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Handpan Categories - Breaking it all down

When it comes to categorizing handpans there's a couple things (only a couple!) to help break it down. When you know what type of  model, player, scale, key, frequency, aesthetic...

Beginner's Guide- How to Find the best Handpan?

Selecting your first handpan is no easy feat. With numerous considerations to make, it can be overwhelming to determine the right type of instrument, scale, steel, and number of notes...

Learning Handpan Pieces | Sam Maher's NY Part II

It's part 2! If you've missed the first part of learning Sam Maher's NY Subway piece then click the link below and get started! Otherwise, carry on!  

Learning Handpan Pieces | Sam Maher's NY Part I

No doubt, Sam Maher's NY piece is one of the most attention-grabbing out there. Is it because it's so difficult to play? Maybe. When broken down the piece can be...

Learning the Handpan: Lesson 13 / Dotted Rhythm...

We've learnt straight rhythms (quavers and semi-quavers) and also triplet rhythms, but we've not yet learnt dotted rhythms. If we were to put some imagery to these rhythms well, a...

Learning the Handpan: Lesson 12 / Rewriting the...

For the whole of the previous eleven tutorials we've been writing the ding note on the very central line of the staves. However, doing this was never entirely "accurate", not...