13 Minute Gong Meditation


Mercury has relinquished its retrograde charade, and is beginning to return to its typical pace and trajectory across the night sky.
Here is a 13 minute gong meditation, featuring the Mercury gong by Paiste.

The beginning features alternating Flam, which gradually get pulled apart, transforming into a single-stroke roll and approximating a tempo purported to be common for Shamanic drumming practices. This gives way to groupings of 4, akin to a Flam-Accent, before giving way to sparse Flam in closing.

With switch of mallets, the playing centers around groupings of 5 and 3.
The right hand carries the groupings of 5, but alternates between a rapid expression and a more relaxed pace. The left hand performs the groupings of 3, which remain at a fairly consistent and even pace of expression.

Lastly, the big mallets come out, and simple alternating strikes are featured. The audio clips quite harshly through this phase, starting just before the 10:00 mark, so you'd be well in your rational-mind to forego this part of the video.

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