HAPI Drum from http://HapiTones.com HAPI drum in the in E Major along with a nice fat funk
HAPI Drum from http://HapiTones.com HAPI drum in the in E Major along with a nice fat funky bass line. In this demo, aside from playing the normal tones, I'm playing around tapping it soft for nice pure tones and also hard, for more edgy metallic sounds and also hitting anything else I can find on it to create some percussive effects, like non-note areas and what ever I can smack :) The model is called the Hapi "vibe". The unique tone of the HAPI (hand activated percussion instrument) is created by a tuned vibrating steel tongue. The concept is similar to a wooden tongue drum. When a tongue is quickly and lightly struck with the finger or mallet it vibrates creating sound waves.
We have added dampening of the notes and drum body to keep the drum from becoming discordant and "ringy". This technique is built into each drum and provides excellent resonance while supplying the correct amount of dampening.
By placing low notes next to the appropriate higher notes we achieve multiple harmonics. Their vibrations create desirable overtones which compliment the timbre of the tone.
Players of the Hang, Tank, Hank, and Tongue Drums will enjoy playing a HAPI. Thanks for watching!
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HAPI Drum from http://HapiTones.com This is a HAPI drum in the key of E Major, a little de
HAPI Drum from http://HapiTones.com This is a HAPI drum in the key of E Major, a little demo with a mellow Latin percussion flair. The model is called the Hapi "vibe". The unique tone of the HAPI (hand activated percussion instrument) is created by a tuned vibrating steel tongue. The concept is similar to a wooden tongue drum. When a tongue is quickly and lightly struck with the finger or mallet it vibrates creating sound waves.
We have added dampening of the notes and drum body to keep the drum from becoming discordant and "ringy". This technique is built into each drum and provides excellent resonance while supplying the correct amount of dampening.
By placing low notes next to the appropriate higher notes we achieve multiple harmonics. Their vibrations create desirable overtones which compliment the timbre of the tone.
Players of the Hang, Tank, Hank, and Tongue Drums will enjoy playing a HAPI. Thanks for watching!
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HAPI Drum from http://HapiTones.com This is a HAPI drum in the key of E Major, the model i
HAPI Drum from http://HapiTones.com This is a HAPI drum in the key of E Major, the model is called the Hapi "vibe". The unique tone of the HAPI (hand activated percussion instrument) is created by a tuned vibrating steel tongue. The concept is similar to a wooden tongue drum. When a tongue is quickly and lightly struck with the finger or mallet it vibrates creating sound waves.
We have added dampening of the notes and drum body to keep the drum from becoming discordant and "ringy". This technique is built into each drum and provides excellent resonance while supplying the correct amount of dampening.
By placing low notes next to the appropriate higher notes we achieve multiple harmonics. Their vibrations create desirable overtones which compliment the timbre of the tone.
Players of the Hang, Tank, Hank, and Tongue Drums will enjoy playing a HAPI. Thanks for watching!
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HAPI Drum from http://HapiTones.com This is a HAPI drum in the key of E minor. The unique
HAPI Drum from http://HapiTones.com This is a HAPI drum in the key of E minor. The unique tone of the HAPI (hand activated percussion instrument) is created by a tuned vibrating steel tongue. The concept is similar to a wooden tongue drum. When a tongue is quickly and lightly struck with the finger or mallet it vibrates creating sound waves.
We have added dampening of the notes and drum body to keep the drum from becoming discordant and "ringy". This technique is built into each drum and provides excellent resonance while supplying the correct amount of dampening.
By placing low notes next to the appropriate higher notes we achieve multiple harmonics. Their vibrations create desirable overtones which compliment the timbre of the tone.
Players of the Hang, Tank, Hank, and Tongue Drums will enjoy playing a HAPI. Thanks for watching!
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Can't find a Hang Drum? Don't worry, Get Hapi! http://HapiTones.com
More info about th
Can't find a Hang Drum? Don't worry, Get Hapi! http://HapiTones.com
More info about the Hang Drum at: http://oddmusic.com/hang
My website: http://www.asinglethread.com
myspace page: http://myspace.com/oddmusic
Hang Drum recorded using a Contact Microphone
Music by John Pascuzzi of "a single thread"
If you like my music, feel free to hop over to my channel to check out the main instrument that I play, the "igil" at:
http://youtube.com/oddmusic
Thanks to all the commenter's I haven't thanked, YouTube won't let me reply directly to comments that aren't on the most recent page of comments, something isn't working, and they go by so fast I can't keep up. And a special thank-you to the haters too, you're comments are quite entertaining! :)
The song is called Space Bunnies, and yes (to some folks out there who wondered or think I'm "hand-syncing" or that this is somehow "fake" lol, like lip-syncing to a pre-recorded song) it was recorded live in one take, with a contact mic (the thing that's taped onto the instrument) plugged into an AdrenaLinn guitar processor (for the echo delays and the regular drum beats) and then straight into the video camera... super lo-fi. They are kind of tough to mic properly, since the sound comes out all around the top, so I was trying out a "contact mic" which is stuck to the surface of the instrument and picks up the vibrations of the metal, and then I figured why not plug it into an echo delay effects unit for fun. Was just experimenting and playing around one morning for awhile and then turned on the camera, so some fellow Hang players out there could hear how it sounded through a Contact Mic. But then others out there in YouTube-land seemed to like it, so I left it online.
