Sample Pages
Table of contents
1. INTRODUCTION
The history of the instrument
From the Hang® to the handpan
About the book
Learning with musical notation or playing freely
2. GETTING TO KNOW THE INSTRUMENT
Sitting positions
Notation
The first sounds on the central tone field
The deep bass sound in the central tone field
The high percussive sound at the edge of the central tone field
The outer tone fields
The thumb playing technique for the low notes 1 – 3
The index finger playing technique from tone field 4
3. THE FIRST EXERCISE SEQUENCES
Exercise sequence 1
Exercise sequence 2
Exercise sequence 3
Exercise sequence 4
Exercise sequence 5
Exercise sequence 6
Exercise sequence 7
Exercise sequence 8
Exercise sequence 9
Exercise sequence 10
4. CHANGING SIDES
5. AFRO GROOVES
6. ORIENTAL GROOVES
7. ROCK AND POP GROOVES
8. PLAYING WITH TAPS
Rock grooves with slow taps
Slow fill-ins
Rock grooves with fast taps
Fast fill-ins
9. HIP-HOP GROOVES
Tricky fill-ins
10. DOUBLE STROKES
Double strokes with the thumb and index finger
11. INDEPENDENCE EXERCISES
12. PLAYING CHORDS
13. THE SLAP STROKE
14. 2 AGAINST 3 OR 3 AGAINST 4
15. CLIMBING STAIRS
16. DAMPENED SOUNDS
17. FINDING AN ENDING
18. PRACTICE PIECES
1. A NEW BEGINNING
2. INNER VOICE
3. GO WITH THE FLOW
4. WAITING FOR YOU
5. DEEP BREATH
6. AYINA (for advanced players)
7. SPREAD BY THE WIND (for advanced players)
APPENDICES
Some common handpan scales
Notation symbols
List of videos