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
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
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
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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