It was 14 months ago, in November 2006, when the Hangblog started as a little German Weblog about the Hang. In the meantime it grows up and became a bilingual place for Hang related topics with English and German content and more than 10,000 visitors per month. So I decided that it was time for a new appearance. I hope the new design makes it easier for the readers to find the information they are searching for.
At the request of the hangbuilders from PANArt the hangblog publishes two new Hang papers written for the International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, ISMA 2007, 9-12th September in Barcelona, where the Hang was presented by Felix Rohner, Sabina Schärer and Thomas D. Rossing.
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 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.
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Das Hanglexikon wurde zuletzt aktualisiert am 17.08.2008.
Das Hanglexikon bietet kurze Erklärungen zu alphabetisch geordneten Stichworten, die im Zusammenhang mit dem Hang verwendet werden. Wenn du ein Stichwort vermisst, zu dem du Erläuterungen brauchen könntest, melde deinen Bedarf in einem Kommentar unterhalb dieses Artikels an.
They are on their journey through the universe …
Here you can download a Flying Hanghang Wallpaper (1024×768 Pixel).
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From 2006 to 2007 a new generation of Hanghang was built. Mostly the ding is tuned in D (the instruments of the first generation was tuned in A, G or F in most instances). Most of the instruments have seven tones in the tone loop.
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Von 2006 bis 2007 wurde eine neue Generation des Hangs gebaut. Der Kuppelton Ding dieser Instrumente ist meist auf D gestimmt. Im Tonkreis befinden sich bei den meisten Instrumenten 7 Töne.
It seldom happens, that different versions of the hang are together in one place at the same time. A few days ago such a rare moment took place when I visited PANArt in Bern and found a lonely 2006 built hang among the crowd of 2007 built instruments in the Hanghaus. Having my first generation hang with me I used the golden opportunity to take a picture of almost the whole hang family.
Nine days ago I recorded “The Day Church Bells Became Aware Of Their Profane Hearts And Decided Not To Sing For The Glory Of God Any Longer” with a small voice recorder. Now my new recording equipment, a Rode NT1-A condenser microphone and an ART Tube MP preamp, has arrived, my first recording atempt was to produce a higher quality version of this hypnotic piece of music.
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