The Place for HandPan Musicians. Hang Playing Hedge Monkeys. Hang Massive - Once Again - 2011 ( hang drum duo ) ( HD ) Tumblr. Babel Steel Tongue Drums with Daniel Waples. Hand Pan Performances on Vimeo. Titan C Mixolydian. Babeldrums. Babel Drum. Babel Drums. Babeldrums (Babeldrums) Can our natural rhythm heal us? Nick Topper Headon from The Clash explains how drumming helped him Could a natural rhythm - which some experts believe we all possess - be a cure for a variety of health problems?
Some certainly think so. Musician Simon Lee, from Kent, is called on to teach drumming to patients with problems ranging from addiction to autism, and learning difficulties to mental health issues. He has even offered help to terminally ill patients needing palliative care. And he says the results are amazing. Experts believe that rhythmic drumming can aid health by inducing a deep sense of relaxation, reducing stress, and lowering blood pressure. Drumming health benefits "Drumming has a number of benefits," said Simon. "It can energise or relax. One patient, an alcoholic, told Simon her drumming sessions had helped her so much it had given her the inspiration to continue with a gruelling detox course. "The drumming was the first time she engaged and smiled. Natural sense of rhythm. HandPans Magazine - The PANArt Hang, HandPan, and Hank Drum Explored. On websites such as this one (and others like it), you may have noticed that the terms ‘Steel Tongue Drum’, and ‘Hank Drum’, are used fairly interchangeably.
Which could lead to confusion. And while this post should be considered to be ‘as I understand it’ (and arguably a little bit anal), rather than necessarily encyclopedia factual. It (attempts) to explain the difference between the two terms, ‘as I understand it!’ , for those interested in such things... The ‘Hank drum’ (sometimes referred to simply as a ‘Hank’), is the ‘Hang-inspired’ instrument invented by ‘Dennis Havlena’, back in 2007.
The name Hank drum is a combination of the words ‘Hang’, and ‘Tank’ (with an additional hat-tip towards ‘Hank’ (the Propane Salesman) from the animated TV show ‘King of the Hill’). Steel Tongue Drum. Adolfo Muñoz. Adolfo Muñoz. How to Build a Hank Drum. Hang Drum. A few months back I stumbled across a video blog by a moderately well known musician.
I watched for a few minutes as this person talked about a new album before picking up a very interesting instrument. It appeared to be some sort of steel drum in the shape of a UFO. Unsure of what to expect, I kept watching and was blown away by the sweet percussive tones coming from this strange instrument. It was played with the hands, which just made it seem all the more exotic. I forgot about this video until about a month ago when I came across another video: YouTube Video Now I knew what this instrument was called, a Hang. Unable to find the slightest shred of information regarding the process by which Hang drums are made, I turned to researching traditional steel pan making techniques. I changed many of the techniques to suit what would be required for a Hang. As is done when building a traditional steel pan, I started with the bottom of a 55 gallon oil drum. That concludes the initial shaping. TUTORIAL HANG BUTANO TANK DRUM. 16 Key Oak Tongue Drum. HANG. Tambor de Metal.
Hang Drum, Panart, melodic metal percussion drum, steel pan, steel drum, Hapi. 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.