Analysis of singing bowl's sound

Abstract

Studies about the effects of sound on the human body have been proven by various methods. Among them, we researched the sound healing tool known as singing bowl. The singing bowl is a bowl made of bronze and tin. It varies in size and thickness. One or several different singing bowls are placed either on or around the human body. The bowls are then rubbed or knocked using a small rod to produce sound. A singing bowl generates different frequencies depending on its size and thickness. The frequency vibrates the flesh and bone as well as the brain and organs of the human body. By doing so, it recovers the natural frequency of each part of the human body. Finally, we researched how the frequency generates an average frequency of some form as well as how it reacts to the human body through a brain waves analysis and a frequency analysis of the singing bowl sound.

Sound Healing: Mood, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being Interrelationships

“…Tibetan singing bowls continue to be explored as a potential form of integrative treatment (Goldsby and Goldsby 2020;Stanhope and Weinstein 2020) and have shown promise in measures of well-being (Goldsby et al 2017). Other studies have focused on singing bowls' enigmatic sound and with regard to its frequency and acoustic properties (Ann and Bae 2017;Burtner et al 2002;Inácio et al 2006;Terwagne and Bush 2011). Anecdotally, renowned oncologist Mitchell Gaynor has reported successfully utilizing singing-bowl sound healing with his oncology patients with promising results for improved patient recovery (Gaynor 1999).…”

“…(1) Brain wave states-Various human brainwave states represent differing levels of relaxation and occur at various frequencies. Brainwave states may be altered during music therapy or sound healing (Ann and Bae 2017;Hassan et al 2012;Hohashi et al 2004). Brainwave states commonly discussed in scholarly literature consist of the following: (2) Binaural Beats Binaural beat phenomena occur when two sounds with slightly different hertz levels are played in both ears.…”