r/BeAmazed • u/DRmaxito43 • Sep 11 '26
Skill / Talent 10 year old handpan musician Sprites
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u/Fragrant_Turnip_9946 Sep 11 '26
I want this in the new Zelda game.
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u/Firstevertrex Sep 11 '26
Zelda and the handpan of space
Direct sequel to OOT
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u/mangage Sep 12 '26
Using top comment to link her spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Ahte9L1W9oGpnd5ulQVTd
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u/NicoBango Sep 12 '26
For those of us who still refuse to support Spotify, how about a name so I can find her elsewhere
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u/I_Am_Anjelen Sep 12 '26
the name is in the title of the thread, but I clicked the link for you;
Sprites is an 11-year-old self-taught handpan artist who exploded on social media worldwide within just a few months. When she touched the handpan for the first time in March 2025, there was an instant and undeniable connection. Refusing to get a teacher, she taught herself entirely by intuition. In autumn, she began sharing her music on Instagram and TikTok. Within just a few months, her improvised performances have reached over 100 million views and gathered 1 million followers across all platforms. Listeners describe her music as magical, healing, and beyond her years; as if she were channeling something timeless. Her upcoming debut album will feature both acoustic handpan and produced versions with energetic beats, blending pure emotion with rhythm and flow.
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u/NicoBango Sep 12 '26
Thank you, saw that in the title, I didnt realize her name was Sprites.
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u/paditoburrito Sep 12 '26
Haha, I thought the exact same until I read these comments. Figured Sprites was part of the instrument name.
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u/Dmetrostars Sep 12 '26
I want this as a ringtone
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u/Nerfo2 Sep 12 '26
Slow it down a tiny bit and it would make great flashback/memory/emotional cut-scene music.
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u/mommisalami Sep 12 '26
ok, I have to know, what is this gif from?
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u/King-Animal Sep 12 '26
I am curious myself. It looks rotoscope
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u/shwarma_heaven Sep 12 '26
rotoscope. My favorite was Lord of the rings.
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u/terminalbungus Sep 12 '26
Oh hell yeah that movie rules. The og rankin bass Hobbit is a better movie but the Lotr rotoscope stuff is so far out.
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u/systemhost Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26
Either an old 60-70's commercial or the animated series The Hardy Boys (1969) seems to be the most likely.
The Hardy Boys has scenes that are quite similar IMO: https://youtu.be/RKEZc1vQoXc?t=646
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u/Curiosive Sep 12 '26
One day, she might be able to buy her family furniture that isn't pallets in casters. I'm rooting for her.
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u/HookerBot5000 Sep 12 '26
Not that it really matters, but that seems to be a sun room or covered patio. I’m guessing their indoor furniture looks different
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u/SameheadMcKenzie Sep 11 '26
'Your call is very important to us. Please hold'
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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp Sep 11 '26
"Hello, can I help you?"
"The music was so engaging I forgot why I called!"
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u/ch-12 Sep 11 '26
Swear I just heard this the other day waiting for the airline to tell me what the fuck they did with my checked luggage.
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u/juicer_philosopher Sep 12 '26
Put me back on hold please..
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u/TerninoMarchi Sep 11 '26
how difficult is it to play this instrument? does anyone know more about it?
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u/FeistyThings Sep 11 '26
I think it's all in one key so anything you play will sound correct. It's more about rythym
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Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26
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u/FeistyThings Sep 11 '26
Certainly! Music is about much more than just playing the "right" notes
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u/mnoram Sep 11 '26
It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play. - Miles Davis
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u/Acheloma Sep 11 '26
Yea, its easy to make music where it doesnt clash on one of these, but she's using it to tell an actual musical story with the note choice and rhythm. Shes very talented.
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u/EniesBobby Sep 12 '26
Her melody is intentional and dynamic, definitely takes skill to write/vibe in that direction. Even if it’s improvisation, it’s a lot better than just any ol person could do by smacking random pads
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u/REpassword Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 12 '26
More from her. 💕Reddit link.
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u/hawthorne00 Sep 12 '26
Yeah, even when she slightly stuffs up at about 18-19 seconds she stays in the groove really nicely.
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u/IvanStroganov Sep 11 '26
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handpan its only around since the early 2000s and was created in switzerland
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u/Olderandolderagain Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 12 '26
I play many instruments. Though this is awesome, it’s not a very complicated instrument. All of the notes are in one key, so there are no “wrong” notes. Her ear is good and she can keep a beat so it’s obvious she’s talented. But I wouldn’t consider this extremely complex or difficult.
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u/mostly_lurking Sep 12 '26
This is very obviously not pentatonic, its C minor. And everyone saying its super easy because she can't accidentally hit off key notes seems to ignore the fact that she has a solid sense of rhythm and melody.
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u/waterwateryall Sep 12 '26
She's made a song, and it's great.
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u/Olderandolderagain Sep 12 '26
Definitely. Someone asked about the complexity of that instrument and I was just answering their question. I even said she was talented…
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u/CustomSocks Sep 11 '26
This isn’t exactly true. There are many scales you can get handpans in and many of them have dissonant notes. Sure it’s not as difficult as piano because you have the potential to hit any note on the western scale. Also “sticking” can be tricky - thinking ahead with what hand you need for the next note and getting it there on time.
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u/Olderandolderagain Sep 12 '26
I wasn’t saying she wasn’t talented. And what I said about the instrument is “exactly” true. I own hand pans. This is one in particular is without a doubt a consonant tuning. There’s no debating that. Don’t gaslight me.
