PHYSICS OF THE KALIMBA
06/23/06: A Resonant Body
07/07/06: Anatomy of a Kalimba Note
07/14/06: Anatomy of a Kalimba Note: One Octave Lower
07/21/06: A Vibrating Guitar String
07/28/06: Introducing the Spectral Evolution of the A2 Alto Note
08/04/06: Dead Tines on Old Kalimbas
08/11/06: The Spectrum of a Dead Tine
08/18/06: The Kalimba Box Ate My "A" Note
08/25/06: Bringing Back the "A"
09/01/06: Those Folks at AMI Sure Know How to Make Their Kalimbas Sing
09/08/06: The Frequency Response of Your Kalimba
09/15/06: Those Leaky Kalimba Notes
09/22/06: Looking at the Wah-wah Effect on the Middle A on the Alto Kalimba
09/29/06: Looking at the Wah-wah Effect on the Low B on the Alto Kalimba
10/06/06: Resonance
10/13/06: Audacity: Free Sound Analysis Software
10/20/06: The Kalimba is Anharmonic
10/27/06: Singling Out a Tine for Spectral Analysis
11/03/06: Playing Kalimba in the Santiago Airport
11/17/06: The Cloud Nine Marimbula
11/24/06: Vibrational Modes of a String
11/31/06: Vibrational Modes of a Kalimba Tine
12/08/06: Vibrational Modes of a Kalimba Tine: Data!
12/15/06: Our First Overtone Comes in at 6.6 - That's 6.8 Times the Fundamental Frequency
12/22/06: The Kalimba's Anharmonic Overtones Die Out Quickly
UNDERSTANDING THE WESTERN TEMPERED SCALE
12/29/06: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 1 of 15
01/05/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 2 of 15
01/12/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 3 of 15
01/19/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 4 of 15
01/26/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 5 of 15
02/02/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 6 of 15
02/09/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 7 of 15
02/16/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 8 of 15
02/23/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 9 of 15)
03/02/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 10 of 15
03/23/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 11 of 15
03/30/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 12 of 15
04/06/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 13 of 15
04/27/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 14 of 15
05/04/07: Understanding the Western Tempered Scale: Part 15 of 15
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04/13/07: How the Kalimba Tine Vibrates: Explaining the Octave Overtone Which Shouldn't Be There
04/20/07: Why does the Hugh Tracey Kalimba have an Overtone at One Octave Above the Fundamental?
05/11/07: Light and Dark Kiaat Wood
05/18/07: The Dark and Light Kalimbas
05/25/07: That's One Cracked Kalimba!
06/01/07: My Kalimba Has a New Resonanace
06/08/07: Clay Cracks the Cracked Kalimba Conundrum!
DELAY AND TEMPO
06/15/07: Relationship Between Delay and Tempo?
06/22/07: The Relationship Between Delay and Tempo Explained
07/06/07: Understanding the Kalimba's Buzz: Part 1
08/03/07: What is Going On When the Kalimba Buzzes?
08/10/07: Fundamental Overtones - Feedback from Another Kalimba Artist
11/02/07: Box Kalimba Pickups vs. Board Kalimba Pickups
11/09/07: How DoYou Tune a 7-Note Indonesian Coconut Shell Kalimba?
11/16/07: William McCoy Adds a Pickup to His Kalimba
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12/25/09: Winter Wonderland on the Kalimba
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IAN'S CORNER
09/17/10: Meet Ian Clothier, Kalimba Player & Builder/Inventor
09/24/10: The Kalimbadjuster
10/01/10: Curing a Buzz without Killing the Sustain
10/08/10: Writing the Notes on the Keys
10/15/10: Give Your Playing Some Polish
10/22/10: Kalimbas and Electric Pickups
10/29/10: Noodling with a Drum Circle
11/05/10: Using Both Hands at Once
11/12/10: Ironing Your Kalimba
Building a Kalimba
11/19/10: Your Shopping List
11/26/10: Base, Bridge and Tine Rest
12/03/10: Preparing the Way for Tines
12/10/10: Cutting and Polishing the Tines
12/17/10: Finishing the Build
12/24/10: Tuning Your New Kalimba
12/31/10: Fine Tuning Your New Kalimba
Amplifying the Kalimba
01/14/11: Choosing an Amp
01/21/11: Getting Started with Audacity
01/28/11: Next We Need a Pre-Amp
02/04/11: Pre-Amp Shopping List
02/18/11: Building a No Solder Pre-Amp
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02/25/11: Two Lonely Contests!
03/04/11: Short Nails, Big Thumbs... What to Do?!
03/11/11: Constructing Replaceable Thumb Nails
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Amplifying the Kalimba (cont'd)
03/18/11: Adding a Volume Control to the Pre-Amp
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04/01/11: Exploring Glue Options for Paper Thumb Nails
04/08/11: When and Why Do You Play?
04/29/11: How to Clean Your Kalimba
05/06/11: How to Make Your Own Kalimba Wax
05/13/11: How Do You Store Your Kalimba
05/20/11: What's Next? Looking Forward, Looking Back
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DEEPER PERSPECTIVES
10/14/11: Major or Minor - Two Sides of One Coin
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