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The [[African|african]]-origin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimba kalimba/mbira] is another instrument that is small and cheap and easy to retune, and hence another good candidate as a gateway to microtonal music. Retuning is apparently common practice among the traditional Mbira masters in Africa - see e.g. [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/11005 this article] by Joe Monzo on the MakeMicroMusic yahoo forum.
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">The [[African|african]]-origin [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimba|kalimba/mbira]] is another instrument that is small and cheap and easy to retune, and hence another good candidate as a gateway to microtonal music. Retuning is apparently common practice among the traditional Mbira masters in Africa - see e.g. [[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/11005|this article]] by Joe Monzo on the MakeMicroMusic yahoo forum.


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=Reference material on Mbira=
Paul F. Berliner, [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo3644709.html The Soul of Mbira], University of Chicago Press, 1993.


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L. E. McNeil, S. Mitran, [https://www.academia.edu/2847668/Vibrational_frequencies_and_tuning_of_the_African_mbira Vibrational Frequencies and Tunings of the African Mbira], Journal of the Acoustical Society of America<span style="">, 2008.</span>
=Reference material on Mbira=
Paul F. Berliner, [[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo3644709.html|The Soul of Mbira]], University of Chicago Press, 1993.
L. E. McNeil, S. Mitran, [[https://www.academia.edu/2847668/Vibrational_frequencies_and_tuning_of_the_African_mbira|Vibrational Frequencies and Tunings of the African Mbira]], Journal of the Acoustical Society of America&lt;span class="a"&gt;, 2008.&lt;/span&gt;


=Kalimbas used in microtonal music=  
=Kalimbas used in microtonal music=
Several members of the Yahoo tuning forums have used kalimbas for microtonal music:
Several members of the Yahoo tuning forums have used kalimbas for microtonal music:


[[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060]] (Kalimba tuned to [[OverToneSeries|harmonic series]], [[George Secor|George D. Secor]])
[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060] (Kalimba tuned to [[OverToneSeries|harmonic series]], [[George_Secor|George D. Secor]])
[[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106]] (Kalimba tuned to [[Mavila#Mavila]] pentatonic, &lt;span class="email"&gt;[[Petr Pařízek]]&lt;/span&gt;)
 
[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106] (Kalimba tuned to [[Mavila#Mavila|Mavila]] pentatonic, <span style="">[[Petr_Pařízek|Petr Pařízek]]</span>)


There are YouTube videos of microtonal kalimba music:
There are YouTube videos of microtonal kalimba music:
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnAHx-7Ef4]] ([[Jacob Barton]] playing kalimba at the [[http://www.untwelve.org|UnTwelve]] event on the 31.07.2008)
 
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk]] ([[Aaron Krister Johnson]] of [[http://www.untwelve.org|UnTwelve]] playing his composition "Queen of Hearts")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnAHx-7Ef4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnAHx-7Ef4] ([[Jacob_Barton|Jacob Barton]] playing kalimba at the [http://www.untwelve.org UnTwelve] event on the 31.07.2008)
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk] ([[Aaron_Krister_Johnson|Aaron Krister Johnson]] of [http://www.untwelve.org UnTwelve] playing his composition "Queen of Hearts")


Other microtonal kalimba/mbira references:
Other microtonal kalimba/mbira references:
[[http://bp.b0b.com/2016/01/tuning-a-kalimba-to-bp/]] (Tuning a kalimba to the [[Bohlen-Pierce]] scale)


A kalimba in Bohlen-Pierce tuning is also used in [[http://georghajdu.de/compositions/just-her-jester-gesture/|Just Her – Jester – Gesture]] and [[http://georghajdu.de/burning-petrol/|Burning Petrol]], compositions by [[Georg Hajdu]].
[http://bp.b0b.com/2016/01/tuning-a-kalimba-to-bp/ http://bp.b0b.com/2016/01/tuning-a-kalimba-to-bp/] (Tuning a kalimba to the [[Bohlen-Pierce|Bohlen-Pierce]] scale)
 
A kalimba in Bohlen-Pierce tuning is also used in [http://georghajdu.de/compositions/just-her-jester-gesture/ Just Her – Jester – Gesture] and [http://georghajdu.de/burning-petrol/ Burning Petrol], compositions by [[Georg_Hajdu|Georg Hajdu]].


