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Dapper Kitty Music
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2015
Nestled in the center of The Happy Valley, Dapper Kitty Music is an independent music studio, co-owned and operated by a music professor and a library director, both multi-instrumentalists and producers, who have together composed songs and written five books on popular music and related topics. Since 2014, Dapper Kitty Music has produced albums and shares its music and creative endeavors on video. Our channel aims to share our own musical compositions as well as to offer musical ideas through music videos and creative music education videos.
♥♥♥♫♫♪ We will post two videos per week, on Mondays and Thursdays. We love to create, so sometimes we may post extra videos. ♫♫♪♥♥♥
Please subscribe to our channel to keep up with new videos posted every week. Your subscriptions and likes do support us, help us to grow, and are greatly appreciated.
♥♥♥♫♫♪ We will post two videos per week, on Mondays and Thursdays. We love to create, so sometimes we may post extra videos. ♫♫♪♥♥♥
Please subscribe to our channel to keep up with new videos posted every week. Your subscriptions and likes do support us, help us to grow, and are greatly appreciated.
Tulips Walk - Music by Beckoning Cat
This video, Tulips Walk - Music by Beckoning Cat, was taken last spring. The tulips featured grow in our garden. The Beckoning Cat Ensemble plays tongue drum music in the background. It's actually winter right now and we're longing for our favorite season, spring. The tulips here have autumn colors, too.
We've been hard at work with making new video content, though the pandemic and teaching responsibilities have been challenging. If you'd like to make us do a little dance, please consider supporting us by subscribing to our channel.
This music may be used for enjoyment as well as for meditation, relaxing, or energizing. Greetings from Dapper Kitty Music's home, Northampton, Massachusetts, located in the Pioneer Valley (better known as the Happy Valley) in New England.
#dapperkittymusic, #tonguedrum, #tonguedrummusic
We've been hard at work with making new video content, though the pandemic and teaching responsibilities have been challenging. If you'd like to make us do a little dance, please consider supporting us by subscribing to our channel.
This music may be used for enjoyment as well as for meditation, relaxing, or energizing. Greetings from Dapper Kitty Music's home, Northampton, Massachusetts, located in the Pioneer Valley (better known as the Happy Valley) in New England.
#dapperkittymusic, #tonguedrum, #tonguedrummusic
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Valentines Day Bleeding Heart Flowers - Musical Postcard
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Happy Valentines Day! Enjoy some bees playing in bleeding heart flowers. This Musical Postcard was recorded last spring, but we have been saving it to post on a cold winter day. Valentines Day is perfect timing for bleeding heart flowers. The Beckoning Cat ensemble plays accompanying tongue drum on this brief video, which was recorded by Dapper Kitty Music. #dapper kitty music, #tonguedrum, #va...
Brief Meditation Number 12 - Bright Musical Outlook
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We return to our porch on a really nice day. Melissa plays Brief Meditation Number 12 - Bright Musical Outlook on the Meinl Sonic Energy A major pentatonic steel mini tongue drum. This instrument has a bright sound to match the sunny day. The music here can be used as a brief refresher as well as for relaxation or musical enjoyment. Brief Meditation Number 12 - Bright Musical Outlook is part of...
Flowering Trees - Music by Beckoning Cat
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As we get to the end of summer, "Flowering Trees - Music by Beckoning Cat" looks back to spring, our favorite time of year! "Flowering Trees - Music by Beckoning Cat" is a part of our effort to increase our number of subscribers. If you enjoyed this video, please like and hit the subscribe button. The music in this video is by The Beckoning Cat Ensemble on tongue drum. "Flowering Trees - Music ...
Forsythia Walk - Musical Postcard
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Hello, and happy summer! "Forsythia Walk - Musical Postcard" looks back to cooler weather, when our neighborhood gardens were just getting started. "Forsythia Walk - Musical Postcard" is a part of our effort to increase our number of subscribers. If you enjoyed this video, please like and hit the subscribe button. #dapperkittymusic
Tulip Garden Music - Part 2
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Hello, and happy summer! "Tulip Garden Music - Part 2" combines sights of our spring garden with sounds of Brief Meditation Number 19 (the one with the drum brushes on the Rav Vast Celtic B minor steel tongue drum). It's hot where we are, so we thought we'd post a music video from a cooler time of the year. "Tulip Garden Music - Part 2" is a part of our effort to increase our number of subscrib...
