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F Low Pygmy 9 handpan chords
Low Pygmy is a minor sound with a deep ding. Every card here is built on the i chord, F minor: play each card's lit notes, then move to the next. The app has 11 chord cards for this scale. New to handpan? Read Handpan 101: how to play a handpan first.
Also sold as F minor Low Pygmy.
A little history
F Low Pygmy 9 puts a ding on F2, an octave below the usual F3. Eight notes sit around it on the top shell: F G Ab C Eb F G Ab. That is the five notes of F minor pentatonic. One maker lists it as an F2 Low Pygmy in F minor, with the notes F F G G# C D# F G G#. Makers differ on the exact notes and octaves, so check your own pan.
How to read a chord card
- The darker colour is the root; the lighter colour, the other chord tones.
- The line under the pan names the notes, root first, with their field numbers.
F Low Pygmy 9
F2 ding, F3 G3 Ab3 C4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4
Starter progression: Fm, F5, Fm7 (i, i, i), all on the F root.
Eighteen notes? Open F3 Low Pygmy 18.
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