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HAPI Steel Tongue Drum - Tini - A
Price: $99.00
Availability: In Stock
HAPI Tini-Play-Along™ Drum. Our Tini-Play-Along drum is great for playing songs and also for free form jamming. This is a minor scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has no flats and no sharps. Its relative major is C major. A4 is the lowest note and A5 is the highest note. It is very compatible with other instruments. Because of its high voice (this our highest voiced drum) it works well as the melody over top of a bass rhythm. Pairs great with many of...
HAPI Steel Tongue Drum Mini - C or D
Price: $159.00
Availability: In Stock
HAPI Drum Mini. There are no wrong notes! Play any note in any order and the drum sounds great! Recommended for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players. Great for intuitive play, meditation, yoga, music and sound therapy. These mini ones have a big sound at a small price! It’s so easy to bring it along anywhere you go. Play it in the park, bring it over to a friends house, or take it camping. Includes: HAPI Mini DrumPadded Travel BagMalletsInstruction BookletFREE Shipping (within...
HAPI Steel Tongue Drum - Aura - C, B or A
Price: $229.00
Availability: In Stock
Steel Tongue Drum - HAPI Aura Steel tongue drum Aura is a great tool and can be used for yoga, meditation and music therapy to help ease the mind and relax the body. Discover a natural way to find calm, any time of the day. Steel tongue drum with a soothing sound that will help your body and mind to unwind bringing you to a state of tranquility day or night. Meditation is known to reduce stress and anxiety. It promotes emotional health and a stronger understanding of yourself. Focus on...
HAPI Steel Tongue Drum - Slim - A or G
Price: $245.00
Availability: In Stock
HAPI Drum Slim. Recommended for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players. Our HAPI Slim Drum has a sleek design and can be carried with one hand. It has a powerful and full bodied sound. Our eight note tongue layout adds harmonic tones to each note when played. The bottom port lets the sound out to fill the room. Isolating rubber feet located on the bottom of the drum allow it to be set on any surface for play. Includes: HAPI Slim DrumPadded Travel BagMalletsInstruction BookletFREE...
HAPI Steel Tongue Drum - Origin - E or D
Price: $259.00
Availability: In Stock
Our HAPI Origin Drum comes in deeper meditative scales. To hear the strength of the lower deep tones, we recommend covering the bottom of the drum. Sit the drum on a pillow or play the drum in your closed lap. This directs the deep bass tones back up through the drum to you. Great for music therapy, meditation, yoga. Recommended for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players. The HAPI Origin Drum is available in 2 different pentatonic scales: E Major (E3, F#3, G#3,...
HAPI Steel Tongue Drum - Omni - G or F
Price: $296.00
Availability: In Stock
HAPI Drum Omni. Recommended for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players. We have come to understand many unique attributes from our experience in making tongue drums and handpans. We have combined this knowledge to create the Omni. A new innovative tongue drum shape with a great sound! This drum was designed to harness some of the attributes of handpans into a steel tongue drum instrument. We use a scale arrangement where the lowest note in the middle is below the outer side notes. This...
HAPI Slim Tuneable G, F#, F
Price: $266.40
Availability: In Stock
HAPI Drum Slim Tuneable – Over 24 different scales possible in one HAPI Drum! Ideal for the musician who wants to change scales for different compositions, or for the casual drummer who wants to experiment with different scales. Comes with an illustrated instruction booklet and 24 different scales to get you started! Tune your drum to a huge range of Pentatonic Scales in G, F# or F. Try out Minor, Akebono, Pygmy, Egyptian, Blues, Major, Melog and more! Play with your hands, or with the...
HAPI Origin Tuneable E, Eb, D
Price: $266.40
Availability: In Stock
HAPI Origin Tuneable Drum – Over 24 different scales possible in one drum! Ideal for the musician who wants to change scales for different compositions, or for the casual drummer who wants to experiment with different scales. Comes with an illustrated instruction booklet and 24 different scales to get you started! Tune your drum to a huge range of pentatonic scales in E, E flat or D. Try out Minor, Akebono, Pygmy, Egyptian, Blues, Major, Melog and more! Play with your hands, or with the...
What is a HAPI Steel Tongue Drum?
Our HAPI Drums use tongues cut to different sizes and shapes to produce musical tones, similar to a wooden tongue drum. Our product line offers endless possibilities for musical expression.
Can anyone play a HAPI Steel Tongue Drum?
Anyone who wants an easy to play intuitive drum can learn to play one. You
don't need a musical background. The note layout makes it easy to jump right into grooving rhythms. Our drums are the perfect musical instrument for jamming and playing percussive beats. Experiment with different note combinations to create your own unique compositions.
