The simple but beautifully grained cherry wood block will immediately catch your eye and if you pluck the reeds with your thumbs, the clear, warm sound of this 10-tone kalimba from Magadi will delight you. The harmonic and easy-to-play C-major diatonic tuning allows for countless melodies and improvisations.
Tone Layout
A4
E5
F4
C5
D4
C4
B4
E4
D5
G4
Get more background information in our blog
Anyone who plays a Kalimba regularly will certainly have noticed that the instrument begins to sound "inharmonic" or "weird" over time. Then the moment has come when you ask yourself, "What's going on here and how can I bring it back to its original condition?"
After reading this blog post, you'll have the know-how you need to make your Kalimba sound clean again.
Looking at the European museum catalogue for musical instruments MIMO, one can find almost 170 musical instruments under the keyword “lamellaphones in Africa”. Thereby one is often very different from another one. All instruments belong to one category for which we (Non-Africans) commonly use the generic term “kalimba”.
Manufacturer
MAGADI
Xingteng Rd 3, 223403 Lianshui, Huai'an, CN
xds@magadi.cn
Responsible Person
amd around music distribution GmbH
Oderweg 6a, 34277 Fuldabrück, DE
info@aroundmusic.de
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Kalimba 10-Tone Cherrywood II
