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Pentatonic Scale Genre: Blues, Pop, Meditation
Pentatonic Scale Feeling: Meditative, Chill, Balanced
Scale Overview: A Pentatonic scale means that the scale only contains 5 notes that repeat, as opposed to 12 notes or 8 notes. Minimizing the number of notes in the scale makes it easier to riff on melodies and chords. The pentatonic scale is known for being a primary scale of the blues genre, and is what you hear on a lot of those bluesy guitar solos.
Playability: Our intuitive layout of notes makes it easy to play. This is a very playable drum because the notes and combination of notes (chords) are very familiar to our ears. This drum is great for personal use and also good for collaboration with other musicians. Pentatonic scales are especially good for beginners.
Design & Sound Characteristics: We offer a handcrafted instrument of beauty rich in sound & sight. The Manastone is designed with a taller chamber & the hole on top resulting in a richer acoustic tone, louder sound & wider range of notes than manufactured steel tongue drums. This full sound resonates with rich harmonic layers & volume that carries indoors & outside & pairs well with a wide variety of instruments. You get the attributes of a larger handpan but in a smaller, more portable & less-expensive instrument. Value meets master craftsmanship.
Options to Float, Resonate, Hole Location, & Electric Hookup:
Floating: We are the makers of the world's first floating steel tongue drum (to our knowledge!) and we are able to make yours capable of floating if you select the hole to be on top of the drum and choose a chameleon finish.
Tuning: You are also able to select tuning at 432hz if you prefer non-standard tuning, otherwise the default selection is 440hz.
Hole Location: The default location for the hole is on top because this offers more volume and clearer sound. However, many people prefer their instrument to be quieter, or to have a mallet strike zone, and in this case you can select at check-out for the hole to be on the bottom. A floating drum must have the hole on the top to float as well as a chameleon finish.
Electric hookup: We are able to add a hookup to the side of your drum. Obviously this would mean your drum can't float because it has electronics in it.
All Manastone Steel Tongue Drums made of tone tempered steel and sealed with a powder coat finish that is very tough, UV resistant, weather resistant and doesn’t pollute the environment or outgas like other paints.
Weight - 9.5 pounds
Size - 12 inch diameter X 8 inches tall, able to sit comfortably in your lap.
Each purchase of a Manastone steel tongue drum now comes with two hours of prerecorded video lessons to help you learn all the basics from drum care to basic technique. Join co-owner Nicholas to become informed, inspired, and tap into your creative potential. This 10-video series covers the following subjects:
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*Rubber mallets included in every order.
Your drum will ship in 3 - 10 days of placing your order depending on how many other orders we have at the time. We hand make each drum to order in the order that they come in, and look forward to making yours :)
Thank you,
Noah & Nicholas
Double-Sided Manastone Steel Tongue Drums
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These drums are wonderfully resonant and thoughtfully constructed for ease of play. I was so thrilled with how beautiful they sound that I immediately gave one as a special gift!
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