November 11, 2010
Kalimba Magic NEWS
Instructional Download for the Heavenly A Sansula
20 Songs, Plus the Heavenly A Chords
Theme Song on the standard Hokema Sansula using
a tuning that was invented by Rick Tarquino.
Tablature for this song is included in the download.
One year ago, Kalimba Magic came out with a great book on playing the Sansula. The only problem was 75% of the book was for the standard Sansula tuning. If you play the Sansula in Heavenly A tuning, there was almost nothing for you in the book - well, the diagrams for chords you can make in this tuning are helpful, but that is it.
By request, Kalimba Magic is happy to announce a download including 20 songs in tablature for the Heavenly A Sansula, available for $8. This download includes tablature PDFs, the KTabS files, and MP3s of my computer speakers playing the 20 songs with KTabS. Also included - in case you don't have the Sansula Book - are the Heavenly A chords and a few pages on how to use the chords. Good stuff!
There were two sorts of songs that work pretty well for this instrument in this tuning: pentatonic songs, and African karimba songs. The complete song list for the Heavenly A download is:
Western Music:- Amazing Grace
- As I Went Down To The River To Pray
- Cielito Lindo
- Daniel In The Lion's Den
- Deep in the Heart of Texas
- Heavenly A Theme Song
- Little Liza Jane
- Old McDonald
- She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain When She Comes
- Simple Gifts
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- This Little Light of Mine
- Wayfarin' Stranger
- Bunga Utete (trad Shona)
- Bustu MTandari (trad Shona)
- Chemutangure (trad Shona)
- Kana Ndoda (trad Shona)
- Rova Ngoma Mtawasa (trad Shona)
- Sadza Madya Here (trad Shona)
- Shumba Panzira (trad Shona)
- The African Sound (nontrad African)
This instructional download for the Heavenly A Sansula is available only at Kalimba Magic.
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