Handpan Beginners' Course- learn how to play from scratch

Identify which fingers feel most natural to play with on the handpan, noting you can use any finger while thumb, index, and ring fingers are common options.

Train every finger from thumbs to pinkies with a ding four times per finger, using the thumb's side and wrist twist and the flat tops of the other fingers.

Develop handpan technique with a finger-by-finger exercise, starting on the ding and alternating fingers for consistent tone. Stay calm and pace evenly to produce beautiful sounds for each finger.

Master handpan dynamics by controlling strike force and volume; follow four-hit drill with right and left hands, starting soft, increasing, then lowering after switching hands to produce a wavy sound.

Learn to form chords on the handpan by playing three notes simultaneously - left-hand notes with a higher right-hand note - focus on producing a beautiful, synchronized sound.

Spice up the beat by replacing the fourth bar with a walking up the scale eight-note pattern, starting with the right hand on the ding and alternating hands.

Extend the beat by doubling its length, playing the first bar as learned and the second bar with a ding on the third count. Repeat the groove to develop flow.

Enhance the groove by adding more melody after a slap in the second bar, replacing the sixth, seventh, and eighth notes with random notes around the ding to expand expression.

Learn to play ghost notes on the handpan by omitting notes in alternating bars, counting through each bar, and restarting the beat on the first count of the new bar.

Practice the handpan by repeating the pattern from the previous exercise, then strike a random note on the eighth count of the second bar to explore timing and variation.

Learn the first part of the song on the handpan, alternating right and left hands, with the first note of each bar played by the right hand and fingering 567812345678123456781.

switch from the left to the right side on the handpan, add melodic notes on the third and seventh counts, play eight and seventh, six and five, and repeat.

Master breaking a handpan section by omitting the beat to create calm, then play left-hand double strikes with the seventh note and switch to the sixth across two bars.