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This year’s Hang Out UK will take place 18th – 20th September 2009 on Mellow Farm, Farnham, UK. The yearly event (since 2007) has become an international visited weekend for people passionate about the Hang join together to learn new techniques and play Hang. Friday night will be an open Mic, Saturday night performances by Andi Steil, In2Nation, Wa-Dohm, Spyros, Keona, Dizzi and Ann Malone are announced. Because the event is strictly limited to 80 people it is recommended to book early. More information at the Hang Out UK Website.

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.