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F# Akebono 9 handpan chords
This pan has no tonic triad, so the cards here are the three the app ranks first. Play each card's lit notes, then move to the next. The app has 9 chord cards for this scale. New to handpan? Read Handpan 101: how to play a handpan first.
A little history
Akebono is a pentatonic scale from Japanese music. Makers say it comes from the In scale, and the pentatonic that comes from In is called Miyako-Bushi, used on traditional instruments such as the shamisen and koto. Isthmus Instruments says the notes of the scale make a lot of dissonance, yet it pairs well with minor scales. Both makers list this layout the same way: F# ding, then B C# D F# G B C# D. MAG calls the sound deep, hypnotic and alluring, with an Eastern flair.
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# Akebono 9
F#3 ding, B3 C#4 D4 F#4 G4 B4 C#5 D5
Starter progression: F#5, F#sus4, G (i, i, II), top shell only.
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