Inverted Steel Pan Drum

Today they have become popular all over the world and their unique and charming sound has recently inspired similar inverted models.

Inverted steel pan drum.

Steel pans first originated in the west indies and evolved from scrap metal used for percussion. Each handpan is tuned to a particular scale such as major natural minor harmonic minor hijaz mixolydian etc. The handpan or hang is a convex steel drum played with the hands and tuned with multiple notes. The entire instrument vibrates to make the sound not simply a drum skin allowing it to create a range of pitches no drum could dream of.

Sonically the handpan is an overtone emitting instrument that has the capacity to create many layers of sound and ethereal effects and works very well with drone instruments. Tosfogo 13 notes 12 inches steel tongue drum percussion instrument hand pan drum with travel bag music book mallets. These inverted steel drums or hand pans have similarly hammered notes but are played more by hand than. The round steel surface traditionally repurposed from an emptied oil.

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