{"id":1256,"date":"2020-07-20T16:34:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2021-08-20T12:16:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T12:16:11","slug":"the-yantra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/the-yantra\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yantra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In this\u00a0Museum of Amazing Musical\u00a0<\/i>Instruments<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Mat the Hat\u00a0introduces the Yantra.<\/em><\/h3>\n

And if you\u2019re wanting to do an activity whilst you\u2019re visiting the museum, there\u2019s an accompanying quiz for each minstrument and web links to explore.<\/h3>\n

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The yantra<\/em> is a gentle and melodic drum, and is my musical partner to the Hang drum. The notes ring loud and pure.<\/p>\n

The yantra is a tank drum – it is made out of an old propane gas tank. It\u2019s been cut down to this lovely shape, but you can still see the letters underneath. It was made by a man called Jason who lives in Newburgh, Fife, in central Scotland. How do I know that \u2013 because I asked him to make this drum especially for me!<\/p>\n

The yantra is a really sturdy drum, one that anyone can play with any sort of sticks \u2013 it\u2019sindestructible and a great drum to take to a party! I don\u2019t even need a case for it.<\/p>\n

Some people call drums like this a tongue drum because the musical notes are made by playing each of these tongues that have been cut into the body. Each of the tongues is tuned to a different note on the scale of F major. The yantra is a tuned drum that I can play with any other instrument, but I especially like to play it with my Hang because the notes are similar. In music, this is because the scales that the two instruments play are related \u2013 D minor and F major.<\/p>\n

The yantra drum get\u2019s it\u2019s name because yantra is the Sanskrit word for a mystical diagram that is important to members of the Hindu religion. The tongues on the drum look like a picture that you might meditate on. I think it\u2019s rather beautiful!<\/p>\n