Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Simple Riff with the Colin Walcott Tuning

We are exploring the Colin Walcott tuning for the 8-Note kalimba. Here is a simple riff you can do. The first part and the second part harmonize with each other:

Download the KTABS file

Listen to the first part

Listen to the second part

Listen to the first and second parts together

If you look at the first four notes of the riff, you see that they are dotted quarter notes, so they each get a beat and a half, which turns out to be the same as three eighth notes. Tomorrow, we'll see how to make this same pattern, but with two extra eighth notes in between each of the notes in today's "backbone" riff.

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