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Wednesday, June 3. 2009

The Hang

The "hang" is a very ancient Swiss drum-like instrument which looks like a wok with dings - similar to a modern steel drum. Swiss mythology tells that the idea was born of children playing with kitchen pots and pans. Here is Liron Man playing one:


 

Posted by Bird Dog in Music at 14:22 | Comments (3) | Trackback (1)

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Poor Bird Dog. He's not very sophisticated. He's settled for a second-rate bizarre Swiss instrument to annoy his neighbors with. Well, I can't sit idly by and let some Swisstafarian bang on a dented wok and let it be passed off as cutting edge Swiss weird
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Its REAL ancient. I believe it was created circa 2000, back in the bad old days before the second coming.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(musical_instrument)
#1 hurf durf on 2009-06-03 18:19 (Reply)
Yes indeed. I was being cute.
#1.1 bd on 2009-06-03 19:29 (Reply)
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Great video and musical treat, thanks! I will add that the somewhat similar 'Himalayan Singing Bowls' are actually ancient, from the 10th-12th centuries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_bowl

:)
#2 USpace (Link) on 2009-06-03 19:52 (Reply)
The Hang is not ancient :) it was invented in the year 2000 after 15 years of developing the special steel it's made of.
it's a creation of science and art, the most amazing one :)
I hope you enjoyied my playing,
you can find more in youtube,
Liron Man
#3 Liron Man on 2010-04-19 03:35 (Reply)

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