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I am a sound technician that works extensively with a percussion ensemble. In recent years, their reportoir has increasingly included frame drum performances. I've really been grabbed by the expressive qualities that these drums show. Many of the other drums seem to me to be just "hit"; the tars and their kin are "played".
After a couple of years of "thinking about it", I took the plunge and bought a drum. two options that were presented by my drum-friends were either too spiffy and too expensive or more simplistic than I wanted. I found this Meinl family of tars that offers a synthetic head and the ability to adjust the tuning. The synthetic head may not be a purist's dream, but I look forward to more reliable performance in varying weather conditions. The ability to tune allows me to blend better with other pitched instruments, should I ever get that good.
So far, after just a few weeks with my new toy, I'm very happy with the choice that I made. I plan to goof around with the drum for a while, and look for some YouTube lessons before getting any formal instruction. I've had some basic strokes and patterns shown to me and that has left me with my hands and head quite full.
In short, I'm glad that I bought a tar, I'm very happy that I bought this Meinl drum and that I bought it through Amazon. Of course, I imagine that I could provide a more useful review after I've had the drum for a while and then after I've actually learned to play it...
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