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RAV Vast G Pygmy
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Description
Enjoy the deep and mystical sound when playing the G Pygmy RAV Vast. This scale was inspired by severe primaeval nature. It conjures up in your mind the pictures of stalactite caves, lava fields, cold springs, deep creeks and old-growth forests. The sound of the G Pygmy will take you to the places where the spirits of nature live.
This is another Pygmy scale drum created by RAV Vast. Along with the E Low Pygmy RAV Vast and the F Pygmy RAV Pan the G Pygmy creates a perfect trio in a very beloved handpan/hang drum tuning.
This scale is a great choice to become your first RAV drum, especially if you are looking for a darker sound to create a mysterious mood. Advanced players will enjoy the opportunity to choose between the major and minor feel and create highly contrasting compositions.
The G Pygmy is a mysterious scale. The melodies composed with the G Pygmy are full of heavy rainy clouds and the smell of ozone before a storm. This RAV drum is made of 1.5 mm special steel that provides a deep acoustic sound with a great number of harmonious overtones to this musical instrument.
The Pygmy scale has a very nice-sounding chord progression that is highly popular among the handpan music players. Just like the B Celtic, the G Pygmy is a pentatonic instrument. Nevertheless, the G Pygmy RAV drum has a different and very unique flavour. It’s originally tuned in G minor. However, you can also get some other scales - Bb maj, G Phrygian, Bb Mixolydian – if you switch the keynote and change the note progression a little. This scale has a variety of chords available to it.
The bassy Ding is tuned in G2 and the rest of the tongues are tuned in 3rd and 4th octave. The G Pygmy has only one halftone (D3-D#3) and is a very harmonious scale. The fields above the steel tongues are well-tuned and at the same time there’s no too much noise of your fingers playing, the sound is still warm and thick.
The G Pygmy is sometimes called as the “day-and-night” scale. It has both major and minor tones and can create two distant moods. The higher notes provide a diurnal sunny feel, while the lower notes bring in the nocturnal dramatic and meditative sound. You can switch between these two moods and create stunningly sophisticated and contrasting compositions. The G Pygmy is great for both slow and fast playing that’s what makes it really versatile.
For whom this scale will work
Being one of the most popular RAV Vast scales, the G Pygmy has a lot to offer for both beginners and advanced players. If you choose the G Pygmy to be your first tongue drum, you’ll never have a chance to fail in playing. Just like the B Celtic Minor, it’s a great scale to start your RAV journey and to easy adapt to right away. You can experiment with melodies based on moving a single note, and then try to fill them in with some percussive elements, slowly moving forward to adding chord progressions – dyads and triads. And at the same time, the G Pygmy is perfect for advanced creations and making more complicated compositions throughout your growing abilities.
The Pygmy scale lovers will appreciate their favorite scale retranslated by the amazing RAV tongue drum. If you are choosing between the E Low and G Pygmy scales, put a note that the E Low Pygmy has a really low sound, and that’s what makes outdoor playing and recording more challenging (compare the online audio samples to get this difference between two scales). The G Pygmy RAV Vast has a higher voice and has an incredible acoustic potential. It will become a perfect tool for meditation thanks to its minor sound which helps you to get deeper into a special state of mind.
The G Pygmy pairs well with another G Pygmy, E Low Pygmy and G Minor Pentatonic. Playing these scales you’ll feel the togetherness with the magical music that they create.
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Eric Durieux
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Hi everybody !!
