until now,
Gong Master Sven Meier demonstrates
how to strike and a seven-foot-wide gong for maximum impact in a Youtube video
by Wind Chimes Australia, this particular gong was made by Paiste Gongs, each one made having its own characteristics,
take this 38″ Sound Creation Gong No.3B Earth, this is from the online brochure,
Sound Description: alive, multi-layered structure, coarsely structured lows,
finely structured highs, peaceful and wide lows, foaming and swelling highs,
dissolving fade
Sound Color: unfathomable-dark
Sound Sensation: mysterious, unfathomable, knowing, allowing, inexorable, kind
Each Sound Creation Gong has its own extraordinary and particular sound
character. Their impressive, charismatic sound embodies a wealth of exemplary
emotional sensations and feelings. Due to their varied sound colors and voices,
these instruments also offer a wide range of harmonics and frequencies.
during the short demonstration in the video above, Meier uses a few different
techniques, extracting a range of sounds from the massive 80″ nickel silver
gong, for more explorations into the sounds and vibrations produced by XXL gong
check out these videos posted on Kottke, and there was me thinking you just gave a gong a good whack with a hammer!
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