Monday, February 7, 2011

The Hang Drum


 Like a 1950s flying saucer, the Hang's sound is out of this world !
Hang (pronounced Hong) Drum
Hang means "hand" in the Bernese language, and is pronounced "hung or hong". The Hang was developed in Switzerland. It was the result of many years of research on the steelpan and the study of the diverse collection of instruments from around the world, such as Gongs, Gamelan, Ghatam, drums, bells, etc. The instrument is played with the hands. Udu-like sounds are produced with the air resonance, the sounds of the clamped shallow shells sound like bells or harmonically tuned steelpans. The inner note on the bottom dome is the bass note, and when played in a dampened way allows change in pitch like a talking drum. Seven to nine notes are tuned harmonically around a central deep note. The hemispheres are hardened by a process known as gas-nitriding. This is a thermal treatment process in which nascient hydrogen atoms diffuse into the steel and form nitride compounds with many of the alloys in the steel.

Look up video's on Youtube, the music is beautiful. 
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20 comments:

  1. Pro DishwasherFebruary 7, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    The government is only telling you that that's a drum

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  2. WeirdwhirlFebruary 7, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    Post a link to good Hang drum music then!!
    Some people are to lazy to look it up theirselves ;)

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  3. AugustineOfRhinoFebruary 7, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    So, if you put it on the floor and slide it, will it kill goombas?

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  4. billFebruary 7, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    where can you get these drums?

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  5. ShockwaveFebruary 7, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    Gonna take a look on youtube now.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    Never heard of these before. I must youtube it sometime.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Hang Drum? Never heard of it, I'm gonna check it.

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  8. JordanFebruary 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    wow ive never heard of this instrument before...

    followin

    ectomorphmuscle.blogspot.com

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  9. oneginFebruary 7, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    uuh,
    too much mall musicians have this thing

    altough the sound is great

    but switzerland ? o rally?
    hah.

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  10. D4February 7, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    I actually hadn't seen this before, I've probably heard one at one point without realizing it was this instrument. Thanks for sharing!

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    I snarfed my milk all over myself reading Augustine's comment.

    This looks interesting though, but it does have me thinking X-Files though.

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  12. beyondthisallFebruary 8, 2011 at 2:19 AM

    I think ive seen one of these before. None the less. Its great.

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  13. BassislvFebruary 8, 2011 at 4:22 AM

    never heard of this, very interesting

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  14. PrimusFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    Never heard of it !

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  15. CarlFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    Wow, that doesn't even look like a drum.

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  16. Cpt PownzorFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    looks like it would have a very cool sound

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    Coolio

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  18. Arek SałataFebruary 8, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    I've heard that before. Now I knohow it's named.

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  19. UnknownFebruary 8, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Cool new instrument, and you're right. The sound is different but awesome.

    Would have been a bit cooler for you to embed one of the youtube vids into the blog, but I still liked it a lot!

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  20. CreepyFebruary 16, 2011 at 12:33 AM

    That is a really beautiful-sounding instrument.

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