Editing Steelpan (section)

==Description==
The modern pan is a [[Chromatic scale|chromatically]] [[pitch (music)|pitched]] percussion instrument made from [[200-litre drum|200-litre industrial drum]]s.<ref>Stuempfle, Stephen. ''The steelband movement: The forging of a national art in Trinidad and Tobago'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995).</ref>

''Drum'' refers to the steel drum containers from which the pans are made; the steel drum is more correctly called a ''steel pan'' or ''pan'' as it falls into the [[idiophone]] family of instruments, and so is not a drum (which is a [[membranophone]]). Some steelpans are made to play in the [[Pythagorean interval|Pythagorean]] musical cycle of fourths and fifths.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-19 |title=About Steel Pans |url=https://steelband.mobi/about-steel-pans/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=SteelPan Directory |language=en-GB}}</ref>

A pan is played using a pair of straight sticks tipped with rubber; the size and type of rubber tip varies according to the class of pan being played. Some musicians use four pansticks, holding two in each hand.<ref>Dudley, Shannon; ''Music from Behind the Bridge: Steelband Spirit and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago'', New York City: Oxford University Press; 2007; {{ISBN|0-19-532123-5}}</ref> This grew out of Trinidad and Tobago's early 20th-century [[Carnival]] percussion groups known as [[tamboo bamboo]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stuempfle |first=Stephen |title=The steelband movement: The forging of a national art in Trinidad and Tobago |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=1995 |isbn=0812233298 |pages=23–26 |language=English}}</ref>

The pan is the national instrument of [[Trinidad and Tobago]] and appears on the country's current [[Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago|coat of arms]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-18 |title=Rowley: Steelpan to replace Columbus' ships on Coat of Arms |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/rowley-steelpan-to-replace-columbus-ships-on-coat-of-arms/article_bb1896c0-5db3-11ef-a463-7f2a3e78b077.amp.html |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}}</ref>