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This “mixolydian pentatonic” scale, derived from Francis Bebey’s 1970s tuning, makes cool groovy music!  For decades, I knew about the major pentatonic scale and the minor pentatonic scale. They were actually the same scale, just starting at different points in the scale. Kalimba has taught me that there are actually a whole bunch of pentatonic scales. A “pentataonic scale” is any scale that has five different notes per octave. The first pentatonic scales we learn about are the black notes on a piano. They come in groups of 2 (between C, D, and E) and then in groups of 3 (between F, G, A and B). Then you repeat

For each of 10 popular kalimba setups, this book includes: pages of blank chord charts, pages of blank tablature, and several useful alternative tunings. A great notebook to capture and save your kalimba compositions. Get the Blank Tablature eBook Get the Blank Tablature Book If you get the eBook, you can print out as many pages of each as you want. If you get the blank tabs hardcopy book… we will send you both the hardcopy book and the ebook so you will never run out! Here is the back cover of the Kalimba Magic Bank Tablature book – showing you which kalimbas we cover in the book.   The

Different Kalimba Tunings Inspire Different Musics How many great tunings are available to your 17-Note Kalimba? Realistically, I would say there are thousands of excellent tunings, but most of them haven’t been discovered yet. But here are four of the tunings that people ask for the most, in a 60-second video that lets you compare and contrast the tunings… by going backward and forward. Left to right: (red) Standard C Major Tuning. (purple) C Minor Tuning. (yellow) Middle Eastern Tuning. (blue) EW&F “Evil” Tuning. You can get any of these tunings on any of the 17-Note Kalimbas in C. I’ve written tons of stuff for the 17-Note Standard C Tuning:

I have always had a lot to say about the kalimba – about its history, about how to play it, how to keep it in tune, how to tune it. I also have a lot to say about how the kalimba makes me feel, and kalimba music does for me. I invite you to tune into a new series of introspective kalimba videos I’ve been making, where I combine my kalimba playing with part of the story I am trying to tell. This gives you two channels of information, and I feel that the music and the words help each other tell thee story together. Here are three:   As

If you want to perform some carols on kalimba this Christmas, start here! Over the years, I have created a lot of books, instructional materials, videos, and articles about playing Christmas music on your kalimba. For your Christmas consideration, I have collected it all in one place for you. If you want to spend money, we have plenty of books, ebooks, and CDs for you to take advantage of. If you don’t want to spend money, we have created a lot of free resources, and they are all listed here. You might ask why I have so many resources for playing Christmas music on the kalimba. It is because I

We have just a few Heart-17 Kalimbas left. They haven’t been for sale for several months, and we found four more. These few may be the last ones we will be selling, so if you want one, now is your chance.   Resources For the 17-Note Kalimba in C Learning to Play 17-Note Kalimba in C African Karimba Songs on the 17-Note Kalimba in C

Hi! I am doing another Facebook Live event this Friday, September 23 2022 at 3pm MST = 6pm EDT. Huh? Arizona gets so much sun, we never go on Daylight Savings Time. Yes, we would go onto Daylight WASTING Time if it meant the sun would leave the sky sooner. So, in the summer, we are the same as PDT, and in the winter, we are the same as MST. Just one of life’s little complications. On the other hand, if you live in Arizona, you never have to change your clocks – which sounds simple to me. Enough on time zones. Here is the plan for the (approximately) one

I write kalimba books for fun and for my living. I write tablature-based books. Kalimba tablature might look complex, compared to the numbers-based system. But really, the tablature method is not difficult to use. I have always had success with using the visual kalimba tablature with children as young as 6 and 7… so I am sure you can do it too! But the real strength of tablature is that it is flexible and capable of notating essentially anything you can do on the kalimba. And I can tell you, I can do a lot on the kalimba! And I can notate my accomplishments in tablature. Which means, if you

Are you in a kalimba rut? Let one of these exotic kalimbas free you into a new land of music!   The Magadi line of kalimbas are all high quality instruments, generally with exotic tunings and innovative designs. Each Magadi kalimba we sell comes with a free booklet that I wrote – the implication being that these are insightful guides that will help you get the most out of these kalimbas. I should note that these booklets are not available anywhere except Kalimba Magic. To popularize the Magadi Kalimbas, we are offering a 30% off coupon code: Magadi30 Here are the words of Peter Oxland, one happy Kalimba Magic customer: