African Kalimba PLAYING TIPS and history

[Music] the kalimba is an instrument that you find all over africa and it has various playing techniques it has various sounds some are small some are large some a medium and the sound depends on the size it depends on the wood it depends on the tines now this is the kalimba that we play in uganda and the kalimba in uganda comes from the eastern region played a lot by the nomadic tribes these are tribes that grace kato and they play the music every day every night music is part of their lifestyle this is how they live and when they move from one area to another they can't take anything with them they only take their instruments and their music and through music that's how they keep their culture alive everywhere they go so their couch is stressed back and back and back and back many generations with the songs and the music they play my technique and approach on the kalimba is a little bit different i mix the traditional style and my own style which i have developed over the years the style of keeping a very simple melody very simple melody and then adding a lot of stuff to that but you still hear the melody you still hear it i'm gonna show you that in a minute so this is my melody [Music] guess that [Music] i hope that was helpful and gave you a little insight about the kalimba if you'd love to hear some more please subscribe to our videos and we'll be very happy to share with you and play my music together [Music] foreign foreign [Music] my [Music] foreign [Music] you

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Length: 3min 47sec (227 seconds)

Published: Sat May 01 2021