Buy 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
Lesson 17: What is a Slap?
In this part of the Play Pan handpan course, we focus on one of the very first and most practical handpan techniques: the slap. The slap technique is a fundamental element of handpan playing and is widely used in both beginner exercises and advanced handpan performance
Although the slap may appear simple at first glance, achieving a clean and powerful sound requires consistent and mindful practice. One of the most important aspects of mastering the handpan slap technique is learning to control the intensity, clarity, and dynamic quality of the sound. Proper execution of this technique allows you to add more depth, rhythm, and expressive power to your handpan music
For the best results, it is essential to build upon the foundation created in the earlier lessons of this handpan training program. Concepts such as note reading, rhythm exercises, proper finger placement, and dynamic control all contribute to a stronger and more confident slap execution
By practicing regularly and focusing on precision, you will not only improve your ability to perform the slap with accuracy, but also gain a deeper understanding of the percussive qualities of the handpan (hang drum). This will ultimately enrich your overall playing style, enhance your handpan sound expression, and prepare you for more advanced handpan rhythms and techniques
1 . Course Introduction
3 . How to Play Handpan Notes Correctly?
4 . Lesson 22: Four-Beat Rhythmic Pattern Using Sixteenth Notes
7 . Lesson 25 & 26: Learning and Performing Dotted Notes on the Handpan
8 . Lesson 27: Performing Dotted Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes on the Handpan
9 . Lesson 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33: Four-Beat Rhythmic Patterns Practice on the Handpan
10 . Lesson 34: Performing Piece 3 – Reversals and Handpan Playing
11 . Lesson 35: Performing Piece 4 – Combining 4-Beat Rhythmic Patterns
12 . Lesson 36: Learning and Performing Combined Eighth and Sixteenth Note Patterns
14 . Lesson 38: What Are Chords in the Handpan? & peace No 6
15 . Lesson 39 to 51: Practicing and Performing in 8/8 Time Signature
16 . Lessons 52 to 56: Performing Piece 7 in 8/8 Time Signature
Other courses
Playpan Handpan Level 1
✓ 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
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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