{"id":920,"date":"2012-11-22T21:47:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T21:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/?p=920"},"modified":"2013-04-02T19:20:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T18:20:47","slug":"gongs-and-tam-tams-a-guide-for-percussionists-drummers-and-sound-healers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/11\/gongs-and-tam-tams-a-guide-for-percussionists-drummers-and-sound-healers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gongs and Tam-Tams: A Guide for Percussionists, Drummers and Sound Healers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-921\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/11\/gongs-and-tam-tams-a-guide-for-percussionists-drummers-and-sound-healers\/phils-gong-book\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-921\" title=\"Gongs and Tam Tams\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phils-Gong-Book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Dear Sound Healing Friends, I&#8217;ve just returned from the\u00a0 College of Sound Healing&#8217;s annual conference.\u00a0 It was lovely to catch up with old friends and make some new acquaintances too.\u00a0 It was a joy to bump into my friend Phil McNamara at the conference.\u00a0 Phil and I trained together on our Gong Practitioner&#8217;s Course with the College.\u00a0 Phil has had a life long interest in gongs, and besides a more recent interest with gong sound healing, has played as a percussionist in various different orchestras throughout the UK.\u00a0 As such, he is something of an expert on gongs, and I would like to recommend his recent book, Gongs and Tam-Tams:\u00a0 A Guide for Percussionists, Drummers and Sound Healers.\u00a0 I often get asked during gong baths about the gongs and this book is an excellent resource if you want to find out more about the actual different gongs that are available around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Gongs and Tam-Tams:\u00a0 A Guide for Percussionists, Drummers and Sound Healers can be sourced from Sound Travels as well as YPD Books and Waterstones and is highly recommended for those of you who would like to purchase your own gong and are bemused by the different ones available.\u00a0 This book is a one-stop shop covering all aspects of these fascinating  instruments. With information about their construction, history, and  playing techniques as well as the paraphernalia needed in terms of  beaters, cases and stands, cleaning and care, and a comprehensive  listing and description of many of the gongs available today or in the  recent past.<\/p>\n<p>This book is intended for anyone interested in gongs, from players  through to sound healers, including composers, music arrangers, and  students of music, metallurgy and percussion history. It is believed to  be the first book of its kind in the World, and would be an excellent Christmas present for anyone who is just about to embark on their gong journey.<\/p>\n<p>Another reminder about the Reiki Drum Share next March 24th in Essex.\u00a0 As always, it&#8217;s booking up fast.\u00a0 There are about 15 spaces left.\u00a0 Please let me know should you like to attend and I will reserve you a place.\u00a0 The same applies for the North Cornwall Reiki retreat which is being held around the Summer Solstice next June 17-21st.\u00a0 This is going to be the most magical of the retreats I have run over the past few years.\u00a0 It truly is not to be missed and there are a handful of places remaining.\u00a0 This retreat will be a wonderful opportunity to deepen your Reiki practise in beautiful, high vibrational surroundings so conducive to self development and healing.\u00a0 Please let me know if you would like further information.<\/p>\n<p>I have a beautiful three days ahead of me.\u00a0 Shoden tomorrow, followed by two days of Okuden and a Reiki Share tomorrow night&#8230; what bliss!\u00a0 I am looking forward to seeing some of you at our Sawbridgeworth Yule chant evening on 6th December and of course for the Ascension Evening 12.12.12 which is going to be AMAZING!<\/p>\n<p>With love xxx<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forthcoming Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>November 23 \u2013 <\/strong>Reiki Share (Students only) 1930 hrs (donation).<\/li>\n<li><strong>December 6<\/strong> \u2013 Christmas\/Yule Sacred Chant Evening, 0730-0930 hrs, Sawbridgeworth.  Fee \u00a38 payable on the night<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>December 12<\/strong> \u2013 Ascension Evening 12.12.12. A  magical  evening  of sound commencing with sacred drumming, a special  group Ascension  Ceremony and a hour long gong bath meditation.   Sheering Village Hall,  Sheering, Essex.\u00a0 Doors open 07:00 pm, last  entry 07:25 pm.\u00a0 Gong Bath\u00a0  ends at 10:00 pm.\u00a0 \u2013 Fee \u00a320 payable in  advance.\u00a0 An evening to  celebrate our interconnectness with like  minded. <strong>(Full)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>January 26 &amp; 27 \u2013 <\/strong>Reiki Drum Practitioner Class, Sawbridgeworth<\/li>\n<li><strong>February 2 &amp; 3 \u2013 <\/strong>Reiki One Shoden<\/li>\n<li><strong>February 9 &amp; 10 \u2013 <\/strong>Reiki Two Okuden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday March 24th 2013<\/strong> \u2013 Reiki Drum Share, Sheering, Essex to celebrate the Spring Equinox 10:00-16:30\u00a0 Fee \u00a320 payable in advance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monday 17th-Friday 21st June 2013<\/strong> &#8211; Reiki Retreat, Tintagel, Cornwall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sound Healing Friends, I&#8217;ve just returned from the\u00a0 College of Sound Healing&#8217;s annual conference.\u00a0 It was lovely to catch up with old friends and make some new acquaintances too.\u00a0 It was a joy to bump into my friend Phil McNamara at the conference.\u00a0 Phil and I trained together on our Gong Practitioner&#8217;s Course with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15,18],"tags":[364,368,303,13,68,366,367,89,365,4,161,200,11,95,62,90,6,245,12],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes","category-healing","category-retreats-workshops","tag-ascension","tag-chant","tag-college-of-sound-healing","tag-gong","tag-gong-bath","tag-gong-practitioner","tag-gongs-and-tam-tams","tag-okuden","tag-phil-mcnamara","tag-reiki-drum","tag-reiki-drum-share","tag-reiki-drum-technique","tag-reiki-drumming","tag-reiki-first-degree","tag-reiki-retreat","tag-reiki-second-degree","tag-reiki-share","tag-shoden","tag-sound-healing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1012,"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.reikidrum.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}