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Learning the Handpan: Lesson 8 / Walking the Ha...

Who knows Hang Massive? Who doesn't!? Well, from their most famous track, "Once Again", which we've all seen on Youtube, there's a particular accompaniment on one of the handpans which...

Learning the Handpan: Lesson 7 / Percussive Sla...

Notice how we left some spaces open on the musical staves? Well that's because they'll be used for percussive slaps / taks / taps / clicks or whatever else people...

Learning the Handpan: Lesson 6 / Harmonics & Pi...

Did you know that there's a lot more to the handpan than just the notes you can play? Like on the guitar whereby pressing one finger ever so gently in...

Learning the Handpan: Lesson 5 / Semiquaver (1/...

Learning semi-quaver (1/4) rhythms, a follow-up from Lesson 2 Quaver (1/2) beat rhythms!  

Learning the Handpan: Lesson 4 / Accents by Nov...

Accents! If you're still playing notes, all of the same duration and intensity, then you're not yet making use of accents (not at least intentionally!). Accents are a means of...

Learning the Handpan: Lesson 3 / Dynamics by No...

Along with learning rhythms from the previous tutorial, there are numerous other ways to expand the range of expression on your handpan. One of those is called dynamics or layman...