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✓ 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
Breathing and Mindfulness – Session 2: Oceanic Breathing
After practicing diaphragmatic breathing and connecting with our inner self through the sense of touch, this session introduces oceanic breathing, a technique designed to deepen our awareness of breath and its natural rhythm. By experiencing oceanic breathing together, we learn to listen to the sound of our own breath, noticing how it flows in harmony with our body and mind
This practice enhances our ability to stay present, cultivate mindfulness, and connect deeply with music. Just as each breath carries life, each moment of our personal music — whether improvised on the handpan or expressed through meditation — resonates with our inner world. Oceanic breathing allows us to explore the natural rhythm of life and integrate it with our musical expression
Through regular practice, you develop greater awareness of your breath and body sensations, enhance focus during handpan practice or meditation, and emotionally connect with the music of your own breath. By using breath as a tool for expressive and conscious handpan playing, your performances become more immersive, fluid, and deeply expressive. Integrating oceanic breathing into your daily routine strengthens mind-body coordination, musical flow, and emotional presence, creating a richer experience in both meditation and handpan performance
1 . Course Introduction
3 . How to Play Handpan Notes Correctly?
2 . Lesson 58, performing piece No. 9: practicing the rhythmic pattern and playing the melody line over the pattern.
3 . Lesson 59 and Performance of Piece No. 10 – Playing and Introduction to Arpeggios on the Handpan.
4 . Lesson 60: Performing Piece 11 – Combining Eight-Note Rhythmic Patterns with Melody
5 . Lesson 61: Practicing a Section of the Rotation Melody on Handpan
6 . Lessons 62 to 65: Practicing Piece 12 – First Rhythmic Pattern of Rotation
7 . Lessons 66 & 67: Practicing Piece 13 – Second Rhythmic Pattern of Rotation
8 . Lessons 68 & 69: Practicing the third rhythmic pattern of Rotation, performing Piece 14
9 . Lessons 70 & 71: Performing Piece 15 – The Fourth Rhythmic Pattern of Rotation
10 . Lesson 72: Performing Piece 16 – Playing and Constructing Melodic Structures Using Chords
11 . Lesson 73 & 74: Preparatory Exercises for Performing Passages
12 . Lesson 75: Learning and Performing Triplet Notes, Whole Notes, and Half Notes
13 . Lessons 76, 77, 78: Practicing Single Strokes and Accents on the Handpan
14 . Lessons 79 to 84: Practicing Double Strokes and Paradiddle Strokes on the Handpan
15 . Lessons 85 to 93: Exploring Time Signatures and Ghost Note Execution on the Handpan
16 . Lesson 94 – Learning and Performing Piece No 17 in 6/8 Time Signature on the Handpan
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 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 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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