June 19, 2017

Playing unmatched kalimbas in succession can make beautiful and unusual music The D Treble kalimba, the Bb Treble kalimba, and the G Treble kalimba Why do people acquire kalimbas in different keys? To be able to support specific songs they or others sing, or to be able to play with other musicians with flexibility. Sometimes people buy a kalimba in some particular key just because they really love its sound. But can you use kalimbas in different keys together? By creating a simple song that uses different-keyed kalimbas, not played together but in succession, yes you can!    Listen to the music that plays automatically when you load this page. The

Have you ever wanted to get clear on the differences between the various treble kalimbas? Blue dots are roots of the major scale, purple are roots of the relative minor scale One of my best contributions to the kalimba world (in my humble opinion) is the concept of the Bb and D Treble kalimbas. These are alternative ways of structuring the standard G Treble to make it more like the Alto kalimba, but pitched higher. Making a Treble kalimba more like an Alto makes the Treble easier to play and simpler to understand. The Alto’s note layout is more logical, and any song that you can play on the Alto