🌤️ Free gentle alarm sound
Singing Bowl Alarm Sound
A Tibetan singing bowl, struck once and left to ring. The quietest sound we have: for people who wake at the smallest noise.
The recording
A Tibetan singing bowl struck with a mallet. A clear, bright strike, then a long, slowly fading hum. It is the quietest sound we measured: most of its 72 seconds is the tone dying away.
Recorded by FlashTrauma and shared on Freesound as “Tibetan Singing Bowl” under CC0: free to use for anything. We volume-matched it and made the phone files.
Who it’s for
Great for: Very light sleepers, meditation mornings, and partners who must not be woken.
Skip it if: You are a normal or heavy sleeper. You will sleep right through it.
Singing bowl: the numbers
| Length | 1:12 |
|---|---|
| Loudness | Soft (-31.4 dB at matched volume) |
| How it starts | Full volume right away |
| Pattern | One long, fading tone |
| Wake power | 1 out of 5 |
| iPhone file | First 30 seconds, with a 2-second fade |
Questions people ask
Will a singing bowl alarm actually wake me up?
Only if you sleep lightly. The bowl gets quiet quickly after each strike, so set your phone volume higher than usual and keep a backup alarm if you need to be up on time.
Why use a singing bowl as an alarm?
Its single, pure tone is about as calm as an alarm can be. Some people like starting the day without the rush of adrenaline a beeping alarm gives them.