Crystal Singing Bowl — C
256.00 Hz
Nearest note: C4, 38 cents below standard tuning
A crystal singing bowl tuned to C.
How well is this supported?
Part of a musical, cultural or practitioner tradition. Included because people use it, not because it has been tested.
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About this number
A crystal singing bowl tuned to C. This entry uses 256 Hz, which is C in scientific pitch. That is about 38 cents below C4 at A = 440 (261.63 Hz), a little over a third of the step between two neighboring piano keys. Crystal singing bowls are made from fused quartz. Manufacturers claim very high purity. They produce a pure, sustained tone with very few overtones compared to metal bowls. Sellers offer crystal bowls tuned to A = 440, where C4 is 261.63 Hz, or to A = 432, where C4 is 256.87 Hz.
What is said about it
What is said, not what was measured
In sound healing practice, C bowls are associated with the root chakra and with grounding. Sellers of seven-bowl sets pair the notes C, D, E, F, G, A and B with the seven chakras, from root (C) to crown (B).
Facts
- Frequency
- 256.00 Hz
- Wavelength in air (20 °C)
- 1.34 m
- Nearest note
- C4, 38 cents below standard tuning
- Kind of statement
- Instrument
- Filed under
- Instruments & gongs
Sources
- Makers’ descriptions
What manufacturers say about their own instruments. No independent source was found.
More about the pitch
The same note in every octave
Each step doubles or halves the frequency. Tap one to hear it.
Entries close in pitch
Within 35 cents of this tone, in any octave. A cent is one hundredth of the step between two neighboring piano keys. Being close in pitch does not mean two things are connected.