Bala-Pan: Balafon like, plays similar to Hand-Pan. Short video to accompany DIY article

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Channel: dennis havlena · 2013 · Music

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This is a pentatonically tuned African Balafon-like instrument that has the tone bars arranged in a right-left-right-left manner similar to a Hand-Pan (Halo, Hang etc).
It can be built easily using any available hardwood for the tone bars.
This video is obviously is not a performance, but rather just a short sound sample showing how the thing sounds. Full building instructions are on my webpage at: http://DennisHavlena.com/bala-pan.htm
Dennis Havlena
northern Michigan

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