Handpan Lessons: Arpeggios (Beginner to Advanced)

[@DavidKuckhermann]

Welcome to week #2 with another handpan lesson. Today is all about arpeggios. Starting off with simple ways to play a harmonic progression and later in the lesson covering some more involved and groovy patterns. There is also a duet towards the end and the corresponding play along tracks in the video description, so you can join in!

[@alvise6217]

i'm italian,you spell "arpa" perfectly. i'm a beginner and your lessons help me a lot,thank you!

[@thehumanfactors4977]

Love, love, love the lessons. You are truly a Master Teacher! We appreciate your time and effort. Cheers.

[@joshnite9265]

So great having you back around, David!

[@DavidKuckhermann]

It's good to be back!

[@jaspertanezing]

Thanks David for making these free lessons , learned lot from you man

[@DavidKuckhermann]

Awesome Jasper, that's great to hear. You're welcome!

[@ongyuxuan6989]

Definitely the best handpan lesson I've ever seen

[@DavidKuckhermann]

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[@subobo4719]

Thanks so much!! That really enlarged the meager amount of arpeggio-options I had played up to now. It helps finding my way out of fragmented play into new little compositions!!

[@DavidKuckhermann]

Awesome, that's great to hear!

[@11OBlitzO11]

The quality of these videos is next level! Video, sound, and lesson design ... amazing.

[@dinaf.1970]

So beautiful - thank you for sharing.

[@yayafuentes5801]

Thanks so much dear David .... i hope see you in México ! some day .... thanks, master.

[@DavidKuckhermann]

You're very welcome! Now that the world is slowly opening up that actually becomes a real possibility again! 😊

[@N62583]

This is incredible David! Thank you for this series. The instruction is excellent as always.

[@DavidKuckhermann]

Thanks Edward, you're very welcome! :)

[@ntego369]

So beautiful!!! Greatest teacher I ever met, appreciate 🙏🏽

[@DavidKuckhermann]

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[@Nebo4U]

Dear David! Thanks a lot for this video, it's very didactic, clarifying and helpful, gives a good comprehension, motivation to progress! God bless you, dear friend! Big hug from Minsk, Belarus!

[@iveno_]

Vielen dank, hoert sich gut an, danke fuer die weiterbildung in music. Bin ein fan von dir seit vielen jahren!

[@forumromanum234]

I can see I am improving a lot thanks to your lessons. God bless for your project and many thanks to you. Peace.

[@DavidKuckhermann]

That's great to hear, thanks for the thumbs up! Peace

[@meetidnani]

Surely gonna give this a try

[@vituspirchner]

Gratuliere 🎉 super beschrieben 👍👍

[@steveelam4810]

Appreciate the help,this opens up new practice ideas with my new d Voyager that I spend so much time with,love the handpan and the advanced players willing to help our journey,have great year

[@kateryna_polovyk]

Thank you a lot! These examples and excercises hugely develop my impovisations

[@andreiklm7011]

Best lessons, just like always )

[@DavidKuckhermann]

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[@corwyn]

Wow, just as good as the previous one! The 3 and 4 notes patterns are very nice and it's a nice addition to my regular training.

[@DavidKuckhermann]

Cheers Corwyn, that’s great to hear! 👍

[@sabinalajardinera]

Wonderful and very good explained. Thanxs 🙏🙏🙏

[@DavidKuckhermann]

thanks Sabine!

[@AndreasBeder]

Highly appreciate all the effort you put into your videos, i learned a lot from these. thank you so much.

[@ANUAHHANDPANMUSIC]

Very well explane like always from U

[@DavidKuckhermann]

thanks Anuah

[@saltwalk]

This gave me a fresh new idea for something to try. Thank so much for posting! Subscribed.

[@yurimadreams]

Thanks for posting your amazing videos! But i only have 8 tones... What should i play instead of the 9th? :)

[@sohrabkolahdooz]

Good one brother.keep it up

[@newgabe09]

I love how your videos go from simple beginner level through to advanced play. So many hours of playing generated from 10 minutes video !

[@sirnorbo]

Jeeeessss.!! Lot THX.!! David for President!! ;)

[@DavidKuckhermann]

😁 I wouldn't want that job for all the money in the world ;).

[@MarkDerbyshiremoses]

Im a beginner however you made the video easy to follow. Will try this this weekend. I will be much slower but I'm sure itll work too 😊 Thanks for sharing 👍

[@he-man-music]

Wow creativity is so damn simple!!

[@igaelbrummer1152]

Thanks David. . Your an inspiration. .

[@francescosperanza5014]

Bravissimo

[@Gomu-Gomu94]

Thanks David , so good explications

[@annarabinovych864]

Tank you ❤❤❤

[@johnnyg3709]

Thank you David - these videos are fantastic and greatly appreciated ! :)

[@DavidKuckhermann]

thanks Johnny!

