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The '''kalimba''', a modern version of the [[African]] '''mbira''', is an instrument that is small, 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. [https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/makemicromusic/topicId_11002.html#11005 this article] by Joe Monzo on the MakeMicroMusic yahoo forum. | The '''kalimba''', a modern version of the [[African]] '''mbira''', is an instrument that is small, 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. [https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/makemicromusic/topicId_11002.html#11005 this article] by Joe Monzo on the MakeMicroMusic yahoo forum. | ||
== Kalimbas used in microtonal music == | == Kalimbas used in microtonal music == | ||
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* http://bp.b0b.com/2016/01/tuning-a-kalimba-to-bp/ (Tuning a kalimba to the [[Bohlen-Pierce|Bohlen-Pierce]] scale) | * 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]]. | * 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]]. | ||
* [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8 Kalimba with pitch bends] | |||
== | == Array Mbira == | ||
The [http://www.arraymbira.com Array Mbira] is a xenharmonic instrument designed and built by [[Bill Wesley]]. Wesley's description: | |||
* [ | ''The 1 - 29 harmonics are tuned into the 15 five octave courses on the players right, and the 1 - 29 subharmonics are tuned into the 15 octave courses on the players left.'' | ||
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''C1 is the harmonic "1" and D#6 the subharmonic "1". The 12 octave courses in the center, 6 harmonic and 6 subharmonic, form a rough chromatic series of 12 notes or "pitch classes" with this capacity being unique to choosing the minor third difference between the harmonic 1 and subharmonic 1. The exact ratio used for the minor third difference between the harmonic 1 and subharmonic 1 pitch classes is 13/11.'' | |||
''Pitch shifting effects pedals are controlled by a stereo-out foot-actuated expression pedal for added pitch shift effects which pedals also provide unique tones for the tines.'' | |||
Wesley produced the following diagrams of the instrument's layout: | |||
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BillWesleyKeyboardLeft.jpg|The left half of the instrument. | |||
BillWesleyKeyboardRight.jpg|The right half of the instrument. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== 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<span style="">, 2008.</span> | |||
[[Category:African music]] | [[Category:African music]] | ||
[[Category:Instruments]] | [[Category:Instruments]] | ||