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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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<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=
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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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>
=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&lt;span class="a"&gt;, 2008.&lt;/span&gt;


=Kalimbas used in microtonal music=  
=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:


[[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060]] (Kalimba tuned to [[OverToneSeries|harmonic series]], [[George Secor|George D. Secor]])
[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78060] (Kalimba tuned to [[OverToneSeries|harmonic series]], [[George_Secor|George D. Secor]])
[[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106]] (Kalimba tuned to [[Mavila#Mavila]] pentatonic, &lt;span class="email"&gt;[[Petr Pařízek]]&lt;/span&gt;)
 
[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78106] (Kalimba tuned to [[Mavila#Mavila|Mavila]] pentatonic, <span style="">[[Petr_Pařízek|Petr Pařízek]]</span>)


There are YouTube videos of microtonal kalimba music:
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=RJd5DLtbtgk]] ([[Aaron Krister Johnson]] of [[http://www.untwelve.org|UnTwelve]] playing his composition "Queen of Hearts")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnAHx-7Ef4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnAHx-7Ef4] ([[Jacob_Barton|Jacob Barton]] playing kalimba at the [http://www.untwelve.org UnTwelve] event on the 31.07.2008)
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJd5DLtbtgk] ([[Aaron_Krister_Johnson|Aaron Krister Johnson]] of [http://www.untwelve.org UnTwelve] playing his composition "Queen of Hearts")


Other microtonal kalimba/mbira references:
Other microtonal kalimba/mbira references:
[[http://bp.b0b.com/2016/01/tuning-a-kalimba-to-bp/]] (Tuning a kalimba to the [[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]].
[http://bp.b0b.com/2016/01/tuning-a-kalimba-to-bp/ 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]].


=Further development of kalimba-type instruments=  
=Further development of kalimba-type instruments=
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.
Kalimba-type instruments can also be developed further.


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


[[http://www.arraymbira.com|Array Mbira]]</pre></div>
[http://www.arraymbira.com Array Mbira]      [[Category:gateway]]
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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;
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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;
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;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;
&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 &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Mavila#Mavila"&gt;Mavila&lt;/a&gt; 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;br /&gt;
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=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;br /&gt;
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 &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Bohlen-Pierce"&gt;Bohlen-Pierce&lt;/a&gt; scale)&lt;br /&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.&lt;br /&gt;
&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;
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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>