Thursday, October 20, 2011
Treble Kalimba Riff: The "Windshield Wiper Method" and Silent Night

The "Windshield Wiper Method" is a simple physical rule of thumb that lets you make beautiful melody with accompaniment or harmony almost without thinking. In general it is very difficult to do two totally different things on your left and right thumbs, but this little trick almost makes it easy.

If you want to play the entire Silent Night song in this style, now is the time to start practicing. You can get an entire book of advanced Christmas music in this style for only $16 from Kalimba Magic:

• Advanced Christmas Carols for the Alto Kalimba - Book.
• Advanced Christmas Carols for the Treble Kalimba - Book.
• Advanced Christmas Carols for the Bb Kalimba - Download. The Bb Treble Kalimba can read the Alto tablature, but the Alto tablature provides no instruction for the top two notes of the Bb Treble. However, since I play most of my carols on the Bb Treble, I wrote these out especially for the Bb Treble
• Christmas Carols for the Alto and Treble Kalimbas. This book starts out easy and gets complicated by the end - a great place to start if you are a beginner or need a bit of extra help!

Another tip! Save 15% on any Kalimba Magic purchase between now and October 31, 2011 by using the coupon code EarlyChristmas when you check out at the Kalimba Magic Shop.