July 5, 2017

Double or triple your Kalimba’s volume with a tambourine Tambourine amplifier for kalimba The kalimba is naturally a very sweet and sensitive African folk instrument. It can be played for mainly personal enjoyment – in a busy, noisy world, only you may be able to hear or want to hear that soft voice of your kalimba. Yet, it doesn’t always have to be that way. There may be times you want your sound to be heard above the din of street noise, singers, or other musicians. A simple method of kalimba amplification available to almost every kalimba player’s instrument  is to partner it with a kalimba “resonator” or amplifier of

Want to Nail Your Kalimba Playing? It’s All in the Keratin! Acrylic nals on my right thumb and index finger help me play The sounding of the bell is only as good as its ringer and the chime of a kalimba’s song is only as good as the nails on its player! Ready to connect with your kalimba voice? It all begins with the tips of your thumbnails. For those of you who possess the gentic code for thick tough evergrowing fingernails, we are happy for you. This tip however is for those of you whose nails just seem to break, crack, bend and shred; no matter how many vitamin