How To Make A Handpan- The 3 Hammer Challenge - 2019

The 3 Hammer Challenge was an idea that was created to get me back to the roots of this art form. Forget the tools and technology; can I make a handpan using just 3 hammers?

Last year I wanted to get back to the basics of making. This year I also want to get back to the basics of playing. I've pursued 9 notes, played mutants, added bottom notes and in doing so I wonder if I've wandered off the path. Do too many notes dilute the original intention of the instrument?

One evening I was feeling nostalgic for the good ol' days and I dug up some of my favorite videos. Most were people playing the heck out of 7 note instruments and having way more fun than I've been having lately. I felt both envious and inspired. I am going to use this year's 3HC to travel back in time to when things were simpler.

I made a 20", 7 note instrument. I compiled a list of some of my favorite 7 note scales in D and I let you, the viewer, vote on what scale I was going to make and this instrument will be ready to be given away on October 13th, the first International Handpan Day.

Enter here:
https://forms.gle/6TV79FE2ygxLRSweA

Note Template Dimensions Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

2018's 3 Hammer Challenge:
   • How To Make A Handpan- The 3 Hammer Challe...  

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