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Musical Pans make
Steel Band Classics
On this site we have used synthesised
Carribean Pans to take the traditional steel
band to European Classical music sources and
come away with a new selection of steel band
classics. Focusing on rhythmic, often keyboard
pieces we have built arrangements around steel
drums - mixing in other instruments to provide
contrast, strengthen them in the higher ranges
and augment them on sustained notes. There is
a wide range of emulated instruments to
choose from and we have used marimba, a
classic mega Moog, Hammond organ, harp,
vibraphone and flying sine to provide
contrasting, complementing and or bass parts
in different combinations to augment the
contribution of the steel band. Download our
musical steel drum tracks and hear those sunny
Caribbean tones in tunes that will make you
smile when they are presented in this way.
Donationware - How it works
Copyright: we retain the copy right on
our arrangements for public performance
or any other commercial application but
grant you the right to download it free of
charge for your own personal use.
Donation: If you enjoy the music I would
be grateful if you would make a donation
to the charitable Trust Fund run by
Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club.
Bach's Fugue in E Minor 'Grand'
Faure’s Sicilienne
Beethoven’s Military March
Gounod’s Ave Maria
Brahms' Variations on a theme by Paganini
Op 35
Kreisler Liebesfreud (Loves Joy)
Chopin's "Eroic" Polonaise
Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C# min
Debussy's L' isle Joyeuse
Mozart's Piano Quartet in G Minor K478
Dvorak's Humoresque No 7
Scarlatti's Harpsichord Sonata K547
The advantages of the steel drums include their
crisp, prompt rise time at the start of the note,
the absence of some of the overtones of the
piano or harpsichord, their distinctive response
to the repeated drumming sounds and arpeggio
sections found in some pieces and the relaxed,
sunshine associations with the Caribbean. The
tuneful response of synthesized metal (steel)
drums bring drama and a fresh new world
atmosphere to the old world music we have
selected. You can read about the history of the
musical steel drums here.