3-Hour Handpan Experience for Couples at Sunset

Ko Samui, Koh Samui



Write your own handpan piece together, then play it as a duet at sunset. No experience needed. You leave with it written out as tab.

Highlights

  • Compose and play your own handpan duet, with no music experience needed
  • Swap roles between holding the beat and playing solo
  • Take home your piece in handpan tab, bar by bar for both hands
  • Enjoy tea, healthy snacks, and drinks on an open-air terrace above the sea
  • Finish at sunset, with a hotel or villa session available on Koh Samui

Description

In three hours, two people who have never played music write a handpan piece together and play it as the sun goes down. It starts with tea and a first look at the instrument, then Can plays for you for 15 to 20 minutes, a small opening ceremony. From there you learn side by side: how to touch the steel so the note rings, a rhythm pattern to hold the beat, then an arpeggio and a melody. Every handpan is tuned to one scale, so there are no wrong notes. Anything you play fits. Along the way, each of you finds your own melody phrase. Over snacks and drinks you give your piece a name. In the last half hour you build it together: one of you holds the rhythm while the other plays solo, then you swap, with Can joining on drum or guitar. You go home with your piece written out as handpan tab, left and right hand, bar by bar, plus simple practices so you can keep playing wherever you are. Film as much as you like. For couples, friends or family, any two people.

Includes

3-hour private session with Can Two handpans for the whole session Tea, healthy snacks and drinks Your piece written out as handpan tab Practices to keep learning at home

Excludes

Transport to the terrace

Important Information

  • No music experience needed. Wear clothes you can sit cross-legged in, and come with short nails if you can. The terrace is reached by stairs, so it is not wheelchair accessible. The terrace is covered, so sessions run in the rain.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund

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