The eternal dilemma about how to choose an handpan scale is quite something, especially as buying such instruments is an economic effort and an investment on playing commitment. There are several ideas and theories about choosing the right scale and version, but more...
Chord building, or rather what’s know as the harmonization of a scale, is picking each note of any scale or mode and stacking the notes in thirds, usually up to four notes. But what does this stacking mean? Let’s pick the C major scale: C D E F G A B Starting from the...
Know your handpan For this third lesson, I’ve decided to focus on the analysis of the handpan I am playing at home, a version of an Hijaz scale that has the following notes: E3, A3, Bb3, C#4, D4, E4, F4, G4 and A4 According to the disposition of the notes, the scale...
The good thing with drums and percussions is that every single bar is a world of endless combinations to practice with. This was the underlying principle when I was studying rhythmic sight-reading and snare technique with Daniele. So, after the first, introducing...
Today I finally understood one of the pillars of percussion playing. Well, I was pointlessly playing my handpan, when I remembered the hours spent practicing drum technique with my former teacher Daniele Meregalli. When I started playing drums, I decided to do it...
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