Write Your Own Music - 4 Easy Approaches to Handpan Composition

Thanks for watching this beginner handpan video!

Here are four ways I like to approach composing and improvising on the handpan. Watch me compose in real-time and break down my process, so you can see step by step how to come up with ideas, how to write songs, how to compose, and how to improvise.

If you'd like to see any of these methods broken down in more detail, let me know in the comments!

How do you write music on the handpan?

Time codes:
00:00 - intro
00:22 - leading with groove
1:10 - example + breakdown
03:50 - importance of patterns

05:15 - leading with melody
06:40 - example + breakdown
08:20 - thinking in shapes
09:40 - developing further

11:43 - leading with bassline
12:20 - example + breakdown
15:38 - example 2

16:32 - leading with chord progressions
17:49 - example + breakdown
19:38 - developing further

20:48 - overview

Videos mentioned:
Handpan build a beat (simple groove):    • Handpan Build a Beat - Beginner Groov...  
How to make chords more interesting:    • Make chords more interesting! Handpan...  

Thanks so much for watching, happy practicing!

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