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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 | =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<span class="a">, 2008.</span> | 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 class="a">, 2008.</span> | ||
=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. | =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"><html><head><title>kalimba (mbira)</title></head><body>The <a class="wiki_link" href="/African">african</a>-origin <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimba" rel="nofollow">kalimba/mbira</a> 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. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/11005" rel="nofollow">this article</a> by Joe Monzo on the MakeMicroMusic yahoo forum.<br /> | <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"><html><head><title>kalimba (mbira)</title></head><body>The <a class="wiki_link" href="/African">african</a>-origin <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimba" rel="nofollow">kalimba/mbira</a> 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. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/11005" rel="nofollow">this article</a> by Joe Monzo on the MakeMicroMusic yahoo forum.<br /> | ||
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Reference material on | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Reference material on Mbira"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Reference material on Mbira</h1> | ||
Paul F. Berliner, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo3644709.html" rel="nofollow">The Soul of Mbira</a>, University of Chicago Press, 1993.<br /> | Paul F. Berliner, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo3644709.html" rel="nofollow">The Soul of Mbira</a>, University of Chicago Press, 1993.<br /> | ||
L. E. McNeil, S. Mitran, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://www.academia.edu/2847668/Vibrational_frequencies_and_tuning_of_the_African_mbira" rel="nofollow">Vibrational Frequencies and Tunings of the African Mbira</a>, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America<span class="a">, 2008.</span><br /> | L. E. McNeil, S. Mitran, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://www.academia.edu/2847668/Vibrational_frequencies_and_tuning_of_the_African_mbira" rel="nofollow">Vibrational Frequencies and Tunings of the African Mbira</a>, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America<span class="a">, 2008.</span><br /> | ||
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Several members of the Yahoo tuning forums have used kalimbas for microtonal music:<br /> | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc1"><a name="Kalimbas used in microtonal music"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 -->Kalimbas used in microtonal music</h1> | ||
Several members of the Yahoo tuning forums have used kalimbas for microtonal music:<br /> | |||
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060" rel="nofollow">http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060</a> (Kalimba tuned to <a class="wiki_link" href="/OverToneSeries">harmonic series</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/George%20Secor">George D. Secor</a>)<br /> | <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060" rel="nofollow">http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060</a> (Kalimba tuned to <a class="wiki_link" href="/OverToneSeries">harmonic series</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/George%20Secor">George D. Secor</a>)<br /> | ||
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A kalimba in Bohlen-Pierce tuning is also used in <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://georghajdu.de/compositions/just-her-jester-gesture/" rel="nofollow">Just Her – Jester – Gesture</a> and <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://georghajdu.de/burning-petrol/" rel="nofollow">Burning Petrol</a>, compositions by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Georg%20Hajdu">Georg Hajdu</a>.<br /> | A kalimba in Bohlen-Pierce tuning is also used in <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://georghajdu.de/compositions/just-her-jester-gesture/" rel="nofollow">Just Her – Jester – Gesture</a> and <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://georghajdu.de/burning-petrol/" rel="nofollow">Burning Petrol</a>, compositions by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Georg%20Hajdu">Georg Hajdu</a>.<br /> | ||
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Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further. | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc2"><a name="Further development of kalimba-type instruments"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 -->Further development of kalimba-type instruments</h1> | ||
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8</a></body></html></pre></div> | Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.<br /> | ||
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A kalimba with pitch bends:<br /> | |||
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8</a><br /> | |||
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.arraymbira.com" rel="nofollow">Array Mbira</a></body></html></pre></div> | |||