This is a question I hear over and over again. Any handpan facebook group will also see this question asked by someone just discovering handpans on almost a daily basis and the answer is always the same. Where can I find a cheap handpan for sale? – Cheap handpans are, in most cases, not good…
I know where you are in the process of choosing your handpan. You’ve heard a few, searched some videos and now you want to decide which scale to buy. Which scale should I choose for my handpan? – The scale you choose will be a personal choice. The one that sounds best to your ear….
A handpan sounds incredible on its own but often when scouring the net and YouTube you see them played solely. As a social animal, it would be great to be able to jam with other musicians, so the question begs. What other instruments do a HandPan work with? – The list is only limited by…
When I started getting interested in handpans, it took a while to understand the difference between a hang drum and a handpan. While the answer is very simple, there remains no direct answer to the question. So I thought I would explain. What is a Hang Drum? – The Hang® [pronounced Haahng] is the name…
When I first got interested in handpans, I thought I wanted as many notes as possible to increase the variety of what I could play. I was wrong! How many notes are there on a handpan? – The original PANArt Hang had 8 notes. Further development, experimentation, and evolution of the handpan has witnessed other…
A good quality handpan is neither mass-produced nor quick to produce. Mostly made to order, a handpan is crafted by highly skilled creators to your own specification. With very few skilled manufacturers in the world, demand is high and supply low. That is why handpans cost so much.
