A new toy arrived in the mail today! It's a Rav Vast 2, a.k.a. Rav Drum, which is probably the best-sounding tongue drum I've ever heard (hence why I had to get me one). They're made in Russia by Andrey Remyannikov, and they're relatively affordable compared to many similar instruments out there (find his website here). Mine is tuned to "B Celtic Minor," which is a fancy way of saying B dorian.

Anyway, percussion has admittedly never been my strong suit. I have a lot of practicing to do with this drum if I want to really improve with it (though I doubt I'll ever be as good as all those Rav-drummin', handpannin' YouTube sensations out there). For now, I'm just impressed at the amount of sound that comes out of this thing, and I'm having fun banging away with some basic improv! :)

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