| ONE TO FOUR HOURS: Rates start at $400.00 and vary depending on location, type of event, venue size, number of people attending the event, accessibility, time frame, and size of band. Please contact A Touch of Class Music Entertainment at 858.509.8900 for booking and rate information. |
SOLO STEEL DRUM PLAYER (with back up sound track)
DUO (Steel Drum Player, Guitar w/vocals, Congas w/vocals or Two Steel Drum Players)
TRIO (Steel Drum Player, Guitar w/vocals, Drums or Three Steel Drum Players)
QUARTET ( Steel Drum Player, Guitar w/vocals, Piano, Drums)
Two Hour Minimum
QUINTET (5 Pc. - Steel Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Drums, Percussion)
Two Hour Minimum
SIX PIECE (Two Steel Drum Players, Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Drums, Percussion or Horn player - Sax or Trumpet)
Two Hour Minimum
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At first the drums were simple biscuits, pitch-oil tins, or dustbins or their covers, without tuned pitches. Gradually, through experimentation and refinement, pitches were added by pounding in and out the top surface of the drums, and drums of varying depths were created to produce different ranges.
Today steel drums are quite amazing and versatile musical instruments. The small tenor pans may have up to 32 different pitches. Pans are played with rubber-tipped sticks and are tuned by ear, with a tuning fork, or with an electronic tuning device. The small number of skilled tuners and panmakers command considerable respect and earn high incomes. Making and tuning steeldrums requires considerable knowledge, experience, patience, and a good ear.
There is a wide variation in the types of steel drums used in a given ensemble, depending on the occasion and the personal preference of the bandleaders and arrangers.
The Tenor Pan, also known as the melody pan or the ping-pong approximates the soprano voice and plays the melody. It has from 28 to 32 pitches and is about six inches in depth.
The Double Tenor is a set of two tenor drums, which play harmony and counterpoint and are about one-half inch longer that the single tenor, the second pan is the alto voice range and about eight inches in depth.
The Double Second plays rhythm and has about sixteen pitches. It is about fourteen to sixteen inches in depth and is played in pairs.
The Bass Pan is the full size of the oil drum and plays rhythm in set of six or nine, arranged on stands either horizontally or vertically, the Bass Pan has two, three or four notes.
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