Tibetan Tingsha or Hand Cymbals

Tibetan Tingsha or Hand Cymbals

Percussion Instruments

Tibetan hand cymbals, known as tingshas are small cymbals attached together with a leather strap to produce a unique high pitched, long-ringing tone. The cymbals are used typically by Tibetan Buddhist practitioners as an instrument for meditation, music and sound healings. Tingshas are often accompanied with singing bowls to create soothing sounds. Tingshas are most often made from bronze alloys but can also be from bone or wood. 

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Check out a demonstration of a Tingsha below. 

20th Century

Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA)

Dr. William V. Puffenberger

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Two bronze cymbals with Tibetan wiring engraved and attached by a piece of string.

Diameter of each cymbal: 2.75 in (7 cm)

Length from cymbal to cymbal (including the string): 18 in (45.7 cm)

Tibetan

Physical Object

Puffenberger #101

Nepal