[@GPS379]

you are awesome Sir As soon i'll get my handpan , i will buy all your content

[@StaticMango]

Sooo much to learn. My first pan will arrive in a few days and I’ve never even seen one in real life! It’s E Major and I have no idea what chords can be made with it and I have zero musical background at all. It’s scary, intimidating and exciting all in one

[@リョウ-r6u]

thank you

[@pamelak3800]

Thank you for your great videos from the best. I only have eight notes including the top on mine. How do I learn to play that?

[@nicovranken6370]

Great lesson, witch type of handpan do you play 👌🙏

[@naturelover137]

Love the instruction!! But shouldn't some of the black 6's be green (around 7:10)? Also some 7's in the next line--I think they're supposed to be green.

[@jonathanhernandez8592]

thanksssssssssssssssss !!!!!!

[@josephbuenconsejo1543]

Any handpan you recommend? Brand?

[@anne-marievaneck9183]

Hi. Thxs!! Do you have also.lessons for a C(#) amara🙏

[@voivodess]

FINALLY LESSONS FROM THE MASTER! May we all learn the WAYS!!!

[@DavidKuckhermann]

lol, cu soon Becksland. ❤️

[@markmeers4371]

How can I practice this and practice what you are playing without a 9 note?

[@RezaAmerinia]

Very nice performance and tutorial! What is your mic system?

[@gregoryschimanski7689]

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[@evatejada5123]

Hola. Cuando puedas subite un tutorial de ritmos latinos... habanera salsa, jazz? Gracias

[@Sauloesoterico]

Where can I get THAT handpan???

[@rickiej88]

This is absolutely great! I have a D Celtic Minor Rav Vast and I can pretty much figure out all the same notes as you're playing on my Rav. However mine are in much more complicated positions somehow 😂

[@DavidKuckhermann]

that should be quite a challenge, since all the notes will be on the other side! :D

[@rickiej88]

@@DavidKuckhermann exactly! I'm crossing my arms in all kinds of awkward positions 😂 I'm considering buying your online course however I only have a Rav Vast. I assume this shouldn't make much of a difference? Or is a lot of the co tent solely handpan related?

[@DavidKuckhermann]

@@rickiej88 I can imagine. 😁 We have quite a few Rav players and the feedback has been very positive - the material seems to transfer pretty well. There is also a 30 day money back option so you can always just check out how the courses work for you. ;)

[@markneumann5975]

Thank you so much for the lessons and the very professional videos. Is your drum hexatonic or heptatonic? Who is the manufacturer?

[@DavidKuckhermann]

You're very welcome. It's a heptatonic (D Minor) SpB Pantam from 2012 made by Victor Levinson.

[@Trebronus]

Thanks very much for this great lesson David. I am trying it on on my 8-note Kurd. I don't understand how you can have a position 10 on the 9 note drum you are using. I see the same position referenced as both 9 at the beginning of the exercise and then 10 near the end. Please clarify. Thanks

[@DavidKuckhermann]

For some reason 9 turned into 10 in the end, no idea how that happened. It’s of course tone field 9 in the circle

[@lewissamm]

Great lessons, thanks. I've been practicing similar 4 note arpeggios on a D minor handpan, but with alternating hands which feels more natural and easier to play faster. But I can see the benefit in learning this way so I will adjust to this method also. What I am really curious about is your opinion on swapping the leading hand on the first beat. What I'm teaching myself is to play chords like Am7 (135753 135753) hands going RLRLRL then A#maj7 (246864 246864) LRLRLR . To maintain a RL pattern on the left side of the handpan makes my hands get in the way of each other and it's more ergonomic to change the leading hand. This is difficult at first but I'm getting used to it. I feel like there are lots of instances where you need to swap your leading hand and I'm wondering if you recommend learning this or not?

[@tundertimi69]

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[@geocachersontour-alwaysont8641]

Hi, Just started learning. Great lessons. Question : I don't have the 9th (higher) note you play starting from 4.30 minutes....Which note can I take here instead ?

[@DavidKuckhermann]

Heya, it depends on your scale. Try 5, 6, 7 and 8. One of those usually works ok

[@geocachersontour-alwaysont8641]

@@DavidKuckhermann I have a D kurd with D/Bb/A/C/E/G/A/F/D . Thanks ! I'll give it a try....i'm a beginner but bumped into this video...you explain it very clear :-)

[@seaisbon]

This video is so helpful for beginners. Do you have tutorial for C# Ysha Savitah skill ? Or does this arpeggios can apply to my handpan skill ? C# G# C C# D# F F# G# C#

[@ВикторияАнтонец-о3б]

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[@audreydugan9668]

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[@daniel-dq4dc]

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[@dr.ollerblyad920]

Very nice tutorial! But one little question: Why did you mention the D Minor 3 times? Is there a deeper meaning behind?

[@DavidKuckhermann]

hehe, good question. I repeated it it so that the sequence of chords makes musical sense. It's the "harmonic home base" of the instrument.

[@dr.ollerblyad920]

Thank you for the fast response! Would love to get a "reallife" lesson from you one day! Looking forward to it! Keep up the awesome work!

