06/19/06: Remember to Breathe
06/26/06: The Soul of the Kaliimba
07/03/06: Let the Kalimba Play You
07/10/06: Right and Left
07/17/06: Short-cutting Intuition
07/24/06: How Does the Kalimba Affect Your State of Mind?
07/31/06: Like a Thirsty Person
08/07/06: Play for the Birds and Other Animals
08/14/06: A Walking Meditation
08/21/06: The Paradox of Being Present
08/28/06: Your Inner Kalimba
09/04/06: Effortless Grace
09/11/06: Healing Rays of Light and Love
09/18/06: The Kalimba Responds to the Human Touch
09/25/06: Were You Called By the Kalimba?
10/02/06: Play Several Kalimbas and Listen For the Right One
10/09/06: I Love to Wait in Line Now
10/16/06: The Kalimba and Congruence
10/23/06: The Kalimba Goes to the Auto Repair Shop
10/30/06: Speaking the Kalimba's Language
11/06/06: Listen to Your Limits
11/13/06: Kalimba Music and the Heart: Two Motions
11/20/06: Surround Yourself with Beauty
11/27/06: Let the Kalimba Be a Line Out From Your Soul
12/04/06: Move it!
12/11/06: Working with Energy
12/18/06: The Best Kalimba for Mind-Body-Spirit Considerations
12/25/06: The Western Scale and Mystical Experience
01/01/07: Ingenious Kalimba Carry Bag Frees Rick to Play By the Waterfall
01/08/07: The Kalimba As a Tool for Healing
01/15/07: When playing with other musicians, seek to connect with them on many levels
01/22/07: Processing in the Groove
01/29/07: Trust Between Performers
02/05/07: Interacting with the Self-consistent Internal Logic of the
Kalimba
02/12/07: When Playing Kalimba, Think of Sending Patterns Rippling
Through the Kalimba
02/19/07: Beautiful Patterns Happen, and
Human Minds Can Perceive Them
02/26/07:
Try to Get to a Place Where Your Thumbs Know the Way
03/12/07: The Kalimba in Music Therapy
03/19/07: New Tunings Available for 8-Note Kalimbas
03/26/07: Colin Walcott Tuning for the 8-Note Kalimba
04/02/07: The Kalimba is a Tool
04/09/07: Steady Foundation
04/16/07: The Transforming Power of the Kalimba
04/23/07: The Way that I Teach
04/30/07: Yin and Yang on Kalimba
05/07/07: Building from a Foundation
05/14/07: Use the Kalimba to Relax in the Evening
05/21/07: Kalimba as a Spiritual Practice
05/28/07: When Your Heart's Too Worn To Pray
06/04/07: Intentionality
06/11/07: Kalimba In Kalimba Out
06/18/07: Don't Overreach, But Be True to the Light Within You
06/25/07: The Kalimba Broadcasting Network
07/02/07: Kalimba Players for Peace
07/09/07: Take It Easy When You Play Kalimba
07/16/07: Intention: Healing
07/23/07: Intention: World Peace
07/30/07: Play Each Day and Be Prepared For Inspiration
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SYMMETRY
08/06/07: Symmetry: Reflection or Translation?
08/13/07: Reflection and Translation Symmetry on the Guitar
08/20/07: Reflection and Translation Symmetry on the Kalimba
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CHAOS, ORDER, ENTROPY & THE KALIMBA
08/27/07: Chaos, Order, Entropy & the Kalimba: Randomness
has Content
09/10/07: Chaos, Order, Entropy & the Kalimba: Solitaire
09/17/07: Chaos, Order, Entropy & the Kalimba: More Solitaire
09/24/07: Chaos, Order, Entropy & the Kalimba: MORE Solitaire
10/01/07: A Monument to the Beauty of Our Minds
10/08/07: A Power That Makes Things Grow and Bloom
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UPCOMING PLAYSHOP: THE KALIMBA IN FOUR DIMENSIONS
10/15/07: The first dimension
10/22/07: The second dimension
10/29/07: The third dimension
11/05/07: The fourth dimension
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11/19/07: A Very Special Tip from Mark Holdaway & Deb Driskill
11/26/07: Sharon Eaton Says: Don't Be In a Hurry
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THE ANCESTORS
12/3/07: The Ancestors and the Mbira
12/10/07: The Ancestors: What do we make of it?
12/17/07: The Ancestors: My Personal Experience
12/24/07: The Ancestors: My Continued Experience
12/31/07: The Ancestors: Another Take
01/07/08: The Ancestors: A Spirt in the Kalimba?
01/14/08: The Ancestors: A Spirit for each Kalimba
01/21/08: The Ancestors and God
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PRAYER & THE KALIMBA
01/28/08: Duncan Sickler Discovers the Kalimba
02/04/08: Call and Response Prayer with Your Kalimba
02/11/08: Unison Prayer
02/18/08: Orbiting God
02/25/08: The Kalimba as a Fountain of Light
03/03/08: You Don't Have to Be a Believer
03/10/08: What If You DO Believe?