Tulip Garden Music - Part 1
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Hello, and happy summer! "Tulip Garden Music - Part 1" combines sights of our spring garden with sounds of Brief Meditation Number 5. It's hot where we are, so we thought we'd post a music video from a cooler time of the year. "Tulip Garden Music - Part 1" is a part of our effort to increase our number of subscribers. If you enjoyed this video, please like and hit the subscribe button.
Irish Poem and Music
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Our video, "Irish Poem and Music" features "Spierbhean agus an dia an gras," a poem written and recited by Amy Baker and accompanied by Spinning Cat. This recording is from the 2016 Dapper Kitty Music sampler _Dapper Kitty Goes PRRR (Previews, Remixes, Readings, and Radio Edits)_, which is available for purchase on Amazon. The images are taken from the public domain book _Traces of the Elder Fa...
Meditation Number 26 - Melody for Diffused Light
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Good morning! "Meditation Number 26 - Melody for Diffused Light" is a five-minute musical meditation. During certain times of the year, we get beautiful light in the morning the kind that somehow makes our garden flowers appear brighter against a purple, slightly stormy sky. This musical meditation is played on the Meinl Sonic Energy A Akebono scale steel tongue drum. "Meditation Number 26 - Me...
Meditation Number 25 - Wake Up Gently
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"Meditation Number 25 - Wake Up Gently" is played on the A minor pentatonic Meinl Sonic Energy tongue drum. This musical meditation was played while Melissa was waking up. Even though having some morning fog can be good, time to go slowly and not jump out of bed is awesome! As always, a quiet morning and taking a moment to oneself before getting busy is most appreciated at Dapper Kitty Music St...
Meditation Number 24 - Peaceful Day
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"Meditation Number 24 - Peaceful Day" offers a moment of musical morning mindfulness. Performed on the Rav Vast B Celtic minor steel tongue drum, "Meditation Number 24 - Peaceful Day" lasts for almost three minutes. This peaceful music may be used for meditation, mindfulness, centering/grounding, relaxing, energizing, and/or musical enjoyment. #dapperkittymusic, #steeltonguedrum, #tonguedrummus...
Zen Garden Music by Beckoning Cat
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"Zen Garden Music by Beckoning Cat" is a video of a walk we took on an early spring day in our home town, Northampton, Massachusetts. The music is titled "Meditation for Diffused Light" and is performed on the Meinl Sonic Energy A Akebono pentatonic steel tongue drum by The Beckoning Cat Ensemble, a studio house band of Dapper Kitty Music. This is our 100th video on our TH-cam channel!!! If you...
Brief Meditation Number 11 - Keeping the Morning Buzz
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Good morning! "Brief Meditation Number 11 - Keeping the Morning Buzz" is played on the A minor pentatonic Meinl Sonic Energy tongue drum. This brief musical meditation was played while Melissa was waking up. Sometimes having that morning fog can be good. A quiet morning to enjoy spring (it's spring here) and to take a moment to oneself before getting busy is most appreciated at Dapper Kitty Mus...
Meditation Number 23 - Day Song
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"Meditation Number 23 - Day Song" greets the morning of a spring day. In this musical meditation, Melissa plays on the Meinl Sonic Energy Collection A Akebono pentatonic scale tongue drum, combining hand and mallet drumming. This piece may be used for meditation, mindfulness, energizing, relaxing, grounding/centering, or musical enjoyment. "Meditation Number 23 - Day Song" is also one of many m...
Forsythia Walk and Music - Beckoning Cat
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Our video, "Forsythia Walk and Music - Beckoning Cat," features forsythia bushes in bloom during the early part of spring in Western Massachusetts. "Forsythia Walk" is played by The Beckoning Cat Ensemble on the Rav Vast Celtic B minor steel tongue drum. It is the same music as will be used in Meditation Number 25 - "Wake Up Gently" (coming soon). In New England, the first sign of spring is the...
