December 28, 2016

Learn this technique and write your own songs The African-tuned karimba is a very interesting instrument.  Jega Tapera was a South African who played traditional music on a 13-note karimba, a historical folk instrument.  In the 1950s he was discovered by Andrew Tracey, who recognized his excellence, and Tapera subsequently began teaching at the Kwonangoma School in Rhodesia, where the 15-note version of the African-tuned karimba came into being in 1960 to further Tapera’s music.  In 1980 the 17-note version was first made by Tracey’s South African company, African Musical Instruments, which still sells Hugh Tracey kalimbas today. Based on much scholarly research, Andrew Tracey put forth a very interesting