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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.


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.
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;
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=
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:


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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]].
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]].


Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further. Here is an example of a kalimba with pitch bends!
=Further development of kalimba-type instruments=
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8]]</pre></div>
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.
 
A kalimba with pitch bends:
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8]]
 
[[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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Reference material on mbira:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h1 id="toc0"&gt;&lt;a name="Reference material on Mbira"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 --&gt;Reference material on Mbira&lt;/h1&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;
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;
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;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h1 id="toc1"&gt;&lt;a name="Kalimbas used in microtonal music"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 --&gt;Kalimbas used in microtonal music&lt;/h1&gt;
Several members of the Yahoo tuning forums have used kalimbas for microtonal music:&lt;br /&gt;
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&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/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;
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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;
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;
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Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further. Here is an example of a kalimba with pitch bends!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h1 id="toc2"&gt;&lt;a name="Further development of kalimba-type instruments"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 --&gt;Further development of kalimba-type instruments&lt;/h1&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;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A kalimba with pitch bends:&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>