Thin or light - when only a few layers of sound are played together. Thick or heavy - when lots of different layers are played together. Timbre is the word we use to describe the particular sound ...

Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. Sound baths often include the use of singing bowls – bell-like instruments that produce a resonant tone when struck or circled with a mallet. They have roots in Asia ...

The tone and timbre of Buddhist bells depends on ... Some people are working to create a new "sound of Kyoto" based on these bells. The small bells used in Buddhist rites have transcended ...