03/17/08: Help Me Follow the Light
03/24/08: Run With Joy
03/31/08: Thanks and Praise for the Wonders of This Life
THE KALIMBA IN HOSPICE
04/07/08: The Kalimba in Hospice
04/14/08: Sensitivity and Listening
04/21/08: Relaxing Music
04/28/08: Beauty
05/05/08: Be With Them
05/12/08: Learn About Your Person
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05/19/08: Music for Old or Young: An Observation
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THE POWER OF THE SONG
05/26/08: A Song in the Home Depot Parking Lot
06/02/08: Utah Phillips - Last Words on Life and Song
06/09/08: Study a Powerful Song
06/16/08: A Song Has to Find its Way into Your Heart
06/23/08: The Chain of Action in a Song
06/30/08: Write Often to Work on the Technical Aspects of Song Writing
07/07/08: Write Often so Greatness Can Come Now and Then
07/14/08: Storytelling in Song
07/21/08: Song Performance as Theater
07/28/08: Subjugate Your Ego to the Glory of the Song
08/04/08: The Grateful Dead Tells the Story
08/11/08: Kalimba's History is a Positive Context
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NEW AGE SOUNDS
08/18/08: Glissando of Two Tines
08/25/08: Glissando of Three Adjacent Tines
09/01/08: Glissando of Four Adjacent Tines
09/08/08: Glissando with Wah Wah
09/15/08: Backbone of a Chord
09/22/08: Simulating Digital Delay
09/29/08: Simulating Digital Delay Again
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SIMPLICITY
10/06/08: Introduction
10/13/08: One Note, Two Notes
10/20/08: Two More Notes
10/27/08: Combine Two Pairs of Notes to Make a Song
11/03/08: Variations on Four Notes
11/10/08: Variations on Four Notes: 2nd Example
11/17/08: Now Make a Song
11/24/08: Self-structured Music
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12/01/08: A Restless Urgency
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FREE YOUR PLAYING OF THUMBNAIL-TINE BUZZ
12/08/08: A Subtle Shift in Hand Position
12/15/08: A Subtle Change in Thumbnail Shape
12/22/08: A Subtle Change in Thumnail Edge
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12/29/08: The Kalimba as Doorway to the Past
01/05/09: "Deep Structure" and Kalimba Music
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LEARNING BUSTU M'TANDARI on the KARIMBA
01/12/09: Perfection of Traditional Karimba Pieces
01/19/09: Basic Pattern
01/26/09: Variation 1
02/02/09: Variation 2
02/09/09: Variation 3
02/16/09: Variation 4
02/23/09: Variation 5
03/02/09: Variation 6
03/09/09: The Full Song
03/16/09: Now the Fun Can Begin
03/23/09: Perfection of Bustu M'Tandari
03/30/09: B. Michael Williams' Metaphor for the Mbira
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PERFECTION
04/06/09: Honoring the Perfect
04/13/09: The Imperfect Can Be Perfect
04/20/09: The Perfect Mistake
04/27/09: Mistakes and Symmetry
05/04/09: Perfection in a Song
05/11/09: The Subtleties of Perfection
05/18/09: Perfection is in the Everyday
05/25/09: Perfection is in the Present
06/01/09: Musical Practice and Spiritual Practice are Similar
06/08/09: Summing to Perfection
06/15/09: Quieting the Conscious Mind
06/22/09: Perfection in the Flow
06/29/09: Practice Prepares the Soil of the Heart
07/06/09: Perfection in Improvisation
07/13/09: Perfection in the Moment with Others
07/20/09: You May Never Know That Perfection Has Used You
07/27/09: Be Ready To Sacrifice Cherished Assumptions
08/03/09: A Contract with Your Listeners
08/10/09: Inspiring Perfection in the Universe
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AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALS FOR THE ALTO KALIMBA
08/17/09: The Gift of the Spiritual
08/24/09: On Racism and the African American Spirituals Book
08/31/09: Wade in the Water - Basic
09/07/09: Wade in the Water - Basic and Swing
09/14/09: Wade in the Water - Advanced
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DOING TWO THINGS AT ONCE
09/21/09: Multitasking that Feeds that Spirit
09/28/09: A Specially Designed Dual Processor
10/05/09: Left and Right Hemispheric Specialties
10/12/09: Music as a Left-Right Hemispheric Collaboration
10/19/09: Discover Your Hemispheric Personalities
10/26/09: A Guided Improvisation to Explore Your Left and Right Brain Personalities
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FOCUS
11/02/09: You Need Focus to Play Deep Music
11/09/09: To Focus Means Being Present
11/16/09: Another Layer in Multitasking
11/23/09: Watching for Miracles
11/30/09: A Way of Life
12/07/09: From Mistake to Miracle
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HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
12/14/09: What Playing Christmas Music Means to Me
12/21/09: Twenty-two Miles for One Song
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12/28/09: The Healing Power of Music
