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handpan

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A type of steelpan that is played with the hands, typically resting on the player's lap.

Examples

“While I grew up playing brass musical instruments, I gravitated to percussion as a side music hobby as a teen and later began to collect⟳ and play⟳ African drums and other interesting percussion instruments, such as steel handpans.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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