RAV Vast A Integral

The A Integral is an enigmatic scale with very special energetic vibration. It has dark melodic sound and provides an esoteric mood.

What makes it different from the other RAV Vasts? This scale has meditative and watery kind of sound. The A Integral refers to Native American culture and reminds of a lonely horseman crossing a deserted prairie.

This is also a very special scale from the technical point of view. You can easily change between the minor and major key depending on which note you use as a root one. If you involve the Ding in playing, you get more meditative melodies. If you choose the bottom C3 note, you can get a C Major sound.

The integral scale is common across the steel tongue and hand drum creators. It’s deep and very meditative.

What makes the A Integral by RAV Vast different from others? RAV Vast is actually an innovative musical instrument as it fuses the concept of handpan (a steel drum) and tongue drum (which is usually made of wood). The perfectly shaped steel tongues play in harmony to create an ethereal sound perfect for meditation and composing music. You get an instrument that can rival the sound of handpan for 1/3 of the handpan average price (and do it easily online in just two steps).

The secret of RAV Vast is in the special steel that is used to create a unique sound. The RAV Vast A Integral is made out of the steel of 1.5 mm comparing to usual 2 mm thickness of the other RAV Vasts. The thinner shell provides incredible sound depth and longevity. This is also one of the lightest drums among the whole RAV Vast collection (the weight of the A Integral is 4.9 kg only, while the average RAV Vast weight is 5.9 kg).

For whom this scale will work

This scale will instantly become one of the favourites in the collection of an advanced musician. If you are already familiar with playing the tongue drum or any other hand drum, you’ll love the A Integral for the challenge it will be for you and for the opportunities it will provide. This scale may be a little bit tricky to deal with due to the semitones. It’s not the easiest scale among the other RAV Vasts, however with just a little practice there’s nothing hard to acquire the A Integral and come up with songs on it.

This scale will work perfectly for slow meditative type of playing. The A integral is the first instrument to choose for meditation, relaxation, and other mystical music experiences. If you have already practiced meditation or wish to begin, A Integral will be a great support (or even a motivation to start). Still it’s also great for playing along the pop songs and minor sounding alternative rock that have darker feel to them.

You can definitely play a perfect solo using the A integral, however this scale is really friendly to be accompanied with other instruments. It matches perfectly many RAV Vasts especially the E Low Pygmy, C Golden Gate, D Major (this scale actually matches almost any RAV Vast) and the D Celtic Minor (keep in mind these two have different sustain).

As for the other instruments, you will find the A Integral creating a good duet with guitar and violin. Violins are tuned GDAE, so a violinist would be able to match the scale perfectly as he will find the same notes in the A Integral. For those interested in accompaniment with guitar players, the A Integral scale offers a great bunch of chordal combinations, as it contains the notes ABCEFG , which is close to the natural minor. The song that uses A minor typically has a pensive and mysterious feeling. When you use the bottom note (the C) as the anchoring note, you can play it in C major scale. It’s an excellent choice for players who are looking for a unique scale with both a major and minor feel inside!

If you want to experiment with some ethnic instruments, the A Integral scale also works really well with Native American-style Flute as this scale belongs to American music culture.

It is one of the most melancholic scales RAV offers. If this mood stands out to you, lay doubts to rest and choose the A Integral RAV Vast.