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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&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;


Several members of the Yahoo tuning forums have used kalimbas for microtonal music. See, e.g.:
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 Secor|George D. Secor]])
[[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060]] (Kalimba tuned to harmonic series, [[George Secor|George D. Secor]])
[[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106]] (Kalimba tuned to Mavila pentatonic, &lt;span class="email"&gt;[[Petr Pařízek]]&lt;/span&gt;)
[[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106]] (Kalimba tuned to Mavila pentatonic, &lt;span class="email"&gt;[[Petr Pařízek]]&lt;/span&gt;)
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=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=RJd5DLtbtgk]] ([[Aaron Krister Johnson]] of [[http://www.untwelve.org|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)


Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further. Here is an example of a kalimba with pitch bends!
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further. Here is an example of a kalimba with pitch bends!
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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. See, e.g.:&lt;br /&gt;
Several members of the Yahoo tuning forums have used kalimbas for microtonal music:&lt;br /&gt;
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&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 harmonic series, &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 harmonic series, &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 Mavila 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;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 Mavila 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;
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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=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;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;
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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 Bohlen-Pierce scale)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further. Here is an example of a kalimba with pitch bends!&lt;br /&gt;
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further. Here is an example of 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;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
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