Kita Pantam C# Kurd (Annaziska) Stainless Steel

Buy Kita Handpan C# Kurd (Annaziska) made of stainless steel

Kita Pantam is suitable for both beginners and advanced handpan players . The sophisticated sound balance makes these instruments a special playing experience . The medium-long sustain enables both fast, intense and quiet melodic playing styles.

Each Kita Handpan is made with passion, dedication and perfection. All instruments are made by hand by Nima Taghavi and his team and are worked out down to the smallest detail, both visually and acoustically.

The sound of the Orient is in every KitaPantam. Made in Esfahan, in the heart of Iran, Kita is one of many civil projects of hope and peace in a politically troubled country. Kita is one of the first manufacturers outside of Europe to become part of our Handpan.World network. These instruments not only bring with them their own and special sound spectrum, but also expand the Handpan.World vision : a worldwide, solidarity-based association of the handpan community . We are so grateful to now be able to represent the Orient and its sounds in the Handpan.World cosmos.

Personalized designs & custom-made products:

KitaPantam is extremely creative and experienced in developing unique handpan designs . No other high-quality handpan maker can offer such a wide range of unusual finishes. This makes it possible to fulfill special design wishes. You can personalize your Kita handpan according to your style. We offer a large number of fascinating designs that only the Kita team can implement.

We have at least one design in stock for every classic tuning. If your desired design is not currently available, you can order it through the Handpan online shop . Since Kita has already prepared almost every tuning with nine and ten tone fields, a custom-made product takes around five weeks to be delivered to you. For special tunings - especially low scales or extended handpan instruments with many additional tone fields and bottom notes - the production time can take up to three months.

Mutant Handpans, Low Scales and Bottom Notes at Kita Pantam:

KitaPantam is one of the few handpan manufacturers worldwide that can produce almost all scales and tunings - even those that are considered particularly demanding, such as mutant handpans and low scales .

Mutant handpans are those that have additional notes between the ding and the tonal circle. These instruments give the player more versatility and flexibility when playing complex melodies .

Extended handpans with bottom notes are instruments with additional sound fields on the bottom. Kita Pantams can attach up to 20 sound fields to a handpan. You can find out which scale can be built with how many sound fields in the respective product.

Low scales, with the fundamental note of the scales B2 to F2, can also be made.

The process of making these special instruments is much more time-consuming and risky than with conventional handpans. Production can therefore take up to three months and is more expensive than conventional tunings.

Kita Handpan made of Ember Steel:

To manufacture the stainless steel instruments, KitaPantam Ayasa uses handpan shells made of stainless steel - a special rust-proof stainless steel alloy . Stainless steel has a particularly resonant and fine sound. The long sustain ensures a strong wealth of overtones and makes the whole instrument sing. This creates a versatile carpet of sound that is particularly inviting for melodic and meditative playing. Stainless steel is characterized by a soft, harmonious sound. The particularly mystical sound lets the handpan player dive into other spheres and can lead to trance-like states . Stainless steel is particularly well suited for sound journeys , sound healing , sound therapy and as an accompaniment to yoga and meditation .

Stainless steel meets all the important criteria for a high-quality handpan sound : sustain, clarity, ceramic sound , workability, stability, rust protection and more. The possibilities for building and playing seem endless. Here's what you should know about stainless steel:

• Sustain and reverberation : Particularly long-lasting, overtone-rich and room-filling reverberation . Stainless steel is very vibration-intensive , which can lead to the activation of other sound fields. When played particularly quickly and intensively, it can lead to slight cross-talk effects. If you prefer a faster, rhythmic and more intensive playing style, we recommend our handpans made of conventional stainless steel or nitrated steel .
  -> Click here for an overview of the Kita Handpans made of nitrated steel
  
  
• Ceramic-like sound : The material creates a ceramic sound. Shoulder tones of the tone fields are less present and more controlled. This allows crystal-clear shoulder tones to be played with sustain on the base note .
  
  
• Rust protection : Like all stainless steel, stainless steel is rust-proof and therefore cannot rust. However, oxidation can occur, especially with stainless steel, which can lead to a slightly spotty appearance in the long term. This can be avoided by regular care with stainless steel handpan oil .
  -> Read our Handpan.World care instructions
  -> You can find suitable care products, such as Handpan oil, here
  
  
• Stability: Ember Steel enables very stable tones. Unfortunately, this material is more sensitive and can therefore go out of tune more quickly than other types of stainless steel. The most tuning-stable material is still nitrated steel.
  
  
• Patina & scratch susceptibility: Stainless steel and other types of stainless steel from Ayasa Instruments are more susceptible to scratches and scrapes than other materials. We recommend: Handle your stainless steel handpan with care .
  