Brief Meditation Number 10 - Mindfulness Morning
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Brief Meditation Number 10 - Mindfulness Morning
Brief Meditation Number 9 - Short Refresher
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Brief Meditation Number 9 - Short Refresher
The Book of Kells 2 - Beckoning Cat Music
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The Book of Kells 2 - Beckoning Cat Music
The Book of Kells 1 - Beckoning Cat Music
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The Book of Kells 1 - Beckoning Cat Music
Meditation Number 20 - Earth Month Cheer
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Meditation Number 20 - Earth Month Cheer
Meditation Number 19 - Tongue Drum with Drum Brushes
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Meditation Number 19 - Tongue Drum with Drum Brushes
Black, No Sugar - Spinning Cat Song - Caligari
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Black, No Sugar - Spinning Cat Song - Caligari
Brief Meditation Number 8 - Springtime Mindfulness Moment
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Brief Meditation Number 8 - Springtime Mindfulness Moment
Meditation Number 18 - Ready for the Day
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Meditation Number 18 - Ready for the Day
Brief Meditation Number 7 - A Sunlight Smile
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Brief Meditation Number 7 - A Sunlight Smile
Do these tend to sound better than the Octave ones with the woven edge decoration?
If I want to also play fast notes would this work better than the Octave drums they have? Less dissonance?
Hi, Heather. To answer both of your questions, several drums have the woven edge decoration. The Rav-Vast drum has that as do the Guda and other drums. In comparison, the Meinl Sonic Energy larger drums are less resonant than the Rav-Vast and some of the Guda and flatter looking drums with the woven edge decoration. On your question about dissonance, there would be less because the pentatonic scale omits a couple notes. It's easier playing two A minor pentatonic drums, for example, against each other with less dissonance than two octave drums that have full scales. Both are good questions and I hope that my answer helps. Meinl also makes small pentatonic drums that are less resonant than these larger ones but work really well in the classroom for many reasons, including they can be held much more easily.
Hello where are you mam
Thanks for the vid, good balance of detail and personal experience, without too much of either :)
Thanks for the kind words! We are glad that you found the video to your liking.
In my country, I have totally different brand choices - Hluru, Hayman, Sela. Hluru is completely Chinese, lots of reviews. Cannot find reviews of Hayman. The company was UK once and produced real drums, but now they seem to be out of business and Taiwanese are using their brand. Their tongue drums seem to be thicker than Hluru, so very likely will have a deeper, more resonant sound. Hluru might sound "flatter"? Not sure. Cannot try it in local stores, have to buy it online.
I have heard of Hluru, but haven't tried any yet. Maybe some time in the near future!
This is my favorite so far. The gardens, and music so relaxing!
These sound so calming! ❤
Thank you! We enjoy them, too.
Did you lean by just playing or for you take a course???
Good question! I did study music and dance in school, but not tongue drum. It's a combination of both playing and applying what I've learned from studying and playing other kinds of music.
I’m so glad I saw this video! I’m waiting for my tongue drums to come in and was noticing it people playing with different mallets… This is a very informative review, especially the mallet with the hard rubber that could put your tongue drum out of tune. 😮 Thank you so much. 🦋🦋🦋
Gorgeous, I'm getting one for my birthday. I've always wanted one
What a sound blue in the middle wow
I found a pretty cool brand - Vibedrums - the have a 528hz scale on one side and a 432hz scale on the other. Well either side can be tuned to your liking but I thought it was a brilliant idea as I was looking for 528/432 specifically!
Thanks for the recommendation. We want to explore more tongue drums and add more of these sounds to our studio. I've been using them in classes not only to teach tongue drumming but also for applying some basic music concepts and demonstrating these to student who are new to studying music.
Hey :) I can also reccomend you the Aquadrum Pro 11. It's tuneable! So you have one instrument and can play countles scales...
Yes! By all means. :) We're always looking to try new tongue drums. Will definitely look into these. Thank you so much for your suggestion.
Spring is coming! Enjoy!
Happy Valentines Day from Dapper Kitty Music! 💗
Hey where can I get tabs? Looking for videogame music mostly. The videogame subnautica could use music With one of these.. fits the world so perfectly
Playing the drum are we playing on the bass clef
The drums in this video all tend to have an upper register range, so music notation for them would be on the treble clef. We'd love to have a bass-range tongue drum! Maybe one day in our near future!😍
Nice, thanks!
Our pleasure!
Muy buen video.Gracias!!
Hola, Maria Laura! Gracias! :)
We're back on our porch in this video. Having fun with this mini tongue drum. Enjoy!
Gratuitous bird solo!
Thank you for this!
