HELESIN KALIMBA USER'S GUIDE...Tips to play Kalimba A glissando is playing a series or two or more adjacent notes by touching one with your thumbnail and then dragging the nail over

HELESIN KALIMBA USER'S GUIDE

Part 1


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Kalimba Keys


Part 2


• The Short Story

• Hugh Tracey was an English ethnomusicologist who traveled widely in rural Africa in the first half of the 20th century. This man’s life’s work turned out to be the reason that kalimbas are known and loved by so many in the world today.

• A young Hugh Tracey is brought to Africa; he falls in love with its traditional music, and his life’s work eventuates in the kalimba’s entering western consciousness.

• With success comes competition and imitation - but really, the kalimba cat is out of the bag. What started out as a uniquely African musical instrument belongs to the world now.


Part 3


Tips to play Kalimba

A glissando is playing a series or two or more adjacent notes by touching one with your thumbnail and then dragging the nail over adjacent tines.It is the recipe for making a chord.Touch one tine and slide it outward over three or four times, touching each with the thumb nail's tip. Three adjacent tines will make a triad, four adjacent tines will make a 7th chord, and five adjacent tines will make a 9th chord.

There are two sound holes on the back of the Kalimba.When you cover and uncover these sound holes, you will get a vibrato effect, changing the tonal

of the notes you are playing.Play the tines with the thumbs, leaves the fingers free to simultaneously cover and uncover the back or side sound holes.

The "wah-wah" effect is made by covering and uncovering the front sound hole on the kalimba.When you cover the sound hole, experiment with how far you put your thumb in, and experiment with how much it affects each note.The wah-wah effect is increased when you also close and unclose the back or side sound holes simultaneously.


Part 4

Tablature


Part 5

Music Score


You can easy to find more songs on the website


Part 6

How to Keep


• KOA wood is the delicate wood, you need to put it on a suitable environment. Please refer to the following way to keep the Kalimba:

• Please don’t throw the OPP BAG.

• 1. Hot weather, avoid putting the Kalimba on the sun directly

• 2. Wet weather, put the Kalimba on the OPP BAG then together on the cotton bag.

• 3. Use the cloth to wipe the Kalimba after your using, avoid producing the rust.

• Temperature:5-35 degrees centigrade（41-95 degrees Fahrenheit）

• Humidity：45-55 %RH


Part 7

Kalimba Choice


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HELESIN KALIMBA USER'S GUIDE...Tips to play Kalimba A glissando is playing a series or two or more adjacent notes by touching one with your thumbnail and then dragging the nail over