Sound Bath Sessions 172: Donna Chan & Tata Tse

After several months of working at a desk editing and uploading SBS to Insight Timer, I was glad to be recording again. Tata invited me to record her and her friend Donna in the Peak area. The weather was warm, and the view of the south side of HK was beautiful. Donna has been a practitioner for several years and travels to China to give sessions, too.

For the last recording, Donna played the singing bowls, and Tata switched to a smaller titanium gong. The pairing was perfect as the higher harmonics of the gong matched with the tones of the metal bowls. The tempo of the session was slow and calmer. Abstract. Eventually, the gong fills the space, and Donna's delicate playing accompanies the gong's harmonics. Tata's playing was never too dominant throughout the session, playing just enough to create the harmonics for Donna to play with.

Such a wonderful improvised duet that balanced the two instruments to create a single sound.

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Wow. Not familiar with this particular style, but as promised earlier, I intended to stay open to a wider array of sounds and textures offered by this provider, and I wasn’t disappointed. One can lose oneself entirely into the performance, and cessation of thought is possible, thankfully, with these sounds as ideal objects of one’s meditation. Very cool.