Thanks for writing. If you are constructing your own plate to be played with a violin bow, here are some instructions (in case you don’t have any yet) http://www.cymaticplate.com/go. On the video of the plate being played with electronic frequency, I have made one like that using materials from Pasco Scientific (see this post) and will be putting instructions together soon for how to do it, you’ll see an announcement on the Journal when they are ready (make sure you are a subscriber and you will get a notification in your inbox).

-Jodina

Since this is an older post, I’m not sure if you’re still monitoring it. But since someone mentioned you trying a cymbal stand, I thought I would chime in as a drummer, and further suggest you try out a hi-hat stand. The height is adjustable, and it’s stable enough to take being smacked with a stick while the attached foot pedal is being stomped on.

Is your free introductory to cymatics still available? I signed up at http://www.cymaticsounder.com/ but never received the link to access the material.

Also, with regard to your course at http://cymaticplate.com/ do you think a platen could be modified to have a small lip so as to contain liquid? I’m curious to try out water with a luminescent hydro-phobic ink, to see if the playing of the plate would cause the patterns to separate the water and ink.

Thanks much =)

Just thought I’d share some thoughts and experiences. About 9 yrs ago, I went through what I call an awakening experience and it shook me to my core, changed my life and how I view the world. Without getting into a lot of detail, I experienced the world briefly in a geometric form, all that I looked upon was made of tiny geometric forms (polygons, etc), during this I also heard a high pitched frequency above my head (A 864 hz approx.) and with this came a feeling of intense bliss, love, and connectedness to all things. Everything contained a glow within it beyond the physical form.
From this experience I became interested in sacred geometry and the structure of all things.
I am sharing this because I think it it is directly related to Cymetics, color, frequency, dimensions etc.
I am a singer songwriter and am at the moment playing with recording my songs in A 432 hz and am amazed by how this particular frequency feels when listening to it. I’ve tuned all my guitars to this frequency and have just finished recording a song called ‘Freedom”.
I am also in the process of putting together a music story/show that uses visuals and would like to use some kind of cymatic software to relate the frequency to shapes and colors. I guess another option would be to create a cymatic plate of some sort and video the results and present it in a pre-recorded show. Any ideas?
Great site by the way Jodina, you are helping pave the way to a better understanding of life as we know it, thanks.

Peace,
Brett

There is a good site for the connection between sound and health here:
http://www.biosonics.com If you go there tell John I sent you

–Jodina

Thanks for the notes! Cymatic plates of various shapes have been used by Hans Jenny in his research, if you look up his book “Cymatics” on Amazon you will be able to see some triangular and other shapes of plates. If you have access to a metal shop that can cut pentagram or octagonal shapes, try it out, I would love to see your results with that.

There has been some works done with magnetic filings as well; in fact there is a display at the Chicago Museum of Science with balls of iron filings that dance to music. It’s very cool. I hope to do an experiment with mercury soon. Great ideas, keep them coming!