Feb. 19, 2011 Vol. 6, Num. 2

Kalimba Magic NEWS In This Issue From Mark: The Challenge of Respectful Debate February Only: Instructional Downloads 50% Off! New HT Student Karimba & the 10-Note Kankobela Kalimba Chordal Choirs in Music Education 5 New CDs from Leading Kalimba Players Tucson Festival of Books: March 12-13, 2011 Kalimba Training in Wisconsin: March 24, 2011 Kalimba Training in Massachusetts: March 31, 2011 Kalimba Contests New Deadlines (AGAIN) Ask Mark: Tunings and Painted Tines Kalimba Community

Kalimba Community News

Seeking Other Dutch Kalimba Players!

Marjanne would like to meet and play with other kalimba players in the Netherlands, but does not know any! No doubt there are thousands of people who play kalimba in the Netherlands - a few hundred of them are on the Kalimba Magic mailing list. You can contact Marjanne at m.romkema("at")hetnet.nl, converting the ("at") into the correct thing.

Marjanne, if you still don't find people to play kalimba with in the Netherlands, check out Stiggelbout Slagwerk, a seller of percussion and kalimbas in the Netherlands. I have trouble genavigatenen de pagen, but if you read Dutch, you should have no trouble.

Josh B. Humphrey Makes Innovative Kalimbas

Josh B. Humphrey builds guitars and kalimbas, including new style mbiras (with kalimba-style tines than can be easily adjusted), beautiful small kalimbas, and some large marimbulas.

Says Josh of this new "Circle of 5ths" style instrument, which can play chromatically and is good for accompaniment: "The instrument plays from C2 to C5, and is about 9 by 15 by 2.5 inches deep. It is also wired for stereo pickups (one left, one right). I will get a sound clip up as soon as I get the tuning dialed in. This one is going for $425. The size is flexible (could be several inches larger), and I actually started sourcing more spring tine material to extend the range higher. Any lower and I think it would get muddy!"

Kavin Lahue Finds a Cool Sansula Case

"I found this lunch bag that fits the box the sansula comes in. So you can just keep the sansula in its original box put it in this bag, it is slightly padded, there is a place for cd's, tabs ect. The sansula book fits as well you just cant zipper the top completely. The strap makes for easy carrying. I even put a piece of wood in the pocket so I can play the sansula on that. Check it out."

 

 

Kalimba Video: Over the Rainbows

Over the Rainbow is not a simple song - yet, a surprising number of people sing it and play it on the kalimba:

• Over the Rainbow on a Japanese chromatic kalimba of interesting design.
• Over the Rainbow by Duncan Sickler on a Goshen kalimba.
• Over the Rainbow by Michele Erfurt on an 8-Note Catania kalimba.
• Over the Rainbow by Mark Holdaway on the Hugh Tracey Bb Treble kalimba.
• Over the Rainbow on a linear kalimba.
• Stone Rainbow Kalimba - this guy makes ceramic kalimbas, and he just came up on the "Over the Rainbow Kalimba" search.

An Assortment of Kalimba Videos

Enjoy this assortment of unique and wonderful kalimbo-centric music!

• I was recently turned on to this fantastic jazz singer - Youn Sun Nah - singing My Favorite Things while playing kalimba.
• Very cool Sansula multitrack from Russia
• Karimba Music with mobiles - I'm partial to the music in this one.
• Kalimba Getaway - by a shy guy.
• EWF - a kalimba solo I had not heard.
• EWF Kalimba Tree
• John Lee plays the Hokema Pentatonic Kalimba.
• John Lee keeps on playing the Hokema Pentatonic Kalimba.
• Whitney Houston - I am not sure this is a live kalimba, it sounds like it might be sampled, but I don't mind watching Whitney singing and dancing. Great use of kalimba, real or not.
• Gary Jules
• Patrick Hadley Jazz improv on Array Mbira