Discover the Hang’s Overtones
In western music overtones are experienced as an aspect of the timbre of a musical instrument. In Asian music overtones are listened as discrete tones above the fundamental frequency. Overtone singers use the overtones of the human voice to create melody lines above the fundamental tone.
The Hang is a musical instrument with strong overtones. The Ding and each tone field are tuned in a special way. Besides the fundamental frequency the first and second overtone, the octave and the compound fifth (the quint above the octave) are tuned in.
You can discover these overtones by tapping on different areas of the tone fields. After Exploring the Hang’s overtones, you will begin to hear the overtone music above your Hang music.
Read the article “Discover the Hang’s Overtones”
in the Hang Library.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Hi,
I wish to obtain an Hang. How can I do this please?
Thanks a lot.
Ian
September 9th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Hi Ian,
look at the navigation bar ;-)
October 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
What key is the IH in? I get asked that and I’m just learning about music theory.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Hi Ben,
look here.