How the Hang Drum works

by Marshall Brain

Give this video 60 seconds and you may want to learn more about the Hang Drum:

Here’s another:

And another:

So what are we looking at here? It is a piece of metal, a little like the steeldrum flipped upside down so you can play it with your hands. This video gives a quick tour of the instrument:

See also:

- How (Not) To Buy A Hang Drum

- Hang (musical instrument)

There is lots of talk about the difficulty of obtaining an official Hang Drum, so people are experimenting with drums made from propane tanks. You can find many videos like this on YouTube:

One Response to “How the Hang Drum works”

  1. jsauter

    Hey Marshall,

    Not related to the post here, but Firefox 3 just threw a page saying that one of your click through advertisers is known to be a malicious attack site. The URL it posted was:

    fastwebway.com

    Probably might want to remove them from the rotation if you can control that! :-)

    -Jon

    May 19th, 2008 | 12:32 pm

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