Diameter: 53 cm
Height: 26.5cm
Weight: approx. 4kg
Material: stainless steel

Tuning description: Kurd
Synonyms: Aeolian / Kurd with root note C# = "Annaziska"
Basic tone sequence (8+1) : C#/ G# ABC# D# EF# G#
Effect : Warm - Mysterious - Dreamy
Tone range : Heptatonic

Mode :
Phrygian (tonal center 1st note) = major
or Aeolian (tonal center Ding ) = minor
Tone range: Heptatonic

Semitones: 7 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2
Tonal center: DING or first tone

Kurd tuning description:

The Kurd tuning is, if you will, the natural minor variant of the handpan tunings. Due to its particularly harmonious composition of notes, it is particularly suitable for beginners. With it, you can play everything from calm and meditative to melancholic to powerful and cheerful, with a wide variety of styles.

Even though this tuning can sound very sentimental, you can create cheerful sounds with it. For example, the second and third notes each produce a major triad. Just be aware that the second and third notes will be played at the same time. You can of course also consciously use this tension to spice up your playing and make the relaxation seem stronger afterwards. 

This tuning is one of the first seven-tone tunings that was built and has become very popular through some videos on the Internet.

Possible tone sequences:

Basic 9-note sequence: C#/ G# ABC# D# EF# G#

Tone sequence with 10 notes: C#/ G# ABC# D# EF# G# (B)

Tone sequence with 11 notes: C#/ (D#) G# ABC# D# EF# G# (B)

Tone sequence with 12 notes: C#/ (D# E) G# ABC# D# EF# G# (B)

Tone sequence with 13 notes: C#/ (D# E) G# ABC# D# EF# G# (AB)

Tone sequence with 14 notes: C#/ (D# E) G# ABC# D# EF# G# (ABC#)

Tone sequence with 15 notes: C#/ (D# EF#) G# ABC# D# EF# G# (ABC#)

* Bottom notes are additional tone fields on the bottom of the handpan and are written in round brackets e.g. (DE).

Mutant handpans have additional notes on the upper shell in the second row - between the chorus and the root note. Mutant notes are written in curly brackets, e.g. {DE}.

→ You can read a detailed article about Mutant & Bottom Note Handpans here: Blog post

→ Discover our full range of Mutant & Bottom Note Handpans here

We only list the standard layouts under "Possible note sequences". On request, our handpans can also be made with other notes and in other arrangements. Simply send an email with your request to: service@handpan.world

Origin and music theory of the Kurdish tuning:

Kurd takes the name of the Arabic/Turkish maqam Kurd. This selection of tones also shares the arrangement of the tones with this maqam if one assumes that the tonal center is on the first tone in the circle. This creates the complete Phrygian mode, which is characterized by a semitone step (semitone) from the root note to the second note of the scale and is responsible for the mysterious sound of the scale.

However, there is still an ambivalence, as the DING is a fifth below the first note and thus acts like a second tonal center, which causes the mode to change to Aeolian (natural minor). Depending on the playing style, you can switch between natural minor and Phrygian sound character. With Kurd you can play everything from calm and meditative to melancholic to powerful and cheerful, with a wide variety of styles.

Kurd shares with other minor variations (cf. Celtic Minor/ Integral) the jump of a fifth from the DING to the first tone. From this fifth step, assuming that the tonal center is the DING, one has all the tonal steps of a natural minor scale (Aeolian). A special feature of Kurd is the semitone step (semitone) between the first and second tone. This step is also present in the Maqam Kurd (Arabic or Turkish scale system) of the same name (cf. Semai Kurd), but also in the Phrygian mode. The Phrygian mode is used in jazz, psychedelic rock, flamenco and fado, but also in classical music. 

Suitable tunings:
Very suitable for collaborative, improvisational playing:

• E Sabye (parallel key)
  
• E Major (parallel key)
  
• C# Celtic Minor / Amara
  
• F# Celtic Minor / Amara
• C# Aeolian
  
• Aegean
• C# Equinox
• C# Magic Voyage
• C# Integral
• C# Pygmy
  

Also good for composing together:

• G# or Ab Celtic Minor / Amara
• G# or Ab Hijaz
• B Kurd
• B Celtic Minor / Amara
  
• E Ragadesh

Nima Taghavi started building handpans in 2015 and founded KitaDrums - now KitaPantam - at the end of the year. Initially, Nima Taghavi built 12-inch steel tongue drums and at the same time explored the art of handpan construction. As the workflow and manufacturing processes developed, the steel tongue drums were replaced by stainless steel instruments and soon tongue pans were added to the portfolio.

At the end of 2017, KitaPantam succeeded in building the first handpans, or pantams, as they call their instruments. Since then, the range of different instruments has been continually expanded and improved. The maker team, which now has 20 members, is now probably the highest quality manufacturer of handpans from Iran. All instruments are handmade by Nima and his team. KitaPantam is made with passion, dedication and perfection.

We at Handpan.World are grateful for the very close cooperation and have the honor of offering these unique instruments exclusively in Europe.