I've bought a G Pygmy, 3 years ago, very intuitive scale, it's still the best tongue drum I know!! I really love it and every one who comes home to try my handpans are always impressed playing it!! :) :{} :D P1160841.JPG (3.82 Mb) |
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Dillon Macy
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I just ordered a G Pygmy as my first Rav or any tongue/hand pan type instrument, and I love and appreciate it so very much! And I appreciate and love all of you who are involved with Rav and do all that you do to create, share, and gift these divine instruments of infinite creative sovereign expression to the world! The G Pygmy is a very diverse scale. Having tones of both major and minor, deep mysteriousness, and very natural beautifully expansive resonating positve affects. It reminds me of a richly abundant, wonderfully Vast and mysterious rain forest, and all the energies of the infiinite magnitude of intelligent diverse life therein, living in respectful, blissful unity and cohesiveness haha <3! Or of a tribal setting of peoples in the same unity cohesive, family full loving respectful, honorable, togetherness with the magical music that they create multidimensionally through the energies that they each sovereignly and together create and harmonize, share as a whole in the fullness of a symphony ^_^. I love the array of sounds and styles you can create with the G Pygmy; from single note magical moving and flowing melodies, with or without filling expressive percussive elements, or so fill space with eithe single meditative resonating notes, or the same with the capabilities of the scale providing possibility for any upon many chordal harmonies! I love buidling with chord progressions or 2 note, 3, or even 4 note chords available all over its very symphonic piano type sonorous notes. This Rav truly is a special oh so soulfully heart rich magical instrument, and being that it is so Vast of creative possibilities and ultra super easy to adapt to right away, is a perfect scale choice to start your spiritual developing musical Rav journey or just exactly the same is perfect for advanced creations throughout your growing abilities :).Spontaneous personal sharing side note: Rav Vasts remind me of like musical magical flying saucer/space ships ahaha! Resonating and opearting through multidimensional energies in harmonizing musical vibrations of life and the universe haha! And I love how the design in the wooden plug on the back reminds me of a solar system crop circle, with tetrahedral geometry hidden withi nthe little circles haha! Thank you all at Rav for everything <3 Be well, loving abundance, joy, and bliss to you :3.
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Ambre
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I bought my first Rav, a G Pygmy, last June and I just love it ! It is exactly what I was looking for.
Excellent client services too. Thank you !!! 20190917_204158.jpg (822.21 Kb) |
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Aron - Uruz Rise
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I purchased my first Rav back in February this year and Fell in love with the mood and flow of the G Pygmy, I knew once I heard it, it was the scale for me! I love how it almost contradicts itself, yet flows so fluently together.
A beautiful dance of Sound, Deeply grounding yet also so vibrant enabling you to fly Also the Rav teams Customer Service was amazing! They made sure all details of every step were communicated swiftly and the order went through without any issues Thank you guys for this and this amazing tool you have created Uruz Rise.jpg (308.57 Kb) |
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Alek Duncan
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I could not be more happy with the purchase of my RAV! I ordered it for my birthday a few weeks in advance, and with normal shipping from Russia to the USA it arrived in just over a week! I was so impressed by how promptly it was shipped and delivered. The RAV team was so incredibly helpful and kind along the way, and I could not recommend them and their products enough. If you are on the fence about purchasing a RAV, rest assured that you will absolutely love it.
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Dani Shanti
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Hi! I discovered G Pygmy through a friend of mine and I felt in love with it! I'm not a musician but with this instrument you can play since the first moment. Its sound and vibrations are amazing! And the service was perfect! Thanks to all the staff 💖
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Chris
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Hi! The G Pygmy RAV has been such a joy to play. The RAV in general is a great instrument for everyone as it sounds great for beginners and invites new rhythms for an experienced percussionist. I find this tuning works well with other instruments and have been finding fun chord combinations on my guitar with a capo on the 3rd fret. As a drummer it’s showing me new rhythms with my hands based on the melodies my ear wants to hear. My girlfriend is just beginning and loves learning on it. We also facilitate breathwork/meditation together and find this tuning to create the perfect atmosphere for a peaceful session.
I really recommend this tuning for just about anyone looking to get their journey with a RAV started. Couldn’t be happier! Thank You! |
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Robin
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J'ai reçu aujourd'hui mon RAV G Pygmy!
Livraison en France : 1 semaine Il sonne super bien !! :D Mauvaise surprise : les taxes de douane à rajouter au prix 650€ + 175€ (TVA à payer à la livraison) Merci DSC_0833.JPG (3.4 Mb) |
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RAV Daniel
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, Salut! Merci pour votre commentaire. Pour éviter d'obtenir des taxes supplémentaires en Europe, vous devez passer votre commande sur eu.ravvast.com. J'espère que cela vous aidera. Si des questions apparaissent, veuillez contacter l'équipe d'assistance.
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