Our steel tongue drums can be used in any setting. But, here are some specific uses for them:
Steel tongue drum Slim has a soothing sound that will help your body and mind to unwind bringing you to a state of tranquility day or night. Our HAPI Tini Drum is ideal for music development and hand eye coordination. Our HAPI Mini Drum is great for camping or taking to the beach. Our Aura HAPI Drum is a perfect fit for music therapists, sound therapy and rehabilitation. Our Origin HAPI Drum is ideal for mindful meditation. Our HAPI Omni Drum is great for focus and intention. Our Handpans are amazing for sound studios and musicians. Check out our HAPI Drum Gift Guide here.
How is a HAPI Drum played?
We recommend playing the HAPI Drum with the pads of your fingers. A wide range of sounds can be created with different techniques. Playing by hand connects you with the HAPI Drum in the way that traditional drums are enjoyed. A minimal amount of force creates a big sound on these drums. We also supply each HAPI Drum with mallets designed to bring out pure tone. Our mallets are designed to eliminate “head slap” creating a very clear tone. When using mallets, hold the mallet lightly and let it drop onto the note. This creates the ideal tone. When using your hands all that is required is a light quick touch from the pad of your finger.
When playing with your hands, use the pad of only one finger to strike the note. Hit the note at the top of the tongue, your target area is towards the top, in the middle of the tongue. Do not use the tip of the finger but rather the full pad of your finger. Your finger should be about level with the steel tongue drum before you start the motion and two to three inches above the drum. Use a wrist motion to slap the finger off of the note. Do not move your elbows, it’s all in the wrist. Let your finger lightly bounce off the drum note like the mallets do.
Why choose a HAPI Steel Tongue Drum?
You can only get the original and best sounding steel tongue drums from HAPI Drum. We created the HAPI Drum back in 2008. Over the years we have added many new features that enhance our drums. You won't find these features on other drums in the market:
- Musical Steel. We tested many different alloy compositions of sheet steel to find one that is perfect for steel tongue drum sound quality. We only use this musical steel when producing all of our drums.
- Rubber Feet. Installed on our drums is a set of sound isolating rubber feet. This allows the drum to be played in your lap or on any surface for enjoyment. If a drum does not have rubber feet installed it will sound dull and flat when set on a surface to be played.
- A Bottom Sound Port. We have carefully chosen the size of the opening port in the bottom of the HAPI Drums. It allows the sound to escape and increases the volume. It also releases the tone from the body so that the notes do not overlap each other.
- Dampening System. Additional dampening of the notes and drum body is required to keep these drums from becoming discordant and “ringy”. We have developed a breakthrough proprietary technique built into each HAPI Drum which provides excellent resonance
while supplying the correct amount of dampening.
- Mallets. We supply each drum with mallets designed to bring out pure tone. Our mallets are designed to eliminate “head slap” creating a very clear tone. With a little practice, you can also play HAPI Drums by hand.
- Instruction Booklet. Each HAPI Drum comes with a complete instruction booklet on how to play the drum.
- Pentatonic Scales. The word "pentatonic" comes from the Greek word pente meaning five and tonic meaning tone. It is a musical scale that consists of five notes within one octave. Because of their arrangement, pentatonic scales are often used to introduce beginners to music. You don't need a musical background to enjoy a HAPI Drum. There are no wrong notes. You can play any note in any order and the drum will sound great.
Hapi Drum Makes Me Hapi!!
I received a beautiful Hapi Drum Slim for Mother’s Day that I absolutely LOVE. I decided I wanted to also have a smaller Hapi Drum and the lower cost of the Trinity Drum drew me in. It sounds so beautiful and the pentatonic scale is cheerful and fun to play!! I love how even the high notes ring out so crisp and clear! I’ve had “knockoffs” in the past, before I discovered Hapi, and their high notes were basically dead. There is zero comparison. The color and finish is gorgeous on this drum too. It’s an amazing value for what you’re getting with the Trinity Drum. Don’t waste your hard earned money on the “cheap knockoffs” first, like I did.
HAPPILY in LOVE with my NEW HAPI DRUM
I have been wanting a Hapi Drum for quite some time now, and I finally treated myself to one for my birthday! My heart is so happily in love with this beautiful instrument! The sound is absolutely magical and truly soothes my soul every time I play it.
I look forward to treating myself to another Hapi Drum again!
So very happy!
I am delighted to tell you my Hapi Handpan arrived.
Thanks for the great service. It came so fast from when I placed the order to when it was in my hands. You packaged is so well, too, and it arrived in perfect condition. It looks and sounds beautiful. I am so pleased and look forward to playing it often for my own contemplative enjoyment and for the deep relaxation of students at the end of my yoga classes. Thanks so much for all your dedicated, hands-on learning and labor of love that have gone into making this instrument. I have already been playing and loving three Hapi tongue drums, and this handpan brings my appreciation and potential for meditative musical expression into another wondrous dimension.