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HAPI / Tongue Drum musical instrument

Mastery & expression

Layering & Looping

Building ambient pieces with a loop pedal or app.

Advanced18 min75 BPM

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Key concepts

  • Loop length planning
  • Layer roles
  • Fade and drop-out

Practice exercises

  1. 1Build a 3-layer loop
  2. 2Remove one layer for contrast

Today's challengeSame phrase, fingers then mallets Then play it again 3 BPM faster and keep it clean.

Practice tempo

75 BPM

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