Handpan E Amara
20 Notes
💬 A question before ordering? Message Enixan on WhatsApp — reply within 24 business hoursThe E Amara 20 Notes — The Pinnacle of Handpan Craftsmanship
The E Amara 20 Notes is the most complete instrument in the Enixpan collection. This is our exclusive flagship — a handpan of extraordinary scope, combining 13 upper notes and 7 lower bass notes in a dual-face configuration that places nearly three full octaves at the player's fingertips.
The E Minor Complete (Amara) scale is one of the most versatile and emotionally resonant in the handpan world. Its complete minor scale structure — enriched with passing tones and upper extensions — allows for rich melodic lines, true harmonic progressions, and orchestral-level compositions. This instrument is suited for concert performance, studio recording, music therapy, and stage production.
A Monument of Handpan Engineering
Building a stable, harmonically pure 20-note instrument is one of the greatest challenges in handpan craft. Each note must be tuned to three resonance frequencies (fundamental, octave, and compound fifth) and must hold that tuning even as the steel settles over time.
Crafted from Ember Steel and individually nitrided, each instrument is checked note by note before shipping.
This is not simply an instrument. It is a lifetime companion for the serious musician.
Moods & uses
What's included
Scale: E Amara
E Minor Complete — Versatile, Lyrical, Orchestral
Scale notes
Upper Face — 13 Notes
E3 / B3 – D4 – E4 – F#4 – G4 – A4 – B4 – D5 – E5 – F#5 – G5 – A5Solfège: Mi3 / Si3 – Ré4 – Mi4 – F♯4 – Sol4 – La4 – Si4 – Ré5 – Mi5 – F♯5 – Sol5 – La5
Lower Face — 7 Bass Notes
C3 · D3 · F#3 · G3 · A3 · C4 · C5Solfège: Do3 · Ré3 · F♯3 · Sol3 · La3 · Do4 · Do5
About the E Amara Scale
The Amara scale is a complete E natural minor scale enriched with additional tones that extend its expressive range beyond standard minor pentatonic instruments. The full diatonic minor — E, F#, G, A, B, C, D — allows for genuine harmonic progressions: you can build chords, create tension-and-release arcs, and write melodic lines of real complexity.
The lower face extends the instrument deep into the bass register, with C3 providing a rich, resonant foundation. The combined range from C3 to A5 covers more than two and a half octaves, enabling the E Amara 20 Notes to serve as a complete musical voice — bass, harmony, and melody in a single instrument.
This makes the E Amara uniquely suited for solo concert performance, where the player must carry an entire musical landscape alone.
Where does this instrument come from?
Enixpan does not build its handpans: they come from the Hluru workshop, one of the largest handpan workshops in the world, in Level A quality — nitrided steel, every note tuned by hand. Enixan has played and validated every model in the catalogue before offering it.
What we add: the choice of scales, 440 or 432 Hz tuning, free DDP shipping (no customs duties or VAT on delivery), 14 days to change your mind with returns handled in France, customer service in English and French, and access to our learning platform.
Technical specifications
Customer reviews
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Questions about the E Amara 20
440 Hz is the international standard used in classical music, jazz, and most ensemble contexts. It is the correct choice for playing with other musicians or recording in a professional studio.
432 Hz is preferred by many sound therapists and meditation practitioners for its reportedly warmer, more resonant character. Both options are available at no extra cost — simply select your preference when ordering.
E Amara 20-note handpan: features and musical scale
The E Amara 20 is the most complete instrument in the Enixpan collection: 13 top notes — E3 / B3 – D4 – E4 – F#4 – G4 – A4 – B4 – D5 – E5 – F#5 – G5 – A5 — and 7 underside notes — C3 – D3 – F#3 – G3 – A3 – C4 – C5. The range stretches from the low C (C3) to the high A (A5), almost three continuous octaves.
The Amara scale in E minor is renowned for its melodic fluidity and emotional depth; across 20 notes it becomes a pocket orchestra. Sustained bass lines, mid-range arpeggios, high melodies: everything coexists on the same instrument, with that harmonic coherence unique to the handpan that makes a wrong note impossible.
Each instrument is shaped from Ember Steel (nitrided steel, 53 cm across, 26 cm high, 4.5 kg), hammered and hand-tuned to 440 Hz or 432 Hz. Balancing the 20 notes — every note must resonate truly with the other 19 — represents the most demanding tuning work at our partner workshop.
Who is the E Amara 20 for?
The E Amara 20 is our master instrument: it is for musicians whose practice calls for a palette without compromise.
At €2,890 with free shipping, the E Amara 20 is the flagship of our range: to buy an expert handpan with 20 notes is to invest in an instrument that will never impose its limits before yours.
Twenty notes cannot be tamed in a day, and that is exactly the point: this is an instrument designed for years of deepening practice. The included learning platform structures the path — from fundamentals to advanced techniques — and our online tester Nixis lets you, right now, play each of the 20 notes in your browser to hear what "complete" really means. After delivery, the 14-day money-back guarantee applies just as it does across the collection, return shipping at your expense: even our most ambitious instrument can be tried at home.