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✓ Academic handpan learning and training
✓ Music theory instruction (rhythmic reading, note names, time signatures, musical symbols)
✓ Over 30 educational exercises (note execution, proper fingering, reverse playing) and performing pieces with backing tracks
✓ Includes sessions on yoga, breathing exercises, and corrective movements specifically for handpan playing
Reading Rhythms for Different Music Notes
This is the seventh Music Theory session in the PlayPan course
Music and musical pieces are constructed from notes with different time values, which define the rhythm, pacing, and overall flow of a composition. In this session, we focus on quarter notes (crotchets) and quarter rests, two fundamental elements of rhythm reading that every musician should master
You will learn how to recognize, count, and play quarter notes accurately, as well as understand how to observe quarter rests, ensuring precise timing and expression in your performance. Mastering these basic rhythmic values is essential for playing handpan, piano, or any instrument with confidence and musicality
Through practical exercises and examples, you will develop a strong sense of timing, improve your hand-eye coordination, and enhance your ability to read and interpret sheet music. This session bridges theory with practice, giving you the tools to apply rhythm reading directly to handpan exercises and musical pieces
By the end of this session, you will have a solid foundation in reading quarter notes and rests, which is a crucial step toward mastering more complex rhythms and improving your overall musicianship
3 . How to Play Handpan Notes Correctly?
24 . Lesson 8 – Playing and Learning the Eighth Note
27 . Lesson 12: Proper Handpan Striking and Finger Placement
30 . Lesson 15: Performance of the First Piece with Backing Track
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Playpan Handpan Level 2
✓ Academic handpan learning and training
✓ Music theory instruction and practice (learning and performing sixteenth notes and dotted eighth notes, chord definitions, compound time signatures)
✓ Over 40 educational exercises (learning different rhythms, performing chords, practicing rhythmic figures, handpan composition techniques) plus performing pieces with backing tracks
✓ Includes sessions on yoga, breathing exercises, and corrective movements specifically for handpan playing
Playpan Handpan Level 3
✓ Academic handpan learning and training
✓ Music theory instruction and practice (learning thirty-second notes, whole and half notes, understanding arpeggios, defining ghost notes)
✓ Over 40 educational exercises (practicing 8/8 and 6/8 rhythms, performing single strokes and paradiddle strokes, handpan composition techniques) plus performing pieces with backing tracks
✓ Includes sessions on yoga, breathing exercises, and corrective movements specifically for handpan playing
Playpan Handpan Level 4
✓ Academic handpan learning and training
✓ Music theory instruction and practice (learning triplets and sextuplets, practicing and performing grace notes on handpan, learning flageolet technique)
✓ Over 30 educational exercises (practicing accents, single strokes, off-beats, various rhythmic figures, handpan composition techniques) plus performing pieces with backing tracks
✓ Includes sessions on yoga, breathing exercises, and corrective movements specifically for handpan playing
Playpan Handpan Level 5
✓ Academic handpan learning and training
✓ Over 20 educational exercises (practicing and learning polyrhythms, performing rhythmic figures with different time signatures, single strokes and paradiddle strokes, handpan composition techniques) plus performing pieces with backing tracks
✓ Includes sessions on yoga, breathing exercises, and corrective movements specifically for handpan playing
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