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Kalimba Marichal Ibar (born July 26, 1982) is a Mexican singer and actor, born in Mexico City, D."Kalimba" is a musical instrument of African origin composed of a wooden box set with metal bars to be plucked with the fingers.In 1993 Kalimba got the opportunity to be a part of La Onda Vaselina (OV7), where he spent 3 years.After being a member of the Mexican pop group OV7, Kalimba lived his dream of recording his first solo album "Aerosoul", at the age of 21.Kalimba's parents are Pablo and Rosario.He has two sisters, M'Balia, who was also a member of OV7, and N'Daye, who is the youngest.Kalimba sang as the voice of Simba for the song Just Can't Wait to be King (Yo Quisiera Ya Ser El Rey) in the Disney movie The Lion King (1994).His hit songs include Tocando Fondo and Duele.Kalimba at the Internet Movie Database
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special instrument, and my mission is to spread the joys of kalimba music around the world.Kalimba Magic is the leading website for South African Hugh Tracey kalimbas, kalimba music, and kalimba
instructional materials.Guitar sites directory at GuitarTabs.The kalimba, known as a thumb piano in the West, is a lamellaphone of Eastern Central and South West Africa.The kalimba is made from a box or calabash, covered with a flat wooden top and a number of wooden or metal keys.The keys are plucked with the thumbs, or with combinations of thumbs and fingers.Traditionally used to accompany singing in Africa, the kalimba was relatively easy to play, and became popular in the West for instrumental music.The instrument pictured is from Kenya.Plucked idiophone, Percussion instruments, lamellaphone
Note: Although this is classified as a plucked idiophone, the tongues (lamellas) are typically depressed and released creating the same effect as being plucked.The Kalimba is a modern version of the African mbira.It can be a solo instrument or as an accompaniment to singers, musicians and dancers.He became fascinated by the local music culture.Through the encouragement of prominent composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst, he decided to make a study of African music and eventually create the International Library of African Music.The mbira was one of his greatest interests and created the Kalimba based on the African mbira.Introduced by Tracy in the early 1960's, Kalimba was the registered trademark for his diatonic instrument that soon became popular around the world.The word Kalimba literally means little music.It was well suited for Western music and made it easy for the performer to play harmony using both thumbs.As with the mbira, the name Kalimba is know throughout much of Africa, but regionally, the name mbira is more commonly used in Zimbabwe, while the name Kalimba is used in Kenya, the name ikembe is used in Rhuanda, and the name likembe is used in the Congo, while other names are bit less common such as sanza, sansa, marimba, marimbula, there are more generic names of finger harp, gourd piano, and thumb piano that are often used in the west.The basic Kalimba is a modern mbira with a sound box with metal keys or tongues (called lamellas) attached on the top.The keys or tongues are sometimes made from cane.The sound box is Kyatt wood (an African hardwood), with keys or tongues made out of European spring steel.Home made versions can be made from old spoon handles, bicycle spokes or spring wire that were cut and hammered to the desired shape.The keys or tongues are plucked with the thumbs, or with combinations of thumbs and fingers.The bar closest to the sound hole serves as a bridge, the other to provide a means for the dowel to hold the keys (tongues) in place.The free ends of the keys (tongues) are positioned at different lengths to produce the variety of pitches.The length of the vibrating end of the keys (tongues) determines the pitch (a shorter key or tongue produces a higher pitch, and a longer key or tongue produces a lower pitch).The Kalimba produces a haunting, fluid percussive sound that is considered tranquil and enchanting.Since you can play either simultaneously or alternating between both thumbs, harmonic and rhythmic effects are possible.Although the Kalimba was created to appeal to the Western music sensibilities, many Africa musicians will employ the practice of adding buzzing effects to the instrument.This adds an additional buzzing or humming character to the sound of the instrument which is an important sound in many of the tribal cultures.These buzzing effects are not commonly used on the diatonic versions of the Kalimba or outside of the African tribal cultures.The actual Trademarked Kalimbas come in three different models, the treble, celeste and alto.The tuning on the diatonic Kalimba is similar to likembe tuning from Central African countries.The scale is laid out by alternating notes left and right from the fundamental g in the center.Send "Kalimba" Ringtones to Cell Phone!
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