32) Pad Waing - 21 Tones
21 tones.
The Pad Waing consists of 21 hanging drums in a circle around the player.
Thaung Htike put down two possible traditional tunings and sent me a photo of his possible range of tones.
Thaung Htike and his 21 drums.
Example 1)
From below I see the following structure:
Lowest octave: pentatonic mixolydian scale. 1/3/4/6/7
Octave above: the same structure.
Octave above: G mixolydian
then 3 more tones from G mixolydian.
Example 2)
From below I see the following structure:
Lowest octave: C major pentatonic starting on G.
Octave above: the same structure.
Octave above: G mixolydian
then 3 more tones from G mixolydian.
It is possible to tune any of those tones to a neighbor tone, a half step above or below. In that way different tonalities can be played.
It is possible to generate different tonalities in the different octaves. It is a bit of brain work for the player then.
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