You're welcome. :)
I searched for this after watching this comparison video: th-cam.com/video/BRtrI6nthHk/w-d-xo.html It already had that nice metallic sound when you used the mallets. But I really liked it when played by hand. It was soft, but that can probably be fixed with a magnetic pickup mic from guda-drum. The only downside for me is that it has little reverb and that I can't find the drum for sale anywhere in Europe.
I can't find it on Amazon :(
Yes, in the United States, this Yoliyoqu drum has been on and off sale on Amazon as well. It's back on as we've checked today on 23 September 2022. We found it doing a search for "Yoliyoqu drum." It has a flower cut in the middle with 11 notes. We did see some similar ones to this one but haven't tried these (yet). For a very inexpensive drum (around $20 U.S.) that comes with its own mallets, it has a great sound and it's a solid feeling drum as well. Hopefully, more will be made available. That's a challenge with TH-cam videos on tongue drums--changes are made all of the time.
Thanks for the review, how long have you owned this one? Do you think the Yoliyoqu will stay in tune after using it a lot? Could you please post a link to the video where you explain how to tune them?
We're working on some more educational videos and will post these soon. Teaching at school has us very busy right now but we intend to address tuning. Because of the size and materials, this is a sturdy drum. We've played it for about a year now and have had no issues with the instrument staying in tune. Great questions here.
For those of you getting ready for school, have a great year! Thank you for watching our video. :)
Very calming, thank you.
Hi, James W. You're welcome! :)
Here's another video of the forsythia bushes in our neighborhood, accompanied by tongue drum music. We are having our usual hot August weather, so looking back at spring right now is very relaxing. Have a wonderful day and enjoy!
Greetings from Dapper Kitty Music! It is summer right now, so we wanted to think of cooler times! These are tulips that grow in our garden and in the neighborhood. We're fans of milder weather! Spring and autumn, we love you!
It's hot here, so we thought we'd post some pretty videos of our favorite season, spring! Always take time to enjoy the flowers.
We enjoyed working with Amy Baker, who wrote this poem and recites it on the video. Have an awesome day!🍀🍀🍀
What size is this drum?
This is one of the large Meinl Sonic Energy steel tongue drums. It is slightly over a foot (12 inches) in diameter. We hope this helps answer your question. Thank you for asking.
Very good sound.th-cam.com/video/8ByviEFSvvg/w-d-xo.html
We're still doing what we love here at Dapper Kitty Music. Have an awesome day!
Wishing you an easygoing morning for the start of your day. We get busy, so days that we can wake up gently are always welcome.
Hello, everyone. Have an awesome day!
We wanted to create a gorgeous video for our 100th on our TH-cam channel! Thank you so much for watching and for supporting what we do by subscribing. --Dapper Kitty Music
Have a wonderful morning! Best wishes for getting ready for the day from Dapper Kitty Music.
Dapper Kitty Music wishes you a great day! If you liked this video, please visit our channel to view more! We would love it if you would subscribe! This way, you'll be able to bookmark our channel and, if you want, get updates as we post new videos weekly.
Happy spring!
Have an excellent morning! 🌞
Hello! Happy spring!
Please check out our channel for more brief meditations like this one as well as lengthier ones. Have an awesome day!
We are quickly approaching 100 videos on our TH-cam channel. If you like this one, please check out our channel's meditations playlist, where we post a variety of musical meditations that also sound great when played in the background. We would love to have you join the fun and subscribe to our channel. Have a wonderful day! 🌸
Happy spring and celebrating good work everywhere!
İ like this video it is nice - inspiring and relaxing channel
Thank you, Fatih. We're glad you like the video. We appreciate you letting us know. :)
We thought we'd offer an additional video treat. Have a wonderful day! 🍀
Beautiful! I saved this one to listen to/gaze at often.
Hello, Rebecca. Coming from you, we take this as an awesome compliment. Yes, we like combining our mad musical and librarian skills in our compositions. Thank you for this. We'll have part 2 posted very soon. :)
Hi, Everyone. This week, we matched our Celtic B minor tongue drum music to many images that are found in _The Book of Kells_. We hope that you enjoy the results.
Amazing audio, feel this beautiful music realm
Glad you liked it! We appreciate your kind words.
The concept of harmony between hands and drum sticks is so creative, harmonious, great, amazing
Thank you so much! We like to share our creative ideas on our channel. :)
Beautiful instruments, ethereal and dreamy sounds
Awesome! We love your comments! ❤
Special style, magical new feeling
Wow! Thanks again! (Happy dance!)