New Products @ Sound Travels

A beautifully crafted 15 note cane pan pipe from Romania.

Width: 28 cm.

Brightly coloured plastic kazoos.

Length: 12.5 cm.

Colours vary.

Sold singly.

In this fantastic DVD method, accomplished and renowned percussionist Steafan Hannigan details all the intricacies of traditional Bodhran playing. Nothing is taken for granted or forgotten, making this a suitable method for beginners with its gentle and careful progression through the techniques using numerous examples and exercises.

• Learn the many, varied bodhran techniques through expert and detailed instruction.
• A selection of repertoire pieces which add depth to your playing
• Sections on the history of the Bodhran and irish Music including construction and maintenance.
• All clearly presented with illustrations, photographs and diagrams.
  For more experienced players Hannigan shows you how to progress from traditional Celtic Dance accompaniments to more contemporary rock or world rhythms.

  20 minutes of demonstration tracks featuring a full Irish band are also included, allowing you to hear examples of the music as it should sound.
  
  Running Time: 61 mins.

A perfect teaching video for bodhran beginners.

Learn to play your first basic strokes and accompany tunes.

It's easier than you think!

Includes live stage performances featuring Gavin Ralston (guitar) and Paul McNevin (fiddle).

Running Time: 40 mins.

This useful double ended singing bowl wand has hardwood one end for traditional playing and a felt covering the other for striking the singing bowl.

Length: 21 cm.

Diameter: 2.5 cm.

These versatile British made beaters with a sheepskin head are equally suitable for gongs or drums.

Ideal for those players who find traditional gong beaters too heavy!

Head Diameter: 7 cm.

Head Length: 8 cm.

Handle Length: 32 cm.

Weight: 80 g.

Sold in pairs.

This unique 2 note tongue drum is designed to be held in the hand and played with either the fingers or beaters.

Constructed with an mdf body and padouk playing head.

Simple, but effective!

Size: 34 x 6 x 9 cm.

Available tunings: C & G, D & A, E & B.

Recommended Mallets: Schlagwerk Mallet - MA104 - Soft Felt (Not supplied)

This jolly Buddha is made from red clay.

Height: 15 cm.

Normal Price: £15.00

The Freenotes Imbarimba is a unique musical design combining elements of two classic African instruments: the marimba (resonated xylophone) and the kalimba (thumb piano).

The keys, made of purple heart, a lustrous tropical hardwood, are arranged in the layout of the kalimba with long keys in the middle and short keys on the ends. This allows both the left and right hands equal access to the upper and lower notes. The Imbarimba comes with four mallets. This instrument is ideal for playing by two people across from each other, or for playing with two mallets in each hand.

Employing a five-tone pentatonic scale, all notes are in harmony. There are no wrong notes! No difficult techniques are required to produce its lovely tones — just a tap on the middle of the bar. The Imbarimba can also be displayed on a wall, exhibiting its visual artistry as well as its harmonic sounds.

As with all Freenotes instruments, they are designed to require no maintenance, the Imbarimba never needs tuning and there are no moving parts to adjust.

The Imbarimba is available in two scales: A Minor and C Major.

Supplied with 4 mallets.

This model has 11 notes and measures 56 x 74 cm.

A well padded and excellent value bag to protect your precious gong.

With a double zip and 2 carrying handles.

Internal Diameter: 55 cm.

Internal Depth: 8 cm.

Composed, performed and produced by Nigel Shaw
Strings performed by members of Ten Tors Orchestra
Conducted by Simon Ible

This album is very special new work that forms part of a series of compositions based on the Dartmoor landscape and which, at last, an opportunity to hear Nigel’s music performed within a live orchestral context.

The Dartmoor Symphony is a profound expression of the extraordinary beauty and power of this ancient landscape, drawn from many years of intimate connection with the moors and a constantly evolving journey into how the voices of nature can be expressed through traditional, classical and indigenous instruments. Echoing some of the musical themes and melodies from both of his previous works, Dartmoor Journey and Dartmoor Roundhouse, Nigel has developed the music into a richly textured symphonic composition that describes the landscape, and our human relationship within it. A sense of journeying, yearning, returning, and belonging are central to the feeling of this work as it travels through the five movements of Overture, Stone, Wood, Water and Sky.