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ROOM for MAGIC
01/04/10: Room for Magic
01/11/10: Be Ready to Fall
01/18/10: Nuance
01/25/10: Freedom to Change the Notes
02/01/10: Freedom to Change the Arrangement
02/08/10: Much More to Us Than Our Conscious Minds
02/15/10: Open Yourself to Possibility and Listen
02/22/10: First Kalimba Magic Open House
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MUSIC THERAPY
03/01/10: Music Therapy Month at Kalimba Magic
03/08/10: 10 Easy Ways to Use the Kalimba in Music Therapy
03/15/10: 10 Easy Ways - the Movie
03/22/10: 10 Populations that Benefit from Music Therapy with Kalimba
03/29/10: How the Music Therapy Community is Using the Kalimba
04/05/10: Playing Catch with Music, I
04/19/10: Playing Catch with Music, II
05/10/10: Playing Catch with Music, III
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06/07/10: Don't Push the River
06/14/10: Story about Finlandia
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PLAYING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING
06/21/10: A Wonderful Hospice Instrument
06/28/10: Select Songs to Please
07/05/10: Believe in What You Are Doing
07/12/10: Playing Kalimba for Marge
07/19/10: Singing for Marge
07/26/10: Red River Valley
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LEFT BRAIN vs. RIGHT BRAIN
08/02/10: Reading Music
08/09/10: Improvising
08/16/10: Noticing What We Are Doing
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08/23/10: Take the Kalimba to a Beautiful Place
08/30/10: Let the Kalimba Take You to a Beautiful Place
09/06/10: The Kalimba Can Make a Beautiful Place Special
09/13/10: Climb to the Heights with the Kalimba
09/20/10: Wherever Your Kalimba Goes, There You Are
10/04/10: Mind, Body, Spirit
10/18/10: Old Field Recordings of Original African Music
10/25/10: What Makes You Come Alive?
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THE KALIMBA IN MY SPIRITUAL LIFE
11/01/10: A Gift from the Ancestors
11/08/10: Sneaking Up on the Magic
11/15/10: Faith in the Musical Magic
11/22/10: Perfecting the Magic
11/29/10: Bringing the Magic Alive
12/06/10: Being Thankful
12/13/10: Seek Beauty and Seek to Create Beauty
12/20/10: The Spirit of the Kalimba
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LISTEN FOR EACH INSTRUMENT'S VOICE
12/27/10: Listen for Each Instrument's Voice Part 1
01/03/11: Listen for Each Instrument's Voice Part 2
01/10/11: Listen for Each Instrument's Voice Part 3
01/17/11: Listen for Each Instrument's Voice When You Are Composing
01/24/11: The Unique Voices of Three Student Karimbas
01/31/11: The Challenge of Finding One's Voice
02/07/11: Instruments are Special Stuff
02/14/11: The Voice of the Composer and the Voice of the Player
02/21/11: A Higher Voice
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PRACTICING
02/28/11: Work a Song for Many Hours
03/07/11: Find the Music Beneath the Music
03/14/11: Learn to Stretch the Music
03/21/11: Digging for Meaning
04/04/11: Trust Your Body to Find the Way
04/11/11: When You Practice, Try to Hypnotize Yourself
04/18/11: How Long Should I Practice?
04/25/11: Tricking Yourself into Practicing
05/02/11: What if You Don't Want to Practice?
05/09/11: Knowing When to Stop
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EXPLORATION
05/23/11: Kalimba as an Unexplored Continent
05/30/11: Kalimba as a Well of Wisdom
06/06/11: Kalimba as a Portal
06/20/11: Your Thumbs Know the Way
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WHAT INSPIRES YOUR KALIMBA PLAYING?
07/04/11: What Inspires Your Kalimba Playing?
07/11/11: Maurice White
07/18/11: Chandra Lacombe
07/25/11: Traditional African Music
08/01/11: Samite
08/08/11: Kevin Spears
08/22/11: The Sound of the Sansula
08/29/11: First Look Inside
09/05/11: Exploring New Kalimba Tunings
09/12/11: Diversity of Kalimbas
09/19/11: Getting Better, A Life Long Journey
09/26/11: Different Instruments Can Help Each Other
10/03/11: An Ear to Listen
10/10/11: A Song to Be Heard
!0/17/11: Focusing on the Soft and Beautiful
10/24/11: Focusing on Goofy and Funny
10/31/11: Focusing on Strong and Brave
11/07/11: Focusing on Smart
11/14/11: Focusing on African
11/21/11: Imagine!
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TEACHING KALIMBA
12/05/11: Why Teach Someone How to Play Kalimba?
12/12/11: My Story and Kalimba Tablature
12/19/11: Start Simple
12/26/11: Be Slow and Be Patient
01/09/12: The Student Karimba
01/16/12: The Student Karimba - a Tool for Black History Month
01/23/12: The Numbers System
01/30/12: More Numbers System
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Left Right Integration
02/06/12: On Left-Right independence
02/13/12: Exercise on Left-Right Independence
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