Hapi Fingers-Hapi Drum Demo #4 recorded in the Hapi hang out

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!

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: oddmusic

Length: 02:33
Rating: 4.81
Views: 26801

Tags: drum  hang  hank  hapi  kalimba  marimba  oddmusic  percussion  single  steel  tank  thread  tongue  

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