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Interested in learning steel pans? Learn how to play the steel drums in a group in this free music video lesson.
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Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about fitting in with other instruments.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about tips for leading the music.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about tips for controlling your volume.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about tips for striking the drums.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about tips for playing a solo.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about tips for playing melodies.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about controlling the range of pitch on steel drums.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about tips for playing chords on steel drums.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about tips for playing arpeggio.
Looking to start a steel drum band? Learn how to play the steel pans in this free music video lesson about playing rhythms.
There is no other percussion instrument that can compare to the jamming sound of the steel drum. Spawning from the musical practices of Trinidad's enslaved Africans, drumming was used as a means of communication. These ingenious musicians used whatever they could to construct musical instruments. Steel drums (also known as steel pans) are constructed by pounding metal into a bowl shape. They are fired, and the notes are grooved into the metal with hammers. The musician that plays the steel drum is called a pannist. While this percussion instrument was invented long ago, the world of the steel drum is still flourishing. Used in classical, calypso, and reggae music styles, this instrument is crossing all kinds of borders and continents. Steel bands are growing more and more popular. Thankfully, this popularity of this instrument shows no signs of dying off.
If you are interested in learning the steel pans, this free video series is perfect for you. Jamming with a group is a great way to learn the instrument. Our expert, Alan Mark Lightner, gives you tips for playing the steel drums. So, take a moment, and learn how to play steel drums today!
Alan Mark Lightner Alan Mark Lightner generates excitement through his energetic, charismatic, and highly skilled approach to playing and teaching music. His unique style, vast knowledge, and kind hearted spirit have wooed audiences and classrooms around the world. During his studies in the music program at the University of California at Berkeley, Lightner also pursued private instruction from masters in his fields of interest. Those fields were Afro-Caribbean music including the art of steel pans and the vast world of Afro-Cuban rhythms and instruments, Afro-Brazilian percussion, West African music, European classical percussion and the Afro-American art form of jazz. After receiving his B.A. in music in 1991, Lightner became a master faculty member at the East Bay Center for Performing Arts where he served as the director of the steel pans and drum set departments. Within his eight years as director/arranger for the advanced steel pan performing ensemble, he and the band received many honors.dkdk
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