Slim HAPI Drum - A Akebono Scale - Black

The Original HAPI Drum has gone on a diet! The new HAPI Slim weighs in at only 7lbs. The height has also been reduced to 6 inches, and it's still a popular 12 inches wide. This makes the SLIM the most portable and easy to carry HAPI drum. You won't think twice about taking your drum with you. It looks sleek and you can even grab it with one hand. Surprisingly for its smaller size, it has a powerful and full bodied sound. It may have lost some weight but there's no compromise on tone. The Slim comes in a variety of new scale choices and is only available in black, which goes with everything!

 

The HAPI drum is ideal for jamming and playing percussive beats. An intuitive note arrangement allows carefree exploration of new musical horizons. The strong, meditative tones are calming and great for relaxing any time, and its great compact design means it can be taken anywhere.

The unique tone of the HAPI drum is created by a tuned, vibrating tongue of steel. The concept is similar to a wooden tongue drum. When a tongue is quickly and lightly struck it vibrates, creating sound waves. By changing the shape and length of the tongue, optimal vibration and perfect tone are achieved. Arranging the notes in this unique way allows each struck tongue to excite surrounding notes that are musically compatible with it, adding to the harmonic spectrum of the tone.

The tone is similar to singing bowls or musical bells which create multiple harmonic overtones. The body of the drum acts as a resonating chamber, adding depth to the note. A minimal amount of force creates a big sound on our drums. We also supply each drum with mallets designed to bring out the pure sound of each note. The arrangement of the notes make going up and down the scale very easy, and one hand can reach two or three notes simultaneously for chord playing. With the isolating rubber feet located on the bottom of the drum, you can set it on any surface to play.

Unique design parameters make our HAPI the best possible steel tongue percussion drum. The Patented (D620,041S) note layout adds harmonic tones to each note when played. This is a compact drum body that easily fits in your lap. The head is 12 inches across, allowing for easy reach. A true rectangular shape rather than the usual “tongue” shape produces a clearer sound. By using an ideal height to width ratio for different notes, we have been able to improve the amplitude of the note and create better balance. Tone accuracy is of the utmost importance. Each note is carefully hand tuned using a strobe tuner for complete control of the tuning process. Special treatments to our steel allow for note stability. This means each HAPI is a durable and reliable instrument.

Specifications:

 

The HAPI Slim drum in the A Akebono Scale weighs 7 lbs. and the dimensions are 12" across by 6" high. Each Drum comes with a pair of mallets that are specifically handmade for the drum. It also includes a handbook that outlines playing techniques. The handbook has mallet and hand playing techniques, as well as practice exercises.

 

The A Akebono scale is a five-note scale used in Japanese music. It is a very interesting and meditative scale. The notes on the A Akebono HAPI drum are: A3 B3 C4 E4 F4 A4 B4 C5. Please check out our YouTube video below to hear this scale and the other HAPI drums we offer.

Model:	HAPI-S-AK
Manufacturer:	RHYTHM EARTH