Dwarf is minor mood, during which minor seventh and fourth skipped. So you have five of the seven notes from the minor series. A slightly different tone choice than with the regular Pygmy.
What Dwarf truly unique is that there is no jump between the thing and the next tone. Whereas almost every tuning after the ding skips a few notes in the sequence, at Dwarf more part of the other tones, as it were.
Dwarf is thus not so much a tuning with a bass (the central centre, the thing), and melody around it. In this tuning, a single entity forms, where the ding is part of the melody, and the focus as a whole is more on melody than on bass.
By the name Dwarf you would quickly think of a low mood. Yet Dwarf just a little higher in terms of tuning. This contributes to the beautiful melodic and sparkling character of this tuning. Definitely a unique tuning within hand pan tunings!
Stainless steel
Stainless steel is characterised by medium to above-average reverberation, and a nice clear sound. The mid-high fresh sound is something that comes out clearly with the sound of stainless steel. It has a bit less (top) high and a bit less low than Ember Steel, but moves a bit more into the (high) middle.
This makes stainless steel a fine and fresh sound, which today forms a nice middle ground within all the different sounds in terms of materials. It has slightly less reverb than Ember Steel, but clearly more reverb than nitrided steel.
Features Octopus Pro handpan
- Handmade
- Stainless steel 1.0 and 1.2 mm
- Distinctive “oil spots” on the shells
- Suitable for beginners and advanced players
- Easy and intuitive to play
- Low resonance and pleasant vibration
- Full and grounded sound
- Suitable for various playing styles
- Professionally tuned
Octopus handpans sound and look beautiful. Thanks to the oil spots on the shells, they produce unique and fascinating sounds. A full, warm and grounded sound is the basis of these handpans. The stainless steel adds a sparkling character. A valuable instrument for both beginners and advanced players.
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