To be honest, I was initially going to send this drum back. It wasn’t the color I had ordered, and it sounded “tinny”. The color wasn’t really that important to me, so I gave it a try. At first, it didn’t seem to sound that great, but once I figured out where to hit the tongues, I really started to enjoy playing it. I have a musical background, so learning to play songs was easy, and I have been making up my own as well.It came with a nice carrying case, booklet (not very helpful), rubber mallets, and 4 rubber finger thingys. The finger things are tight, and you have to hit the drum on a certain spot for it to sound halfway decent, so I will stick to the mallets. The tongues were numbered, I used a tuning app and put letters for the notes on it. The notes are C, D, E, F, G, A, & A#. I have been playing it all the time, and I want to get a couple different sizes. Do not discount this drum just because it is mass produced versus handmade! It works very well for the price.