Steelband Magazine Steelband Magazine Steelband Magazine Featured Posts of The Month Steelband Magazine Steelband Magazine Steelband Magazine High Tenor The high tenor (also known as a soprano pan) is the highest pitched of the steel drums (steel pans) with a pitch range of D4 to F#6, that is, up to two octaves and a major third from D above middle C (C4). Its predecessor actually contained fewer notes which were within the tenor range. However, the name "Tenor" was kept despite the higher range of its descendant, [...]