Nigel handcrafted a special set of Dartmoor yew wood flutes especially for this project and these unique instruments are constantly woven through the music. Each of the movements also includes instruments made from the raw materials and elements of the land such as granite grinding rocks, wooden bells, water-filled bowls and air chimes. Also featured are traditional whistles, small pipes, fujara, overtone flutes, piano, harp, celeste, bell, bowls and other percussion. Vocal parts are sung by Carolyn Hillyer.

The string parts for the Symphony are performed by members of Ten Tors Orchestra, conducted by Simon Ible. Ten Tors is a chamber orchestra with a membership of up to 50 professional players, including a seventeen-piece string ensemble plus flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, percussion and harpsichord. All the members are recruited from the south west region of Britain and many of them play with leading national ensembles including the Academy of St Martin-in-the Fields and the English Chamber Orchestra.

This double album includes the DVD of an exquisitely beautiful film by Dartmoor photographer and film-maker Chris Chapman, assisted by Kate King. Created and produced with Nigel, the film is a journey through all the seasons in the Dartmoor landscape, moving from close abstract images of wild nature to the wide, expansive open hills. The film has been created to flow seamlessly alongside the Symphony: both a visual reflection of the music and a symphony of images. Chris Chapman has been documenting and archiving all aspects of Dartmoor life since moving here in 1975. His photographs reflect the truly authentic nature of these moors and its people.

Tracks: Overture, Stone, Wood, Water, Sky

Double Album: CD (music) and DVD (music and film together)
Both CD and DVD are one hour each.

These newly developed wooden gong stands are solidly made from Beech wood and only have 3 parts.

They are very quick and easy to assemble and look good too!

This small gong stand will comfortably take gongs up to 60 cm diameter.

Height: 87 cm. 

Width(at top) 72 cm / Width (at bottom) 85 cm.

These chimes have an extremely high pitched sound and are mostly felt in the area of the head. They bring clarity and alertness and are therefore often used towards the end of a sound massage..

The Peter Hess Zen-Chimes are made in Nepal and are cast from a bronze-alloy, reworked by hand and brightly polished.

A special development coming from many years of experience with sound massage.

Area of use: Third Eye, crown chakra. Especially clear and long sound.
 

Diameter: 7 cm.

Weight: 400 g.

The closed shape and high weight of this newly developed Zen Bell makes for a concentrated and long lasting sound.

The bell is especially suited for the third eye.

This bell is best struck with a hard rubber mallet (not supplied)

Zen Bell does not include cushion and mallet shown.

Diameter: 7 cm.

The bowl with the hole!

Through its special construction this Singing Bowl develops more intensive, relaxing vibrations that easily reach the centre of the body.

The cut hole in the centre of the bowl enables the Singing Bowl to be placed with good contact for example on the knee, elbow, shoulder and heel/foot.

This bowl is made out of 12 metals.

This special Joint Bowl has a weight of approx. 900g.

This clever device enables singing bowls to be accurately placed and manoeuvred on the body. It can also be used to safely hold and play a singing bowl.

Please Note: To ensure safe handling of the singing bowl it is important that the point of attachment is smooth and clean! 

Weight Capacity: 15 kg.

Diameter: 8 cm.

Height: 5 cm.

This clever device enables singing bowls to be accurately placed and manoeuvred on the body. It can also be used to safely hold and play a singing bowl.

Please Note: To ensure safe handling of the singing bowl it is important that the point of attachment is smooth and clean! 

Weight Capacity: 5 kg.

Diameter: 5 cm.

Height: 3.5 cm.

A nicely made heavy brass stand for your singing bowl.

Head Diameter: 15 cm.

Height: 5 cm.