She’s definitely talented but a person with musical aptitude could pick this up in a few days. You can’t learn the violin in a few days. That was the original question. How complicated is this instrument. And I’m telling you as a person who plays multiple instruments, including the hand pan, it’s not very complicated. End of story.
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u/bobby3eb Sep 12 '26
As another multi-musician i agree. It's also a steady rhythm with many common note patterns being played
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u/ShinyJangles Sep 11 '26
Yeah and in the clip she is playing a more complicated progression than random notes.
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u/Living_Knowledge_783 Sep 12 '26
yes not hard and was over sold by hipsters. the claim was it was sold by a man in Sweden that hand crafts them with special ancient tools to get this sound...
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u/round-earth-theory Sep 12 '26
The instrument is made to sound good no matter what you do. As long as you're jammin', it sounds good.
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u/americanadvocate702 Sep 11 '26
After she gets to the festival circuit
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u/_sonidero_ Sep 12 '26
Janice is cool AF...
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u/Western-Bowl2011 Sep 12 '26
The whole band are the coolest muppets. The poem read in-character at Jim Henson's funeral is legit amazing. "Fearless leader. Green flippered gentleness. Fill my dreams with your vision of unexplored possibilities. Shine on! Shine on eternally bright in our hearts and minds! Fearless leader."
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u/bryancald Sep 11 '26
I don't care if it's not a difficult instrument. I think it sounds incredible!
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u/illdoitlaterokay Sep 12 '26
Not difficult ?! you pay it then!!
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u/kawaiian Sep 12 '26
It’s easy in that it’s simple, but you gotta have rhythm and an idea of what sounds good in terms of variance and such
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u/Arch____Stanton Sep 12 '26
Rhythm is going to help for sure but no matter what you will never hit a sour note.
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u/The_Tooter_Snooter Sep 12 '26
Alright fine, you’ve sold me on a hand pan, what’s your store link
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u/Bearded_Toast Sep 12 '26
There is a vast difference between “making the instrument make the noise it’s supposed to make” and “playing it”
It’s easy to approach a piano and make it make the sound it’s supposed to make.
It’s much harder to play an actual piece of music.
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u/RJizzyJizzle Sep 12 '26
Yes, I have one and it's beautiful and relaxing without much effort, but what she's doing is difficult - she also has one with more notes than mine.
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u/TheMostModestofMice Sep 12 '26
Not saying what she's doing is simple or easy, but a handpan is just one fixed key though making it way more intuitive. That's why people sound terrible if they start hitting random notes on a piano or most other instruments.
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u/I_DontNeedNoDoctor Sep 11 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/hSQrPZey4p7f5pQZUd
Feelin' hot, hot, hot..........
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u/EtenSon36 Sep 11 '26
TheFatRats daughter. So happy their skills are continuing through the generations.
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u/Walderdbeere14 Sep 12 '26
I searched the whole thread for this comment. Funny that not many seem to know that she's his daughter.
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u/Powerful_Brief1724 Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26
Why are they so fcking expensive? And do all sound like this one? Imagine spending $500 just to see it wasn't the one you liked. I want one but I'd have to work for 3 months to get one lmao
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u/CustomSocks Sep 11 '26
$500? Try 2k for a decent one
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u/Away_Stock_2012 Sep 12 '26
I wanted one so bad until I saw the price. I keep waiting for temu to give it to me for 40
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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon Sep 12 '26
I mean step one is to not order an instrument online lol. Go to a music store, you might be surprised what they have in stock. You get to mess around with it before you buy and also you don’t have to give Bezos your money lol
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u/yourdoglies Sep 11 '26
Who starts a video looking at the floor and panning over, when she was already playing?
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u/hyjackresponse Sep 11 '26
I would love to be doing something (dishes, cooking, folding laundry) and hear that start floating through my home. Would instantly change my state of mind to a more positive gear.
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u/Infinite_Ad7743 Sep 12 '26
Sounds like the generic stock ringer my mom's flip phone would have.
Not that this isn't cool as hell, obvi.
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u/MinuetInUrsaMajor Sep 12 '26
I can't remember if it's The Elder Scrolls, Baldur's Gate, or something else. But one of those games has this in it and I've kind of wanted one ever since except it would be one more instrument cluttering up space and not being practiced.
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u/ahhhbiscuits Sep 12 '26
A cajon is relatively easy to use, easy to learn, and cheap. Not a bad investment aif you're an amateur musician
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u/MinuetInUrsaMajor Sep 12 '26
cheap
I remember them being $2000 when I looked but then I looked on Amazon and seeing more like $200-500. But I'm confused cause some are called steel drums and some called something else and now you're calling them cajones.
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u/atreeismissing Sep 12 '26
Fwiw it's impossibly to play a bad sequence of notes on these, they're literally made so all notes are in the same pitch and timbre so they sound good together. As long as you have a mild sense of rhythm you can play "good" music on a handpan.
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u/casualcretin Sep 11 '26
Pro.
Hang drum yeh? Last time I briefly looked they run $500 on the low side. I'd like one though, so I could make it sound like shit
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u/Amarbel Sep 11 '26
I recently saw someone playing 2 of these instruments. Each one produced a different tone so there is more variety in the melody.
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u/surf_rider Sep 12 '26
that’s fucking dope. mesmerizing. she’s vibin so much especially at the beginning.
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