BANGALORE: Have you ever taken time to just sit back relax and listen to some soothing melodies of wind chimes?
The breeze captured in the soft symphony of chimes ensures a positive healing experience on mind and body. Human beings are known to respond to sounds and vibrations right down to the smallest entity of our body.
It is the vibration that creates a unique resonance enabling our communication with the universe.
Apart from the popular belief of being a harbinger of good luck , wind chimes are also used as aural garden ornaments.
Unique wind chimes are dominating the home décor industry today. The sound quality is of paramount importance to a connoisseur of chimes.
The diacritical sounds emitted from them has a calming and revitalising effect on the mind providing a beneficial unwinding from the daily stress of living.
Dating back to ancient times, wind chimes have had a rich history in south and east Asia, where they were elaborately decorated or carved and hung from sacred structures.
Today, wind chimes continue to be just as popular with all cultures, the utilisation however being restricted to decorative purposes than spiritual totems.
The resurgence of the understanding of the potential of Oriental culture and the whole science of Feng Shui, the Chinese art of using element arrangement to achieve balance and harmony, have ushered in a fresh market for wind chimes or Aeolian chimes.
As a percussion instrument they have been used in modern music by various artists and composers.
David Andre Sitek, a rock band artist, is well known for hanging a wind chime from the end of his guitar to add texture to his music.
After all, the sound calms the mind which expands conscious awareness and connection with spirit.
The outdoor wind chimes are the most wonderful rims of barrel creating a melodious soothing sound to the ear which relaxes the mood amazingly.
As the main purpose of an outdoor wind chime is to cause magical symphony leaving its listeners spellbound, it is normally hung from the ceiling or portico of the house to ensure the refreshing effect of rhythmic sounds.
Au contraire, the indoor wind chimes in the pre-historic era were the sign of aristocracy and charm, mesmerizing everyone with the distinctive rhythmic nodes created by wind.
In the modern era , however, metal wind chimes are a popular usage, as the metal has a property of causing effective sonorous melodies, filling the ambiance with an implausible camouflaging magical sound created by the blowing winds.