E Minor Pentatonic Manastone Steel Tongue Drum
E Minor Pentatonic Manastone Steel Tongue Drum
Genre: Chill, Meditation, Pop, Rock
Feeling: Calming, Mysterious, Jungle Vibes, Adventurous
Playability: Easy & Intuitive
Key: E
Scale: E G A B D E G A B
Number of Notes: 9
*Pair of branded, rubber-tipped, wooden mallets included in every order.
BONUS - Each purchase of a Manastone steel tongue drum now comes with two hours of Video Lessons to help you learn basic technique for playing the steel tongue drum.
Benefit
This is one of our most popular scales. This scale is calming and also slightly mysterious, great for meditation and bring creating a chill vibe. As with all Manastone steel tongue drums, all the notes are in scale. That means it's in perfect harmony with itself, so it's easy to make it sound good. Our intuitive layout of notes makes it easy to play. Great for personal use and also good for collaboration with other musicians.
Fun Facts
The pentatonic scale is one of the most widely used scales in the world, especially in blues music. It's great for piecing together melodic solos and playing with other musicians.
Playability
One of the unique features of the pentatonic scale is it's easy playability. Penta means 5, and signifies that there are only 5 notes in this scale. With only 5 notes to choose from, concocting melodies becomes much more intuitive. This is a very playable drum because the notes and combination of notes (chords) are very familiar to our ears.
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. 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, & Add Pickup:
Floating: Normally, for other scales, we are able to make you a drum that floats if you select the hole to be on top of the drum and choose a chameleon finish.
Tuning: The world wide standard tuning is 440hz for popular music and it is the sound your ears are used to. If you intent to play with other melodic instruments, you may want to consider 440 so that you are easily in tune with other the other instruments.
You are also able to select tuning at 432hz if you prefer non-standard tuning. 432 is essentially a lower tuning, so each note would be slightly lower. 432hz tunings are often used in the sound healing world and are said to resonate perfectly with the earth, human body, and energy system. Choosing 432 means other instruments would need to tune to your drum. If you are interested in exploring 432hz for yourself, here's your chance!
Adding a Pickup: We can add a Piezo pickup to your drum for an additional $35. The pickups sounds great and allow you to plug into an amplifier for a performance or to play with different effects like reverb and delay that can create an even bigger and thicker sound. ***Adding a pickup means the drum can't float, but it's a great trade off.
MATERIALS & BUILD
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.
BONUS - TWO HOURS OF LESSONS INCLUDED
Bonus - Each purchase of a Manastone steel tongue drum now comes with two hours of prerecorded video lessons to help you learn all the basics! You'll learn drum care and basic technique. Join co-owner Nicholas to become informed, inspired, and tap into your creative potential. This 10-video series covers the following subjects:
- Introduction Video
- Lesson 1 - Drum Care
- Lesson 2 - How to Hold the Drum for Most Resonance
- Lesson 3 - Holding Mallets & Walking Up the Scale
- Lesson 4 - Playing with your Hands 101
- Lesson 5 - Finding Chords and Patterns
- Lesson 6 - Establishing Core Rhythms
- Lesson 7 - Main Differences Between Playing with Mallets vs. Hands
- Lesson 8 - Special Techniques
- Lesson 9 - Conclusion & Bonus Tips for Playing Music for Meditation & Yoga
*For more information visit our FAQ.
Your drum will ship within 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
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