Some folks think it's some elaborate conspiracy hoax, lol. There are tons of videos on YouTube with others playing these instruments, I just decided to add a little echo to it, no big mystery, thanks much for stopping by and checking it out.
And YES, there are a couple parts, especially on the muted notes around :50 where you'll hear a note but not see me hit it, that's because what you are hearing is a delayed echo of a note that I hit a couple seconds before. Sorry for the long in depth explanation, but for some reason, some people think it's voodoo or something.
The little wooden rectangle on the Hang Drum is the Contact Mic, stuck to the surface with contact mic putty, the blue masking tape is to isolate and hold down the wire coming out of the contact mic so it doesn't rattle around while I'm playing, otherwise that noise would get picked up by the mic.
Whew!
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HAPI Drums available at: http://HapiTones.com
Hang Drum, Didgeridoo, Tuvan igil, and HAPI
HAPI Drums available at: http://HapiTones.com
Hang Drum, Didgeridoo, Tuvan igil, and HAPI Drum are featured in this groovy little music video. The Hang Drum was recorded using a "contact microphone" to capture and accentuate the finger taps, muted notes and hand slaps to get a percussive effect to go along with the sweet tones of the Hang. This didgeridoo was made from an agave cactus stalk. The "igil" is a bowed 2-stringed instrument from Tuva. The HAPI (Hand Activated Percussion Instrument) Drum is a melodic steel tongue drum, and in this video I'm playing a prototype that was sent to me to evaluate, though they are now in production.
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Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
A little song dedicated to t
Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
A little song dedicated to the hard work of the Ukulele's for Peace Project, played on a Tuvan Igil. This isn't my project, I'm just helping spread the word about it though my song, and hope you'll do the same. Here's is some info about the project from the UkulelesForPeace.com website:
For a long time, we have been watching and living the miserable situation between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs in the area. We asked ourselves, how can we contribute to a change of atmosphere? How can we break the distrust between the societies, and how can we--as simple citizens--create more opportunities for Jews and Arabs to meet and be involved with one another in our daily lives?
As Paul regularly performs to both Arab and Jewish kids, it gave him an idea: to combine his love for the ukulele (a small and easy to learn 4 string instrument) and his experience with children to create Ukuleles For Peace.
The goal of Ukuleles for Peace is to bring Jewish and Arab children together to play in an orchestra with ukuleles, kazoos and other fun instruments. Paul works with the students once a week in their own schools, and then brings them together for performances. The children sing in Hebrew, Arabic and English. The hope is that playing together will create further opportunities for communal activities, and that parents and members of the communities will get involved in the program.
Ukuleles for Peace has grown since its inception to involve classes at the open/democratic elementary school in Hod Hasharon and El Najach elementary school in Tira.
Up until now, Paul's work has been completely voluntary. There is an urgent need to find sponsors and to attract funding and public donations to keep the program alive and growing.
Paul's dream is to create orchestras in several communities and towns, enlarging the circle of real co-existence; enabling kids and parents to befriend one another; and with our modest abilities, helping to create a happier, better, peaceful society. There is a lot to be done in this area between the Arab and Jewish population in Israel. If the situation with the Palestinian Authority is safer, Paul would like to form a group there too. That will depend on a relaxing of travel restrictions and on parents feeling that things are safe enough for their children.
Furthermore, we want to make sure that a child who wants to play the ukulele will not be prevented from doing so because he cannot afford one. It is a relatively cheap instrument ($25), but even that is a lot for some families. Besides instruments, there is an ongoing need for strings, instructional books and videos, pitch pipes, etc.
Paul would eventually like to take Ukuleles For Peace around the world playing at events to show that real co operation between war-torn communities is possible.
Before the Ukuleles for Peace program was introduced, there were virtually no communal or social ties between the communities of Tira and Hod Hasharon. Since the start of the program, however, contacts between the two have begun to develop on a number of levels.
At the most fundamental level is the orchestra itself. The children and some parents meet to rehearse and travel to performances together. Here, the children in particular began to form friendships, which lead to birthday party invitations, play dates and other social outings. The orchestra has held several picnics at which families have begun to interact and get to know one another.
The next level up involves the two schools. Three teachers at each school have taken the lead in bringing the two groups together. Special programs have been introduced around the Ukuleles for Peace project, such as parties in each town where the orchestra performs; events focused on learning about and celebrating one another's holidays and cultures; and a special class in Arabic, requested by the Jewish students at Hod Hasharon, and taught by the Head Master from El Najach school. These programs are involving students from both schools who are not part of the orchestra, thus widening the circle of contacts and furthering the mission of Ukuleles for Peace. Other programs--including a collaborative art project--are being planned.
In addition to participation in the Ukuleles for Peace program, the El Najach students participate in aother coexistence program through the Israeli Ministry of Education. The "Coexistence Forum" facilitates partnerships between Arab and Jewish schools. The El Najach school has invited Hod Hasharon Democratic school to be its partner in the Forum.
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Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
an electronic-ish rock-ish t
Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
an electronic-ish rock-ish type groove played on the "igil" with some digital effects and Moog analog filters. The igil is a traditional Tuvan folk instrument, traditionally played acoustically and used to accompany Throat Singing. This igil was made in Tuva by Aldar Tamdyn of the Tuvan throatsinging group Chirgilchin. Music played by John Pascuzzi of "A Single Thread"
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Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
A heavy rockish tune played
Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
A heavy rockish tune played on a Tuvan Igil, the evil monkeys want all the cake and their mischievous antics ensure that much mayhem shall ensue.
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