In the hands of a master, even a 'simple' percussion instrument can produce profound music.

 

To the sacred music traditions of bells, tingsha, Himalayan bowls and gongs, these small cymbals bring new dimensions, adding the profound experience of live bilateral sound.

Inspired by the listening meditations and cymbal style of Sufi master Adnan Sarhan, we play arhythmic improvisations, exploring harmonics within the energy and acoustics of a space, weaving different cymbal voices into rivers of sound and silence to create a profound, absorbing experience.

If you can imagine a quiet gong bath, many octaves higher with a proportionately smaller range of sound, resonating through the body and psyche with a subtle, persistent power, you will begin to grasp what a meditative concert of finger cymbal music is like.

- from "Mystic Cymbalism: Sound Healing & Meditation with Finger Cymbals", ©2009 by Jenna Woods

 

Whether we call them segat (Arabic), zills (Turkish), or finger cymbals, they have both an ancient history and a brilliant new spectrum of sound.

 

Let us take you on a surprising journey

Listen to Rumi  (Jenna Woods improv solo)

Listen to The Sound of One tracks