Monochord Introduction Workshop
A workshop that shares talented craftsmanship on making Monochord, and teaches you how to select your very own musical instruments!
We are delighted to have Sacred Instruments exclusively in Hong Kong. Not only sharing their talented craftsmanship on making Monochord and other music instrument. Their experience skills on Monochord performance would be unique coming from a master in Bali and also teach how to select your own instruments.
A workshop that shares talented craftsmanship on making Monochord, and teaches you how to select your very own musical instruments!
We are delighted to have Sacred Instruments exclusively in Hong Kong. Not only sharing their talented craftsmanship on making Monochord and other music instrument. Their experience skills on Monochord performance would be unique coming from a master in Bali and also teach how to select your own instruments.
Lineup
Sacred Instruments
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Highlights
- 9 hours
- In person
Refund Policy
Location
Crystal Bowl of Light
S512, Staunton, PMQ Block A
35 Aberdeen Street, Central Hong Kong, HKI
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Agenda
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Healing Strings
1. Healing power of string instruments. History and backgrounds of monochords from different traditions. 2. Different variations of monochords and healing harps, how size, shape, wood, type of strings and other aspects affect the sound. 3. Using different types and sizes of monochords for different types of groups and 1-1 sessions. How to choose best instrument for your sessions. 4. Different ways of playing monochords - meditative technique Ocean of sounds, rhythmical ways of playing monochords, adding accents. Special tools to play monochord - different sticks, bows, tone bars. 5. Difference between playing monochords acoustically and with amplifiers, where and how to play monochord with amplifier/sound system, settings and etc. 6. Care recommendations for your monochord, where to store, measurements of humidity, cleaning and maintaining routine. 7. Practical part with participants, playing different techniques all together.
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Lunch Break
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The Instruments
1. Different types of tuning of the monochords. Which tuning to choose for your practice. 432 and 440 hz 2. How to tune your monochord. Technique and practice. How to change the tuning. Practice all together. 3. How to replace the string if it breaks, which strings to use, what tools are necessary. Practice all together. 4. Monochords and Tibetan bowls - How to combine, how to choose the bowls to play together. 5. Monochords and Crystal bowls - How to combine, how to choose the bowls to play together. 6. Monochords and other healing instruments like seed shaker, flutes, nose flutes, jaw harps, rain shakers/pillars and etc. - how to combine.