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About the songs:
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Fire Song - burn fears and expectations of your own ability. Learn a simple groove, 2 chords and repeating vocal phrase. Fun, lighthearted, good for campfires!
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Breathe - meditate, control the breath and play slow. Learn a four chord song, arpeggios + polyrhythms. Gentle, inward facing
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Freedom Song - sing proud, groove hard! Learn a more complex groove, integrate into a four chord pattern and sing for freedom.​
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Which scales are compatible?
For singing songs, the best scales are those that offer all available chords in its key.
The best scales for this are:
Kurd / Annaziska, Sabye / Ashakiran
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Any other scale can still work well! I have covered popular scales in the notation provided but if you don't see your scale in the songbook, reach out, and I will notate for you.
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In this course:
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3 songs focussing on 3 elements of handpan playing + singing
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3 exercises specific to each song
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Warmups, meditations + bonus exercises
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A selection of bitesize song snippets + vocal melody ideas to springboard your own songwriting in various handpan scales
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Songbooks containing notation for a number of handpan scales
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What to expect:
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This course was originally taught as a zoom class with live participants, it is made up of recordings from the classes and has a very interactive approach. I have adapted the original recordings to work in the course portal space, as well as adding bonus videos + challenges.
By the end of this course you will know how to play handpan as an accompaniment for the voice, how to sing more confidently, and you will have 3 brand new songs in your repertoire. The voice and handpan are taught together as one, integrating the two from start to finish.
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Feel free to take these songs into your own communities, play them and teach them as you wish, and give whoever hears them from you a hug from me.
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