| Abstract | | The HANG is a popular hand-played steel instrument that has gone through continual development since it was first
introduced in 2000. We compare the tuning and the modes of vibration of the original high-voice HANG, the lowvoice
HANG, and the integral HANG recently introduced by PanART. Since the HANG is a hand-played steel
instrument, a wide variety of playing techniques are used by performers. We report on the sound of the HANG when
played in various ways. Recordings of the HANG were made by taking multiple samples of each of a number of
striking techniques with the hand, including single strokes from the soft part of the finger, as well as the finger nail.
Various grace note techniques were investigated as well. Loud notes tend to “ring” longer than soft ones, and they also
show significant amplitude modulation. We model the HANG with filters centered at each of the frequency
components; gains and decay times for these resonant filter were estimated from the analysis. From the analysis we
have synthesized realistic sounds of the HANG.
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