday in this Private concert for invited friends. Around 40 Gongs with some from China, Burma, Java, and PAISTE. 400-year-old Japanese Zen Buddhist Densho, antique Horizontal Chinese Gong, Chinese Qing, antique Japanese Rin bells, Noah Bells (India), bells, Tibetan singing bowls, instruments hand-made and invented by myself in the late 1970s (Petalumines, Pyrahermeezees, Pyrotahermeezees, Trianguhermeezees, Ufoms, & Sun Rays). Frank has been playing gongs since 1968 and singing bowls since 1971 and has appeared on over 100 albums. Camera work Rose Perry and sound Kevin Goulding

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• Tibetan singing bowls
• manipuri bowls
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• chinese cymbals

[DNAblues]

I am listening to the entire 7 part series. My life is one of chronic pain and I am using your creations to help me meditate.

Thank you so much for offering this. It really helps someone in need.

[mountainbellmusic]

It means a great deal to me to be of some service to you in your time of need. I might also suggest you watch the music and paintings videos as you might find that music helpful as it is taken from CDs and so good quality. You can listen to more of my music on MySpace where you'll find me under frank perry 111. 10 tracks from CDs.

May you find the help and strength you need to keep on keeping on - no effort is ever wasted.

Frank

[wellwalk18]

It was fun seeing him upside down reflected in the water - nice vision. Nice contrast between the spacey Tibetan singing bowls and the bowed sounds. Those small bowls set out in a beautiful spiral seem to have to do with microtones - rich individual -sounding chords not heard elsewhere. Interesting balance between Yin and Yang - busy going nowhere! Not seen gongs played like that before either. The suspended clouds of small bowls with the swung gong was delightfully transcendent somehow. Thanks.

[mountainbellmusic]

Yes they are microtonal (tones in-between those of our Western scale) and sometimes there is only a slight difference in pitch and often it is hard to place them as the fundamental can be higher but the loudest overtone lower! I have to listenvery hard sometimes! Thank you for all your kind and informed comments.

[newtubetubetube]

@Yankeeprepper Well that is your opinion. I, for one, think this video is good.

[mountainbellmusic]

@fourplusseven Each bowl has its own individual series of overtones and that is what causes this to happen. With 74 bowls in one spiral there isn't time to spend working out their relationship what with anoth 100 or more bowls to lay out too. So I spent some time working out their ascending order re fundamentals and always lay them out the same - until I add more bowls to the spiral. I don't think I need to do that anymore - BUT!

[DNAblues]

Frank,

You are so kind. Thank you again. I will check out your work on MySpace.