FEATURED INSTRUMENT: THE KARIMBA
06/22/06: Introduction to Karimba Tablature
06/29/06: The Upper Row of Karimba Tines
07/06/06: Arpeggios on the Karimba
07/13/06: Two Against Three
07/20/06: Student Karimbas
07/27/06: Right Hand Rhythm on the Karimba
08/03/06: What About Those Buzzers?
08/10/06: Slides On the Karimba
08/17/06: Scale on Lower Tines of the Karimba
08/24/06: The New Karimba Book is Out and About
08/31/06: A Song From the Karimba Book
09/07/06: Last Karimba Tip!
FEATURED INSTRUMENT: THE PENTATONIC KALIMBA
09/14/06: Preparing for the New Pentatonic Book
09/21/06: Playing the Pentatonic Kalimba--Arpeggios in G Major Tuning
09/28/06: Playing the Pentatonic Kalimba--Arpeggios in G Minor Tuning
10/05/06: Playing the G Minor Pentatonic With the D Minor Tuned Treble Kalimba
10/12/06: Lesson 4 from the New Pentatonic Book
10/19/06: Lesson 38 from the New Pentatonic Book
10/26/06: KTabS Templates for the Pentatonic Kalimba
11/02/06: Something Good Will Happen Somehow
11/09/06: The Amazing Box Pentatonic with Pickup
11/16/06: Extra Space Between the Pentatonic Tines
11/23/06: Tuning the Kalimba with the Native American Flute
11/30/06: Native American Flutes and the Pentatonic Kalimba
12/07/06: Retuning Your Pentatonic Kalimba in KTabS
12/14/06: Changing Tuning Makes the Same Pattern into a Different Song
12/21/06: The Best Pentatonic Kalimba
12/28/06: Experimental Microtonal Tunings With the Pentatonic Kalimba
FEATURED INSTRUMENTS: THE SANSULA AND THE TREBLITO
01/04/07: New Featured Kalimbas: The Sansula and its Buddy the Treblito
01/11/07: Welcome to the Treblito, A Partner for the Sansula
01/18/07: Sansula Tuning
01/25/07: Duet for the Sansula and Treblito: Gray Cat (tablature)
02/01/07: Duet for the Sansula and Treblito: Gray Cat (listen!)
02/08/07: How Do You Get a Treblito Anyway?
02/15/07: Be Open To the Possibilities
02/02/07: A New Tuning For the Sansula
FEATURED INSTRUMENT: THE 8-NOTE KALIMBA
03/01/07: Featuring the 8-Note Kalimba!
03/22/07: ...and You Mix 'em All Together!
03/29/07: Building in Complexity
04/05/07: How Much Can Be Done With So Little?
04/12/07: The Karimba-tuned 8-Note Kalimba: Put 'em All Together
04/19/07: The New 8-Note Kalimba Insert
04/26/07: More about Tunings for the 8-Note Kalimba
05/03/07: Go to the Tucson Folk Festival
05/10/07: Transplanting Tines to Create a Resonant Box Karimba
FEATURED INSTRUMENT: THE SANSULA
05/17/07: The A Minor Chord on the Sansula
05/24/07: The Am9 Chord on the Sansula
05/31/07: The Am9+3 Chord on the Sansula
06/07/07: An Expanded A Minor +9 Chord
06/14/07: The F Triad on the Sansula
06/21/07: The F Major 7 Chord on the Sansula
07/05/07: The C Chord on the Sansula
07/12/07: Sansula Octaves
07/19/07: Sansula Pulloffs
07/26/07: A Sansula Pivot
08/02/07: How to Use Chords in Sansula Music - The Idea of a Chord Progression
08/09/07: Making the Wah-Wah Sound on the Sansula
08/16/07: More on Sansula Pulloffs
08/23/07: Sansula Glissando
08/30/07: Sansula Picking Pattern 1
09/06/07: Sansula Picking Pattern 2
09/13/07: Sansula: More on the Pivot Notes
09/20/07: Sansula: Swing
09/27/07: Sansula: Two Against Three - 2
10/04/07: Sansula: Two Against Three - 3
10/11/07: Sansula: Double Thumbing
10/18/07: Sansula: Be Free, Explore Space
11/01/07: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning
11/08/07: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - the E Chord
11/15/07: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - the A Chord
11/22/07: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - the B Chord
11/29/07: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - the C# Minor Chord
12/06/07: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The F# Minor Chord
12/13/07: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The G# Minor Chord
12/20/07: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - Where Are We Now?
01/03/08: Sanula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The B7 Chord
01/10/08: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The C#m7 Chord
01/17/08: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The F#m7 Chord
01/24/08: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The Emajor7 Chord
01/31/08: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The C#m9 Chord
02/07/08: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The E2 Chord
02/14/08: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The A2 Chord
02/21/08: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The F#m2 Chord
02/28/08: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - The Bsus4 Chord
03/06/08: Sansula: The Beautiful E Tuning - F#m2,4 Chord
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MODAL SCALES ON THE DIATONIC KALIMBA
03/13/08: Learning to Play in Different Modes
03/20/08: Diatonic Kalimbas That Can Be Used Modally
04/03/08: Modal Scales: The G Major Scale
04/10/08: Modal Scales: The A Dorian Mode
04/17/08: Modal Scales: The B Phrygian Scale
04/24/08: Modal Scales: The C Lydian Scale
05/01/08: Modal Scales: The D Mixolydian Scale
05/08/08: Modal Scales: The E Minor Scale
05/15/08: Modal Scales: Putting It All Together
UNDERSTANDING MODES THROUGH INTERVALS ON THE DIATONIC KALIMBA
05/22/08: A Pitch Diagram
05/29/08: G Ionian Mode
06/05/08: C Lydian Mode
06/12/08: D Mixolydian Mode
06/19/08: A Dorian Mode
06/26/08: E Aeolian Mode
07/03/08: B Phrygian Mode
THE CHROMATIC KALIMBA
07/10/08: One Note Among Many
07/17/08: The Chromatic Kalimba Tuning
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