This phrase is a Zen koan, which is a riddle or puzzle meant to provoke thinking beyond logic. It suggests that some questions may not have rational answers or may require a shift in perspective to understand.
Castanets are made in pairs, connected loosely with fine cord. Their shape is rather like an empty shell. When the castanets are clicked together fairly quickly they make a sound rather like the sound from clapping hands. It is the hollow parts of the castanets, and of the "cupped" clapping hands which make the sound.
It is most difficult to locate the location of sounds directly above the head or below the chin. This is because the ears are located on the sides of the head, making it challenging to discern vertical directionality.
Reverberation, or Reverb for short, is a dispersing effect as the sound waves bounce off multiple hard surfaces they then collide and the waves ripple creating essentially a "Grand Hall" effect. Many Vocalists use Reverberation to make their voices more full.
Sound travels faster and farther in water than in air, which can make it difficult to accurately determine the direction of a sound source underwater. Additionally, underwater environments tend to have more acoustic reflections and distortions, further complicating the perception of sound direction.
When objects make a sound, it is usually due to vibrations that create sound waves. These sound waves travel through the air and reach our ears, where they are processed by the brain to interpret the sound.
no.that is not true because, you have to think "well what can I clap on one hand for it to make a sound?" or "is my clapping metaphorical as in silent applause?"there are many answers to this but there wouldn't be a definite "yes" or "no"Well.... No. Clapping is useing both hands and hitting them against eachother to make a sound, you cannot make a sound useing only one hand. Unless you use a object or another hand. There for there is no sound of one hand clapping.
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This is called a loaded question. Loaded questions contain false or questionable assumptions. The classic example is "Do you still beat your dog?" This question assumes that the person owns a dog and that the dog has been beaten. If either of these assumptions are false the question cannot be answered with "yes" or "no", correct answers expose the false assumptions contained within the question. Answers might be "I do not own a dog" or "I have never beaten my dog." In our question the assumption is that one hand can clap and thereby make a sound. The answer to this question will be determined by how we define "clapping," which will then determine if the assumption it contains is true or false. If we define clapping as "two hands slapping together, thereby producing a sound," then the assumption that one hand can clap is false and the answer should then expose the false assumption. The answer would then be "one hand cannot clap." However, if we define clapping as "one hand slapping another object, thereby producing a sound," then the assumption is true, clapping only requires one hand, and the answer to the question is simply "a clapping sound".
pat pat pat fap.......
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?" is a traditional zen koan -- a question posed by a Zen master to a student.It is meant to be pondered from within the routine of daily life until the answer opens the true heart of the question. All koans must be answered from within the realm of one's own personal experience, and thus be encountered in the journey of living rather than in the rationalizations of logical thought.Accordingly, each koan has many answers, answers that will vary both in words and in the stirring of one's mind and emotions.Even the wisest Zen teacher cannot tell you your own answer. You must find it for yourself, and not in your mind, and not in the comfort of a rational response. Once experienced, the answer is often a life changing experience, and needs no confirmation from anyone else.Here are responses to the question from a variety of WikiAnswer users:What is the sound of one hand clapping? To know, you must experience those aspects of your own life that create this very soundless sound (emotion) within your own being. People who have truly lived with a koan for an extended period of time come to experience the answer. In my own travels down this path with this particular question, there eventually came to be a certain opening of awareness, and a manifestation of the heart of compassion became tangible within. In my experience, the sound of one hand clapping is the emotion of loneliness deeply felt in an increasingly self centered pursuit of enlightenment Experiencing this "answer" turned me away from relative isolation and the self-centered desire to "know," and towards the world and the practice of metta.The simpler answer- It depends on what the hand is clapping against! The yin and yang of it. The Gestalt. The figure and the ground. The container and the contents.What is the sound of one hand clapping in your own life?The sound of one hand clapping is silence. The silence refers to the essence of being which is nothingness.What is the sound of one hand clapping? Who are you when your thinking is silenced? .Our true nature is stillness. That stillness is the same everywhere in everything. But like he up there... concepts won't teach you anything.The sound of one hand clapping is a tiny sound that can be barley heard by humans.the hand is the human heart and the clapping is emotions the other hand represents the one that makes us whole thus the clapping of both hands is the power of two people's emotions and the hands touching each other is the connection between the two peopleThe sound of one hand clapping is a conversation with someone that never connects with them so you try again and again before realizing you are only talking to yourself - they don't get it. If you never realize that, you are just insane by definition and you will continue to be the one hand that connects with nothingness.Using a sound recording device, clap with one hand. Play back the result
Castanets are made in pairs, connected loosely with fine cord. Their shape is rather like an empty shell. When the castanets are clicked together fairly quickly they make a sound rather like the sound from clapping hands. It is the hollow parts of the castanets, and of the "cupped" clapping hands which make the sound.
by hitting with a stick or hand
sound affects hand eye coordination for sure i did an experiment on it and my result was that it will make you slower
clapping at the gate
they are actually there in order to make a higher pitch making it sound higher. on the other hand, the thicker ones make a lower sound
Oh, dude, "snich" isn't really a word in the English language. It's like trying to explain the sound of one hand clapping - just doesn't make sense, man. So, to answer your question, "snich" doesn't mean anything because it's not a real word.
What is the sound of one hand clapping? Grasshopper, your question leaves out many facts needed to solve problem. IE, car make and model, size of motor and is this the original transmission. While not always true that the answer to a question is in the correctly worded question, answers to such a question are much easier to give.