With their soft and gentle tones, handpans must be one of the most interesting, newly developed musical instruments around today. For anyone wishing to find out more, this book by Daniel Giordani provides a great way to get started. A full range of exercises enable the various playing techniques to be developed step by step. Thanks to the simple and easy-to-follow notation, you will very quickly be able to play different rhythms and to combine them with beautiful melodic sequences.Numerous exercises to improve coordination and independence of the hands together with lots of Afro, rock and hip-hop grooves make learning how to play really energising. With its exercises for chords, cross-rhythms and double strokes, the book has plenty of challenges in store for slightly advanced players as well. What's more, seven engaging practice pieces will provide a little repertoire for the first performances.Together with the musical notation, the linked online videos are also a very good additional aid to learning. All the exercises can be played with the wide variety of handpan scales. You can find a short video introduction to the book following the link: https://vimeo.com/696103590 This edition is also available in German: Das Handpanbuch, D 910, ISBN 978-3-86849-350-4

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1. INTRODUCTIONThe history of the instrumentFrom the Hang® to the handpanAbout the bookLearning with musical notation or playing freely2. GETTING TO KNOW THE INSTRUMENTSitting positionsNotationThe first sounds on the central tone fieldThe deep bass sound in the central tone fieldThe high percussive sound at the edge of the central tone fieldThe outer tone fieldsThe thumb playing technique for the low notes 1 3The index finger playing technique from tone field 43. THE FIRST EXERCISE SEQUENCESExercise sequence 1Exercise sequence 2Exercise sequence 3Exercise sequence 4Exercise sequence 5Exercise sequence 6Exercise sequence 7Exercise sequence 8Exercise sequence 9Exercise sequence 104. CHANGING SIDES5. AFRO GROOVES6. ORIENTAL GROOVES7. ROCK AND POP GROOVES8. PLAYING WITH TAPSRock grooves with slow tapsSlow fill-insRock grooves with fast tapsFast fill-ins9. HIP-HOP GROOVESTricky fill-ins10. DOUBLE STROKESDouble strokes with the thumb and index finger11. INDEPENDENCE EXERCISES12. PLAYING CHORDS13. THE SLAP STROKE14. 2 AGAINST 3 OR 3 AGAINST 415. CLIMBING STAIRS16. DAMPENED SOUNDS17. FINDING AN ENDING18. PRACTICE PIECES1. A NEW BEGINNING2. INNER VOICE3. GO WITH THE FLOW4. WAITING FOR YOU5. DEEP BREATH6. AYINA (for advanced players)7. SPREAD BY THE WIND (for advanced players)APPENDICESSome common handpan scalesNotation symbolsList of videos