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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.
<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=  
=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.
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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Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.


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


[[http://www.arraymbira.com|Array Mbira]]</pre></div>
[[http://www.arraymbira.com|Array Mbira]]</pre></div>
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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;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;kalimba (mbira)&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;The &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/African"&gt;african&lt;/a&gt;-origin &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimba" rel="nofollow"&gt;kalimba/mbira&lt;/a&gt; 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. &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/11005" rel="nofollow"&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; by Joe Monzo on the MakeMicroMusic yahoo forum.&lt;br /&gt;
<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;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;kalimba (mbira)&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;The &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/African"&gt;african&lt;/a&gt;-origin &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimba" rel="nofollow"&gt;kalimba/mbira&lt;/a&gt; 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. &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/11005" rel="nofollow"&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; by Joe Monzo on the MakeMicroMusic yahoo forum.&lt;br /&gt;
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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;
  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;
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  Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.&lt;br /&gt;
  Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.&lt;br /&gt;
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A kalimba with pitch bends:&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;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&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>
&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>