Description : Over the last decade a number of adventurous instrument makers have used steel pans, propane tanks and custom alloy "shells" to create a new breed of... [+]
Description : Over the last decade a number of adventurous instrument makers have used steel pans, propane tanks and custom alloy "shells" to create a new breed of melodic percussion: steel tongue drums. Borrowing design concepts from traditional wood models, steel versions feature "tongues" of varying lengths cut into the top of the drum in a circular pattern. The drum is placed in the percussionist's lap and is struck with fingertips for a soft sound, finger pads for a slapped sound, and thumbs for a harder tonal "knock". Overtones of adjacent tongues ring sympathetically with the note that is being struck to create complexity of sound.
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