Song and chant and thoughts expressed in speech are unique
to humankind and differentiate us from the rest of the animal kingdom. In
this example the
sheer visual beauty of vowel sounds have been visible for the first time on
the CymaScope, demonstrating that when we speak or sing we bathe all those
around us in beauty. Here, Vera Gadman, sings a range of vowel
sounds and the CymaScope reveals their extraordinary geometric beauty.
Steven Halpern's chant in
the Great Pyramid
Chant
is a wonderful way of using the voice to create music--sounds that are
intrinsically musical but carry no thoughts--a vehicle by which we can
gently shift
our consciousness into our right brain, where we feel rather than think.
Chant has been used for thousands of years in spiritual ceremony by
cultures the world over.
The ancient Egyptians used chant in their rituals and designed reverberant
spaces in which to perform, spaces that would naturally enhance the vocal
performance
and create a spiritual ambience.
Steven Halpern chanted in the Great Pyramid of Egypt in 1981 and in 2005 we
were given the opportunity to make his recording visible, using sand as the
disclosing medium.
The low-pitched sound at the beginning of the piece is the granite
sarcophagus being gently struck, resounding like a drum. This sound created
a perfect circle on the CymaScope and can be thought of as a slice through
a sphere, that is, the low-pitched sound of the sarcophagus emits almost
perfect spheres. Watch also for the perfect pentagon that appears later in
the performance, a reflection of the golden mean, an aspect of the
chamber's design becoming manifest in the geometry of the sounds reflected
from the granite architecture.
Manual Chladni Plate demo
The
Chladni Plate is a simple apparatus that demonstrates the cymatic power of
sound to create form from formlessness. Originally conceived by English
scientist Robert Hooke it was
later made famous by German musician and scientist Ernst Chladni. See our
Cymatics History section for more details. A simple brass plate is strewn
with sand and the edge of the plate
is played with a cello bow, creating vibrations in the plate that organize
the sand into replicable patterns. The wonder of the demonstration lies in
its simplicity, the complete lack of technology
needed to create order and beauty from disorder.
Electromechanical Chladni Plate
demo
This
modern version of the Chladni Plate demonstration uses an electronic
oscillator and mechanical transducer to drive a square metal plate that has
been strewn with sand. The variety of patterns that form on the plate each
have a mathematical relationship with the sounds that created them so in a
sense the patterns represent an analog of the sounds made visible. In the
case of the Chladni Plate the patterns are also a function of the
resonances of the plate so the patterns contain data relating to the
originating sounds and the resonances of the plate.
Experimental MusicMadeVisible track
by sound artist Stefanie L.Ku:
This fun cymatic video
is one of several experimental videos created by talented sound
artist,Stefanie L. Ku, in collaboration with Erik Larson in the USA. One
variation of the WaterDrive Module, developed by Erik, consists of twin
coaxial water cells and it was this module that Stefanie used for her video.
MusicMadeVisible is a
new musical expression in which music and voice are made visible, forming
part of a new genre of entertainment and therapy.
In a new version of Neuvo
Cuisine we show that cymatic salads can be created that are a lot of fun and
look wonderfully appetizing. Let your imagination guide your hands to create
beautiful cymatic meals. One way to surprise your partner is to have his or
her voice made visible (see our PHS/ Personal Harmonic Signature section)
then create a cymatic salad that reflects their voice pattern. Give your
loved one their Personal Harmonic Salad!
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