Wind Chimes - Relaxing Sounds All Around Your Garden And Home

By Wendy Criswell

Have you heard while walking past someones garden and enjoyed the sounds of their wind chimes? These beautiful musical instruments are by far the best way to enhance your garden by harvesting the wind or gentle breezes.

Depending on your personal preference, whether it be bold sounds or soft tinkles, you can find sizes, styles and shapes suited for any garden or home.

Here are a few tips on how to get your started:

Before you rush out and buy your chimes, first do a small study of your garden. Take notes on where the wind blows the strongest and where there is a gentle breeze. Look at the direction of the wind. Does it tend to swirl around corners and certain trees and bushes? Which part of your garden has the most one directional wind? Your goal is to have chimes which will be soothing to your ears and not background noise which will irritate you.

The material most used on chimes are aluminum, glass and wood. All three give us vastly different sounds which is good news because now you can create many sounds that come together in the wind.

Depending on how big your garden is, place your chimes at various depths and heights. For example set the bigger ones high maybe on a deck and a smaller one in the same line as the bigger one but lower maybe in a tree, and a smaller one yet to hang among the flowers at a much lower height. Here you need to check the direction of your breeze. You want the wind to always blow from one direction to catch your three-tiered (or more), chime orchestra.

If you are tired of a particular sound of a chime, don't pack it away. Let is sing some more but place something behind it or in front of it. Maybe a dream catcher or a garden sculpture. Let the wind bounce of of these objects to touch your chime maybe in a gentler way or stronger way.

Chimes are a great way to dampen pesky traffic noise. Strategically placed where the noise is concentrated and combing them with a water feature can take away your problem. Tall plants and thick bushes can also help you alleviate noise.

It's really wonderful to have wind Chimes swaying in the gentle breezes of your garden. Harvest the wind to enhance your life. Place a small chime in your main doorway, it will greet your visitors with song and set a harmonious tone in their lives as well. - 33393

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