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06/21/06: Chords for the Alto and Treble Kalimbas

06/28/06: Using Both Thumbs to Play Chords

07/05/06: Arpeggios: Skeletal Chords

07/12/06: Chords in Action

07/19/06: Chords in Collision

07/26/06: Chords in Collision II

08/02/06: Fixing a Buzz

08/09/06: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: First Line

08/16/06: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: Second Line

08/23/06: Kalimba Tuning Contest Winner: Eric Zang

08/30/06: Kalimba Tuning Contest Winner: Jim Gates

09/06/06: One More Kalimba Tuning

09/13/06: Starry Night on Treble in D Minor Tuning

09/20/06: More Starry Night on the Treble Kalimba in D Minor Tuning

09/27/06: Starry Night: Part 3

10/04/06: The Virtues of the D Minor Tuned Kalimba (or, What's a Mode?)

10/11/06: The Virtues of the D Minor Tuned Kalimba: Playing in B Flat Lydian Mode

10/18/06: The Virtues of the D Minor Tuned Kalimba: Playing in C Mixolydian Mode

10/25/06: Some KTabs Tips

11/01/06: Turning the World on to the Kalimba One Person At a Time

11/08/06: Advanced 1-4-5 Progression on the Kalimba

11/15/06: The Positive Side of Mark's Rule of Thumb

11/22/06: More Intervals for Harmony

11/29/06: Fix Your Nails When They Break

12/0606: Using KTabS to Write Music for Multiple Kalimbas

12/13/06: Carol of the Bells on Alto and Treble Kalimba

12/20/06: The Best Kalimba for Advanced Players

12/27/06: Pre-Guess When Tuning--This Will Improve Your Ear

01/03/07: You'll Never Lose Your Kalimba With this Kalimba Necklace

01/10/07: On Pentatonic and Diatonic Kalimbas, the Note an Octave Higher/Lower is on the OTHER Side of the Kalimba

01/17/07: Structuring Music in Groups of Four

01/24/07: Don't Tame Your Instrument--Let It Tame You!

01/31/07: Knowing the Note or Taking the Ride

02/07/07: Relating Notes on the Alto Kalimba to Notes on the Treble Kalimba

02/14/07: Playing in Other Keys Without Retuning

02/21/07: A Few Notes on Out-of-the-Box Karimba Tuning and Fiddling With Buzzy Notes

02/28/07: How High Can You Tune a Kalimba?

03/21/07: 2 Against 3 (again!!!)

03/28/07: Building a More Complex Riff From Yesterday's Riff

04/04/07: Playing Expressively

04/11/07: The Karimba-tuned 8-Note Kalimba: a Fancy Frill

04/18/07: The Ake Bono Japanese Pentatonic Scale on the 8-Note Kalimba

04/25/07: Here is What the Hugh Tracey Celeste Diatonic Junior Can Do in the Celtic Tuning

05/02/07: What If You Are Seeing Impaired?

05/09/07: Try a Different Tuning

05/16/07: On Playing Different Kalimbas

05/23/07: Alaska Pic Instructions


RECORDING YOUR KALIMBA

05/30/07: Recording Your Kalimba: Set a Time Grid, or do a Free Form Recording?

06/06/07: Recording the Kalimba: Free Form Recording

06/13/07: Recording the Kalimba: Get in the Groove - Recording to a Time Grid

06/20/07: Recording the Kalimba: What's Important in a Groove Track? Tempo!

06/27/07: Recording the Kalimba: What's Important in a Groove Track? Swing!

07/04/07: Recording the Kalimba: What's Important in a Groove Track? Subtlety!

07/11/07: Recording the Kalimba: Get Audacity for Free

07/18/07: Recording the Kalimba: After You Install Audacity, You Need a Microphone

07/25/07: Recording the Kalimba: Making MP3 Files

08/01/07: Recording the Kalimba: I use Stereo Miking in the Studio

08/08/07: Recording the Kalimba: Try Routing the Signal Through an Effects Processor

08/15/07: Recording the Kalimba: Mixing Down

08/22/07: Recording the Kalimba: What About Burning a CD?

08/29/07: Recording the Kalimba: File Compression

09/05/07: Recording the Kalimba: Converting from WAV to MP3 Format


PERFORMING ON THE KALIMBA

09/19/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Live Performances

09/26/07: Performing on the Kalimba: The Energy of an Observer

10/03/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Get Used to Being Distracted

10/10/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Should You Look at What You Are Doing?

10/1707: Performing on the Kalimba: But are they paying attention to you?

10/24/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Getting the Audience's Attention

10/31/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Your Kalimba Moment

11/07/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Improvisation

11/14/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Performing a Prepared Piece

11/21/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Prepared Piece With Breathing Room

11/28/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Solo or Accompanied?

12/05/07: Performing on the Kalimba: Kalimba as Supportive Instrument

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OLIVER MTUKUDZI'S NDAKUVARA

12/1207: Oliver Mtukudzi's Ndakuvara: What Kalimba? What Key?

12/19/07: Kalimba Part for Main Verse Riff

12/26/07: Retune Your Alto to A Minor

01/02/08: Learn the Second Bit First

01/09/08: Learn the 1A Part with the 2 Part

01/16/08: Learn the 1B Part with the 2 Part

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BUILDING A GOURD RESONATOR OR A GOURD KALIMBA

01/23/08: Introduction

01/30/08: Playing Kalimba Inside a Gourd

02/06/08: A Great Place to Purchase Gourds

02/13/08: Cleaning Your Gourd's Skin

02/20/08: Sawing Open Your Gourd

02/27/08: Cleaning Out the Inside of Your Gourd

03/05/08: Sanding the Lip of Your Gourd

03/12/08: How Does the Kalimba Fit in the Resonator Gourd?

03/19/08: Decorating a Resonator Gourd

03/26/08: Buying the Face Wood

04/02/08: Cutting the Face

04/09/08: Making the Bridge

04/16/08: Gluing the Face

04/23/08: Tuning Up

04/30/08: Make One or Purchase One?

05/07/08: Inspiration

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THE WAH WAH EFFECT

05/21/08: Intro to the Wah Wah Effect Series

05/28/08: The Wah Wah Varies Across the Tines

06/04/08: The Wah Wah Shifts the Resonant Frequency to a Lower Pitch

06/11/08: The Wah Wah Engage Distance

06/18/08: Wah Wah for People with Small Hands

06/25/08: Using Your Free Thumb to Do the Wah Wah

07/02/08: How to Wah Wah When Your Thumbs are Busy

07/09/08: The Subtle Wah Wah

07/16/08: Minimize Noise by Clipping Your Nails

07/23/08: Explore the Expressive Kalimba

07/30/08: On the Origin of the Wah Wah Sound Hole

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BUILDING ON THE SANSULA

08/06/08: Less is More

08/13/08: A Riff Using Four Notes

08/20/08: A Complementary Riff

08/27/08: The Two Riffs Together

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