The handpan looks like it should be difficult — a smooth steel shell with no strings, frets, or keys to guide you. It isn't. What it needs is someone to show you where to listen, and enough patience to let your ear catch up with your hands. That's what these classes are built around.
30+ Students
Taught in the Past Year, Rishikesh & Delhi
1-on-1 / Group / Online
Whichever Fits Your Life
Same Calm Studio
As Our Bansuri & Guitar Classes
Your Teacher
"The handpan rewards listening more than technique. Once a student stops trying to force the sound and starts following it, everything opens up."
— Jas Rekhi, Handpan Instructor
Handpan classes are taught by Jas Rekhi, a Delhi-based handpan player who has been playing for the past two years, including performances at weddings in Delhi. In the past year alone, Jas has taught over 30 students across Rishikesh and Delhi. His approach carries over directly from Anhad Flute's other classes: technique before repertoire, feeling before speed, in a studio built for quiet, unhurried practice.
See Jas in Action
A glimpse of Jas's playing and teaching style — straight from the studio.
What You'll Actually Learn
No rushing to "play a song" before the fundamentals can support it. Classes start with hand position and tone, then move through:
Hand Technique & Clean Tone
Where and how to strike each note so it rings clearly instead of thudding or choking.
Rhythm & Groove
Steady, repeatable patterns first — the foundation everything else is built on.
Scale & Note Layout
Understanding your instrument's scale so you can move around it with intention, not guesswork.
Improvisation
Introduced once your ear and hands agree — building your own phrases instead of memorized routines.
Listening-based practice runs through all of it — playing along with what you hear rather than reading notation. Intermediate students bring their own goals: layering rhythms, playing with other instruments, or simply playing for longer without losing focus.
Ready to stop guessing at the pans you've heard online and actually learn?
Ask About Handpan ClassesWhy Learn Handpan in Rishikesh
Rishikesh has been drawing musicians longer than it's drawn tourists — sadhus and wandering musicians sat by this river with whatever instrument they carried, because the town itself seems built for quiet, daily repetition. The handpan in particular rewards that kind of environment: away from traffic and noise, students hear their own instrument properly, often for the first time.
"Students consistently tell us the environment did real work before the lessons even began — slowing their breathing, softening the grip in their hands."
Who These Classes Are For
Complete Beginners
Never touched a handpan. Most students who walk through the door start exactly here.
Travelers & Residents
Passing through with unstructured time, or living here and wanting something for the hands that isn't a screen.
Self-Taught Players
Already own a pan and want someone honest to correct the habits that quietly crept in.
Almost all of them share the same worry before their first class: no musical background, no rhythm, too late to start. The handpan rewards patient, regular listening far more than prior musical training — many beginners are playing simple, satisfying patterns within their first few sessions.
Class Formats
Classes happen at Artshala, Rishikesh Pottery Studio — the same quiet room our bansuri and guitar students have practiced in for years. No mirrors, no audience, just a teacher, an instrument, and enough quiet to hear what you're playing.
1-on-1
Personal, in-person sessions — paced entirely around you, with full attention on your hands, your ear, and your goals.
Group Classes
Learn alongside a small group of fellow students — a shared, motivating rhythm of practice.
Online
Live video-call lessons for students learning from outside Rishikesh, same unhurried approach.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need my own handpan to start?
No. You can begin on a studio handpan while you get a feel for the instrument, and get an honest recommendation on scale and size when you're ready to buy one.
Can complete beginners join handpan classes in Rishikesh?
Yes. Most students start with zero experience. Classes begin with hand technique and basic rhythm before moving to scales and improvisation.
Are online handpan classes available?
Yes, live video-call lessons are available for students learning from outside Rishikesh, alongside 1-on-1 and group formats in the studio.
How is this different from a typical handpan class?
Classes are unhurried and paced to the student rather than a fixed curriculum, in the same calm studio setting as Anhad Flute's bansuri and guitar classes, at Artshala, Rishikesh Pottery Studio.
Start Whenever You're Ready
There's no ideal time to start learning handpan, only the next quiet hour you're willing to give it. Message us on WhatsApp with your experience level and preferred format, and we'll help you find the right way to begin.
Ask About Handpan Classes