Steel drums turn out to vibrate with a wide range of subtle resonances that are captivating not only listeners but physicists who investigate how musical instruments cast their distinctive spells.

The steel drum, also called the steel pan or just pan, is surely one of the most unusual and versatile musical instruments in the world.The clangy sound of a steel band performing during carnival in ...

Modern steel drums produce all the notes of the musical scale, though banging down the oil drum top is mostly unchanged 80 years later. Areas of the bowl are tuned to create pitches.

Learn about different musical instruments from all over the world in this KS2 Bitesize music guide. BBC Homepage. ... Steel pans are made from industrial drums used for carrying oil.

Think of steel drums, and what comes to mind? Probably images of white-sand beaches, rum punch, coconut palms and that happy, rhythmic music that goes hand-in-hand with Caribbean vacations. Unless ...

Tuesday's Google Doodle honors the steelpan, the national instrument of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The steelpan is a 55-gallon steel freight drum-based percussion instrument, which was ...

Steel drum music is said to have originated on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad in the early 1940s. It was an invention of poor people who didn’t have access to musical instruments and came up ...