Singing Bowl Timer

What Is a Singing Bowl Timer?

A singing bowl timer uses the sound of a bowl to mark the beginning and end of meditation. The long, slowly fading tone is a gentle way to enter and leave a sit, much softer than a phone alarm. This page is our online meditation timer set up for bowl sounds.

How the Singing Bowl Sound Is Made

The bowl is synthesized live in your browser. It combines a warm fundamental near G3 (196 Hz) with the uneven overtones of a real bowl, and each tone is doubled with a tiny detune. That detune creates the slow "wah-wah" beating you hear from a struck bowl. Each strike fades over about nine seconds.

Because nothing is downloaded, the timer starts instantly and sounds the same on every device.

How to Use the Singing Bowl Timer

1. Pick a length with the slider or presets.
2. Press Begin. One bowl strike opens the sit right away.
3. A lighter chime marks the halfway point.
4. Three bowl strikes, four seconds apart, close the session.

Have a recording of your own bowl? Pick Custom… in the Bell menu under Settings. It plays once at the start and once at the end.

Listening Practice With a Singing Bowl Timer

Try following the closing bowl until you can no longer hear it. That moment where sound turns into silence is a simple and effective focus point. For a longer sit with more bells, use the meditation timer with interval bells.