At this point I haven’t set up my own rig to photograph and make clips of the music I make for One Mind Live, but as you can see from this Vimeo link “Sonic Water Documentation” the study of cymatics is reasonably easy to do…and fascinating!
The reason I want to do this is to compliment my own understanding of the sounds I’m creating for meditational and guided soundscapes and take images (like the one featured above of piano notes by cymascope.com) by vibrating water.
Release, this month’s composer’s choice, contains a number of technical elements specifically aimed to compliment Lori Deschene’s “Letting Go” theme for the month of February.
- The Key of D, according to Vedic and yoga science, is attuned to the Sacrum area of your body. It is the second chakra and is characterised by two key words for “Letting Go”: Flow and Flexibility.
- The beats per minute or Tempo is at 50, below the resting heart rate but at the top end of a sleeping heart rate. Relaxed yet awake.
- The cycles or completed wave forms in the musical structure average about 14 cycles per minute which is just above the breathing rate of a sleeping person (12 cycles).
The music also has a repeating treble-melodic, which is busy enough to keep the mind engaged but underneath all this, as you will hear, there are some long deep waves underpinning the entire soundscape to help you relax, modulate your breath, drop your heart rate and let go.
Enjoy
Steve
Stephen Fearnley is an award-winning filmmaker, artist and composer. He composes transformational soundscapes for the meditation journeys of One Mind Live – a unique worldwide online group meditation community. To sample One Mind Live, go HERE