APPLIED MUSIC THEORY FOR HANDPAN by Baran Yildiz.
Music theory allow you to
👉 improve your perception and understanding of music
👉 create interesting harmonies and colorful compositions
👉 be able to recreate musical ideas
👉 communicate more effectively with other musicians
And so much more…
Baran focusses on practical applications on the handpan and will take you on a quest to discover scales, intervals, simple and extended chords and progressions.
In this course, he gives you the tools you need in order to explore harmony on your handpan and include colorful progressions in your tunes and improvisations!
At launch, this course features the three most common handpan scales: D Minor (Kurd), E Amara/Celtic Minor and F Pygmy. The material can easily be transferred to other instruments and more scales will be added over the summer!
To celebrate the launch, we offer a 15% discount, valid for the coming 2 weeks. Use the code BARAN15 at checkout! 🎉
Your Instructor
David has more than 20 years of teaching experience and has toured the world performing percussion and Handpan.
As a soloist he has performed some of the most renowned concerts halls including the Royal Albert Hall, the Ryman Auditorium and the Berkeley Greek Theater. In 2018 he received a Grammy nomination for "Hiraeth", a duo album with Lisa Gerrard.
He loves the creativity of teaching and draws inspiration, ideas and concepts from various music traditions from around the world.
Course Curriculum
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Preview1.1 Welcome to Applied Music Theory for Handpan (2:05)
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Start1.2 About this course (3:44)
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Start1.3 Why music theory is important (2:18)
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Start1.4 Course goals and objectives (2:16)
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Start1.5 The notation system (1:47)
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Start1.6 D Kurd scale (1:11)
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Start1.7 F Pygmy scale (0:49)
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Start1.8 E Amara/Celtic minor scale (0:42)
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StartChapter summary (1:42)
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Start2.1 Musical notes, scales, keys and modes (3:29)
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Start2.2 Octaves and intervals (5:00)
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Start2.3 Interval examples (5:22)
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Preview2.4 How to build a musical mode (8:21)
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Start2.5 Each scale has 7 modes (4:30)
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Start2.6 Natural minor mode (Aeolian) - D minor/D Kurd scale (2:42)
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Start2.7 Natural minor mode (Aeolian) - F minor/F Pygmy scale (2:26)
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Start2.8 Natural minor mode (Aeolian)- E minor/E Amara scale (2:28)
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StartChapter summary (1:18)