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Distant relative of the "steel drums", the "hang drums"

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Here is an instrument I didn't know about, recently created (in 2002) in Switzerland, which seems to me a distant relative of the "steel drums" very widespread in South America.
These latter, however, have a very metallic sound and are played using sticks; I much prefer the somewhat melancholy sound of these "hang drums"

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1165750176802670

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1165750176802670

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Reply 2 by Frank

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I can no longer remember which Eminem song starts similarly to the track proposed in the video; am I the only one who made this association?

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Reply 4 by Frank

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micamahler wrote:

I guessed it on the first try!

So I'm not completely out of my mind, just think that after a few seconds of hang drums, it was as if I had Eminem right in front of me singing

But I remembered that the track started exactly at 0:30... the introduction betrayed me, but it was one of the first songs I had searched for.

Anyway, it was an opportunity to brush through 4 CDs and about thirty tracks here and there on YouTube ... in fact, some Eminem songs are, in my opinion, truly excellently crafted tracks.

(Excuse the digression, but I was going crazy trying to find that song)

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