Hello all. I just got a Low C Tenor pan on Saturday and I'm wanting to find some online lessons since I don't know anyone in the town I live in that knows how to play a pan. If anyone knows of any videos or audio lessons I will pay for them as long as I can download or watch the video or listen to the audio as much as I need to help me learn. So if anyone knows of anything, please pass it along my way. Thanks.
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louis nurse, from" louis and the lynx'',together with darren sheppard, fron fonclaire, compiled a VIDEO CASSETTE some years ago. Darren used the soprano pan ,what we call the tenor, as the main instrument. this in myopinion was a very educational experience for beginners.
GospelPan > Jimi phillipSeptember 1, 2011 at 10:57am
Jimi,
this looks like good material and I like the fact that you referred to the Lead Pan as the Soprano Pan, which is what the late Clive Bradley supported and tried to have Pan Trinbago implement.
Check out Winston "Pappy"Frederick, who has written a tutorial for pan. He may be able to guide you re online lessons. He can be reached at 416.754.0147 / 416.356.6152
sandra Jeffrey > Margaret Rose ParrisAugust 31, 2011 at 11:00pm
I have taught myself to tinkle my tenor pan. Salah Wilson has tutorial material, although I am not sure if you can now buy it. I tend to by music books for pianos with songs I know , right in the notes ie GAGE GAGE DDB etc etc (silent night), and practise til I reach a speed!....
I too Angela would like proper lessons.....A definate gap in the market . I am in London (Central London). Good luck and Happy Pan playing.
Well something I should have said in my post earlier GospelPan, is that I can't read sheet music. The reason I can't read sheet music is because I'm blind. So I learn music by ear most of the time. The only problem, is I don't know what note is what either. I can tell pitch very well. Like if I were to hear a note, I can find it pretty easily I think. But I think I might need actual lessons. I'm seeing someone at the local music store here on Saturday I hope. He's from Trinidad and knows how to play the pan, so he can at least show me how to hold the mallets right and all. I think some of my notes are out of tune, so I don't know if it would hurt the pan to pay someone to tune the few notes that are out of tune. But I will also check into the school of music out here to. Thank you to the person that suggested that. I will only be living in MN for another month and then it's back to Ohio where I'm originally from, and I think I might be able to get more help out there. But I love this site because you can get lots of great help. So thank you all for posting, and if you think of anything else, please don't hesitate to tell me.
GospelPan > Angela LatessaSeptember 1, 2011 at 10:40am
Angela, I know someone in your area who may be available to help...I will send you an email.
Angela it's very important that you have your instrument tuned to have an enjoyable experience. They key of c starts with the outer C note that's in your lap using your right hand move to your right skip a note and you will find D then skip the next note and you will find E now with your left hand strike the note to the immediate left of the first note you struck C and you will find F and continue to move the the right and skip C and you will find G then skip one note to your right and you find A then skip one note to the right and fine B you now at the top of the pan now come back down to your lap and play the middle note above the first note you played and you will find the C octave.
You will have played Do Re Me Fa So La To Do. You went up the ladder now reverse it and come back down the ladder. Congratulation you are of your way with your first key of C scale.
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LEAD: Kenneth Clarke will be the go-to-person, you can source him on WST
Check out " How to play the soprano pan" by Jimi Phillip
www.jimiphillip.com
Jimi,
this looks like good material and I like the fact that you referred to the Lead Pan as the Soprano Pan, which is what the late Clive Bradley supported and tried to have Pan Trinbago implement.
Good work!
GP
I do have a series of Steelpan Text books for different levels and they are available for the public send me an email
sal_wils@hotmail.com
Regards
Salah
I have taught myself to tinkle my tenor pan. Salah Wilson has tutorial material, although I am not sure if you can now buy it. I tend to by music books for pianos with songs I know , right in the notes ie GAGE GAGE DDB etc etc (silent night), and practise til I reach a speed!....
I too Angela would like proper lessons.....A definate gap in the market . I am in London (Central London). Good luck and Happy Pan playing.
Angela it's very important that you have your instrument tuned to have an enjoyable experience. They key of c starts with the outer C note that's in your lap using your right hand move to your right skip a note and you will find D then skip the next note and you will find E now with your left hand strike the note to the immediate left of the first note you struck C and you will find F and continue to move the the right and skip C and you will find G then skip one note to your right and you find A then skip one note to the right and fine B you now at the top of the pan now come back down to your lap and play the middle note above the first note you played and you will find the C octave.
You will have played Do Re Me Fa So La To Do. You went up the ladder now reverse it and come back down the ladder. Congratulation you are of your way with your first key of C scale.
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