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8. Tips & Techniques
Playing tips and ideas:
• Vibrato / wah: when playing with the Kalimba on a flat
surface, lift any side of the instrument and move at dif-
ferent speeds up and down for interesting tonal chang-
es. You can also do this while holding your kalimba in
the air for interesting effects.
• Improvisation on a drone note: Choose one of the
lower notes of the Kalimba and play it at regular in-
tervals. In between, try playing the other notes on the
Kalimba and get inspired!
• Glissando: Due to the difference in height between
the keys of the Kalimba, it is very easy to do glissandos
between upper and lower keys, try different combina-
tions!
• Chord Arpeggios: Use only the notes of a particular
chord (see basic chords reference) and arpeggiate be-
tween the different notes
Performing songs:
Pop song melodies usually use more notes than the ma-
jor pentatonic that the Moon Kalimba comes in by de-
fault.
To play these, please adjust the tuning of some of the
keys until you get the notes you need for the song you
want to play.
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