Tankdrum #34 - Boulder Falls - G Minor

This is the Grateful Giver model Tankdrum... www.Tankdrum.com this one is a double-sided Tankdrum in an interesting variation of the G Natural Minor scale... playing near Boulder Falls... There are many different tunings and models of steel tongue drums on the website, Tankdrum.com, and even more here on my youtube channel and on ebay... a Tankdrum is a new melodic steel percussion instrument (steel tongue drum) that is played with the fingertips... a Tankdrum (tank drum) is considered a steel tongue drum which is in the idiophone class of instruments, more specifically it is a struck idiophone... this new melodic steel tongue instrument is inspired by the PANArt Hang and other similar instruments such as the Space Drum, Pantheon steel Halo, idiopan, slit drum, Hank Drum by Dennis Havlena, and Tambiro by Fela Vega... a tank drum, or steel tongue drum, is most often made from a propane tank, often a recycled propane tank, however the Tankdrums at Tankdrum.com have never been used to hold propane... the steel tongue drums at Tankdrum.com also receive an intense heat treatment which hardens the steel to its maximum potential and allows for the ultra smooth resonance and high note tunings that give a Tankdrum its unique sound, unlike any other steel tongue drum, Hapi drum, vibe drum, AM drum, Kaisen, One tone, Garrahand, etc... the Tankdrum is being used in meditation and yoga studios as well as in new age and electronic studios for the unique and ethereal sounds that can be activated organically...this new idiophone is intuitive and therapeutic, used to ignite creativity and for healing in musical therapy worldwide... if you like the music in this video you should check out the other double side tank drum tunings here on youtube... we have tank drums in many keys and scales including Major, Minor, Hijaz, Akebono, Phrygian Dominant, Double Harmonic, and more... Custom drums are also available so if there is a scale you hear online whether it be on a PANart Hang, a Halo, Terrapan, Bali steel drum, Aura handpan, Saraz hand pan, or any other hand pan or steel tongue drum, we can tune your tank drum in this way, and possibly add more depth to its scale with our tuning techniques.... www.Tankdrum.com for 19+ hours of original music downloads (free) visit my soundcloud page... www.SoundCloud.com/1111