About this course
Compose with the full palette
Sound Alchemy moves beyond the bowl: gong technique and dynamics, weighted and unweighted forks for targeted work, chimes and voice as seasoning — and the art of weaving them into a 60-minute session that feels inevitable.
- Taught by Anna Smith, retreat coordinator & gong practitioner
- Best after Sacred Resonance or equivalent experience
- Final project: design and record a full 60-minute session
Curriculum
What you will learn
Mallets, striking zones, building and releasing intensity, and reading a room during loud passages.
Weighted vs unweighted forks, placement points, intervals for calm, and session-safe protocols.
Koshi chimes, tingsha, rainstick and voice — transitions, textures and gentle endings.
Score a 60-minute journey on paper, rehearse it, record it, and receive detailed mentor feedback.
Details
The practical part
8 hours of video across 30 lessons, session-score templates and a fork-placement reference chart. Instruments are demonstrated throughout; student gongs and fork sets are available in our shop.
Compose your first journey — start learning