SPECIAL OFFER Mystical C# Annaziska 9 440 Hz nitrated:
We are always selling off some of our exhibits. These instruments were only displayed in our showrooms and played from time to time for testing. These instruments were retuned before being sold and are in perfect condition. Buy a handpan at a greatly reduced price, only while stocks last.

About the Mystical Handpan:
There is something mystical about both their appearance and their sound that captivates us. Mystical handpans are characterized by their long resonance and balanced richness of overtones. Even when played more intensively, the tones sound clean. With their pronounced crosstalk of the pleasant and desired kind, the whole instrument seems to sing. The result is a versatile carpet of sound that is particularly inviting for spherical and melodic playing.
A distinctive feature of the Mystical Handpans is the particularly pronounced oval shape of the sound fields, which makes it easy to play due to their size. The fifth and tertiary tones of each sound field can also be emphasized precisely and particularly pleasantly.
The Mystical Handpans made of nitrided steel are perfect for percussive playing. They have a pleasant tone, medium sustain and very good tuning stability.

Diameter: 53 cm
Height: 25cm
Weight: approx. 4kg
Material: Nitrided DC04 steel

Mood description : Kurd
Synonyms : Aeolian / with root C# = Annaziska
Basic note sequence (8+1) : D/ A Bb CDEFGA
Effect : Warm - Mysterious - Dreamy
Tone range: Heptatonic

Mode :
Phrygian (tonal center 1st note) = major, or
Aeolian (tonal center : B) = minor

Semitones : 7 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2- 3 - 2 - 2
Tonal center: DING or first tone

Mood description Kurd:

The Kurd tuning is, if you will, the natural minor variant of the handpan tunings. Due to its particularly harmonious composition of notes, it is particularly suitable for beginners. With it, you can play everything from calm and meditative to melancholic to powerful and cheerful, with a wide variety of styles.

Even though this mood can sound very sentimental, you can create cheerful sounds with it. For example, the second and third notes each produce a major triad. Just be aware that the second and third notes will be played at the same time. You can of course also consciously use this tension to spice up your playing and make the relaxation seem stronger afterwards.

This tuning is one of the first seven-tone tunings that were built and has become very popular through some videos on the Internet.

Origin and music theory of the Kurdish tuning:

Kurd takes the name of the Arabic/Turkish maqam Kurd. This selection of tones also shares the arrangement of the tones with this maqam if one assumes that the tonal center is on the first tone in the circle. This creates the complete Phrygian mode, which is characterized by a semitone step (semitone) from the root note to the second note of the scale and is responsible for the mysterious sound of the scale.

However, an ambivalence remains, as the DING is a fifth below the first note and thus acts like a second tonal center, which causes the mode to change to Aeolian (natural minor). Depending on the playing style, you can switch between natural minor and Phrygian sound character. With Kurd, you can play everything from calm and meditative to melancholic to powerful and cheerful, with a wide variety of styles.

Kurd shares with other minor variations (cf. Celtic Minor/ Integral) the jump of a fifth from the DING to the first tone. From this fifth step, assuming that the tonal center is the DING, one has all the tonal steps of a natural minor scale (Aeolian). A special feature of Kurd is the semitone step (semitone) between the first and second tone. This step is also present in the Maqam Kurd (Arabic or Turkish scale system) of the same name (cf. Semai Kurd), but also in the Phrygian mode. The Phrygian mode is used in jazz, psychedelic rock, flamenco and fado, but also in classical music.