Chitra

This is our younger, smaller and more accessible model of the standard sound stones. It has only 7 lamellas (whereas the Uttara has a complete 12 and Mulam 9–11). It is kind of a female counterpart to the more male Mulam and naturally reaches higher frequencies more; it and can also be played by smaller and finer hands.

As with all the other stones the real potential of the sound and its unfolding depends very much on the opening of the mineral ‘pores’ so to say, on the responsiveness of the material, which can only be harnessed through extensive playing with a listening and sensory dedication. It seems almost like a miracle how the stones then come alive, opening their full spectrum and the astounding richness of the mineral sound vibrations.