Mystic Cymbalism:

meditative concerts of finger cymbal music

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How can anyone play a whole concert with just finger cymbals? In the hands of a master, even a 'simple' percussion instrument can produce profound music.

Bells, Himalayan bowls, cymbals and gongs are all used in sacred music, sound healing and meditations. Inspired by the listening meditations and cymbal style of Sufi master Adnan Sarhan, we use finger cymbals in a similar way. Playing solo and duet in arhythmic improvisations, exploring harmonics within the energy and acoustics of a space, we weave different cymbal voices into rivers of sound and silence to create a profound, absorbing experience.

If you can imagine a quiet gong bath, many octaves higher with a proportionately smaller range of sound, resonating through the body and psyche with a subtle, persistent power, you will begin to grasp what a meditative concert of finger cymbal music is like.

- from "Mystic Cymbalism: Sound Healing & Meditation with Finger Cymbals", ©2009 by Jenna Woods

For upcoming meditative concerts and related events, please check my Calendar.

For a taste of mystic cymbalism, you can listen to these two solo improvisations (mp3's):

Desert -  played on a set of Medium High Tone zills (El Coyote)

Rumi - played on a set of Nile 30's  (Mekjian)