[@dangbathanh1]

I really like these exercises, very helpful Always looking forward to it everyday thank you very much from Vietnam !!!

[@DavidKuckhermann]

that's awesome and great to hear! 👍

[@alireza206]

Thank u David you are inspirational person who teach free .. u have a big big soulll .....

[@shanonward7853]

Thankyou so much for you time, much appreciated. Will you come to Australia in the near future ?

[@DavidKuckhermann]

nothing planned at the moment, but I'm working on another record with Lisa Gerrard, that might bring me over at least for some studio work.

[@jdogcisco1]

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[@TheJosenoah]

Thank you so much for your great lessons David. Its such a help and it give so much fun to keep on practise.

[@bobobebe]

Dear David, I appreciate you sharing these valuable tips. Towards the end of the video, I noticed that the 9th note was referred to as the 10th note. I'm curious about the reason for this change. Have I missed something?

[@wilburgoes1116]

minute 7 onwards, you mentioned -24648624 - isnt it supposed to be 24648646 ?

[@_Phustercluck]

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[@FabioMoserhandpanmusician]

wow this is real basic and sounds very awesome. Good Job and thank you for that video lesson!

[@DavidKuckhermann]

cheers Fabio, thanks!

[@christinegeiler5770]

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[@MonaPlayPiano]

David, YOU ARE JUST THE BEST HANDPAN PLAYER I have ever come across 👏👍👏👍👏👍♥️ Very Professional!! These lessons are just what I am looking for!! Thank You so much for posting these videos! You are just simply awesome

[@lolitajorda5355]

Merci 🙏💕

[@REOMATSUMOTO]

awesome quality and tutorial!!!

[@DavidKuckhermann]

Thanks bro. Can’t wait to check out your upcoming videos!

[@LimTind]

"The most obvious ways to play a 3 note arpeggio" Maybe a stinger towards Hang Massive? I'd dig it tbh :D Keep up the good work, man!

[@DavidKuckhermann]

Not at all. Obvious or simple doesn't equal bad (at least in my book). Often those are the most catchy things and these patterns have been used in 1000s of beautiful music pieces in classical, pop and other genres. I love Hang Massive, they are good friends of mine and I'd say they are the masters of catchiness in the handpan world, which is an art in itself! :)

[@LimTind]

@@DavidKuckhermann hm okay :/ I prefer yours and Nadishanas work by far with all that virtuosity and clever arrangements. And I think it is a really bad thing that their "work" greatly exceeds yours when it comes to public perception. In my opinion, pieces like Khubananukh are indeed really catchy, too. Yet, Triads and mindlessly reapated eighth note patterns seem to please the majority of the internet way more :/ What a time to be alive ._.

[@leadpan]

As new handpan player i was looking for arpeggios to learn... this lessons are fantastic!

[@gsturl]

Super Lessons! Hoffe Du kommst wieder mal nach Österreich!

[@DavidKuckhermann]

Danke! Im Moment ist nichts geplant, eventuell die Pantam summer school im Sommer.

[@jerine1516]

I love your lesson is easy for nonmusic backgrounds to follow...

[@yyutopian]

The first day I got my tongue drum the arpeggio was the first thing I learned a few minutes after playing it.

[@rhythmcircles]

🙏🏽Awesome thank you for sharing and inspiring 🙏🏽🎶☀️

[@mamamiabia]

Hallo David, Ich versuche die ganze Zeit die 9te Note beim groovy pattern (transition notes) zu ersetzen, finde jedoch keine passenden Tonfelder. Ich habe eine Annaziska C# 8+1 und finde das Pattern echt super! =) Hast du einen Tipp, wie ich die 9te Note umgehen könnte? LG und weiter so - vielen Dank =)

[@markmorley659]

I have just ordered my very first hand pan in d minor and cannot wait to try these patterns out . Thanks for the lessons I hope I do them proud when I get mine

[@David-xx7ny]

How did it go?

[@slaffsla]

Great one, David, I liked the play along part the most, perhaps because it's quite a new subject for me! Would love to learn more about approaching this. Best lessons I've seen too!

[@DavidKuckhermann]

thanks Slava, your early feedback for the episode was very helpful! What exactly do you mean - that the play along part was new and you'd like to know more about this? You mean playing with several handpan players in different "roles"? Or are you referring to the arpeggio subject?

[@slaffsla]

I am referring to the melody part, player on the left. It’s not exactly composing, I guess, but being able to add notes sparingly and in place along with another player. Quite a new concept to me, which was only somewhat touched in your courses in rhythmic displacement.

[@DavidKuckhermann]

@@slaffsla got it. Good topic for a future video.

[@Psalmist374DKR]

Seriously, the tone!!! Want to work out a language system and talk through one so badly I can practically feel my hardened fingers tapping out this trapped music... Almost painful how deeply I feel this NEED to glorify Yah with a handpan/hang drum... Been a frustrated percussionist for decades, but once I heard the TONE and am literally watching what I do subconsciously on any surface I can touch it became virtually UNBEARABLE. At least I can listen on KZbin. Thank you for your uploads!