=Further development of kalimba-type instruments=  
=Further development of kalimba-type instruments=
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.


[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8|Kalimba with pitch bends]]
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8 Kalimba with pitch bends]


[[http://www.arraymbira.com|Array Mbira]]</pre></div>
[http://www.arraymbira.com Array Mbira]      [[Category:gateway]]
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Paul F. Berliner, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo3644709.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Soul of Mbira&lt;/a&gt;, University of Chicago Press, 1993.&lt;br /&gt;
L. E. McNeil, S. Mitran, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://www.academia.edu/2847668/Vibrational_frequencies_and_tuning_of_the_African_mbira" rel="nofollow"&gt;Vibrational Frequencies and Tunings of the African Mbira&lt;/a&gt;, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America&lt;span class="a"&gt;, 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Several members of the Yahoo tuning forums have used kalimbas for microtonal music:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060&lt;/a&gt; (Kalimba tuned to &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/OverToneSeries"&gt;harmonic series&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/George%20Secor"&gt;George D. Secor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106&lt;/a&gt; (Kalimba tuned to &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Mavila#Mavila"&gt;Mavila&lt;/a&gt; pentatonic, &lt;span class="email"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Petr%20Pa%C5%99%C3%ADzek"&gt;Petr Pařízek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There are YouTube videos of microtonal kalimba music:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnAHx-7Ef4" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnAHx-7Ef4&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Jacob%20Barton"&gt;Jacob Barton&lt;/a&gt; playing kalimba at the &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;UnTwelve&lt;/a&gt; event on the 31.07.2008)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Aaron%20Krister%20Johnson"&gt;Aaron Krister Johnson&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;UnTwelve&lt;/a&gt; playing his composition &amp;quot;Queen of Hearts&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Other microtonal kalimba/mbira references:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://bp.b0b.com/2016/01/tuning-a-kalimba-to-bp/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://bp.b0b.com/2016/01/tuning-a-kalimba-to-bp/&lt;/a&gt; (Tuning a kalimba to the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Bohlen-Pierce"&gt;Bohlen-Pierce&lt;/a&gt; scale)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A kalimba in Bohlen-Pierce tuning is also used in &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://georghajdu.de/compositions/just-her-jester-gesture/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Just Her – Jester – Gesture&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://georghajdu.de/burning-petrol/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Burning Petrol&lt;/a&gt;, compositions by &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Georg%20Hajdu"&gt;Georg Hajdu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kalimba with pitch bends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.arraymbira.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Array Mbira&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>

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The african-origin kalimba/mbira is another instrument that is small and cheap and easy to retune, and hence another good candidate as a gateway to microtonal music. Retuning is apparently common practice among the traditional Mbira masters in Africa - see e.g. this article by Joe Monzo on the MakeMicroMusic yahoo forum.

Reference material on Mbira

Paul F. Berliner, The Soul of Mbira, University of Chicago Press, 1993.

L. E. McNeil, S. Mitran, Vibrational Frequencies and Tunings of the African Mbira, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2008.

Kalimbas used in microtonal music

Several members of the Yahoo tuning forums have used kalimbas for microtonal music:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060 (Kalimba tuned to harmonic series, George D. Secor)

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106 (Kalimba tuned to Mavila pentatonic, Petr Pařízek)

There are YouTube videos of microtonal kalimba music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnAHx-7Ef4 (Jacob Barton playing kalimba at the UnTwelve event on the 31.07.2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk (Aaron Krister Johnson of UnTwelve playing his composition "Queen of Hearts")

Other microtonal kalimba/mbira references:

http://bp.b0b.com/2016/01/tuning-a-kalimba-to-bp/ (Tuning a kalimba to the Bohlen-Pierce scale)

A kalimba in Bohlen-Pierce tuning is also used in Just Her – Jester – Gesture and Burning Petrol, compositions by Georg Hajdu.

Further development of kalimba-type instruments

Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.

Kalimba with pitch bends

Array Mbira

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