Recording
In 1967, while traveling in India, Smith stayed in a Gyuto Tibetan Buddhist monastery. During his visit he heard the monks chanting and realized that each monk was producing a chord of notes, rather than a single note. He recorded the chanting and when he returned to MIT, he had acoustic engineers analyze the sounds. They confirmed the finding. Smith has called this the single most important empirical discovery of his career. The recording was release as an LP titled Music of Tibet, and later through an agreement with mondayMEDIA, released on CD. Royalties from the sales go to support the Gyuto University.
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