GUIDES · TECHNIQUES · SOUND

LEARN RAV — start-here

Guides, techniques and ideas to help you choose, understand and play your RAV.

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Understand how a scale shapes your music, explore popular RAV tunings and find a starting point for choosing your sound.

Look up the language of steel tongue drums, from instrument anatomy and tuning to playing techniques and related instruments.

Get to know RAV Vast, from its history and construction to choosing a scale, learning to play and caring for it.

Build from a clear first strike to rolls, muting and harmonics, with practical ways to avoid common playing mistakes.

Start with a clean strike, bring in both hands, then explore a simple rhythm, rolls and changes in volume.