how are the parts for the kalimba written? also important to me, how is it written when you have to “drum” on the kalimba? i’d appreciate a response 😺. thank you
Hello! Most of the kalimba notes where you pluck them are actually improvised/pre-set by the player. Koshinski provides suggestion for the contour, but the pitches are not set. I had some ideas in my head I wanted for the contour and I wrote them on the sheet music, so it wasn’t technically improvised on my end. For the chopsticks/kalimba part, it is listed to “improvise wildly”. I however liked the sound of hitting the outside pitches on my kalimba for my accents (as seen by my outward motions for accents). Similar idea to the other kalimba parts. Thank you for your question!
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how are the parts for the kalimba written? also important to me, how is it written when you have to “drum” on the kalimba? i’d appreciate a response 😺. thank you
Hello! Most of the kalimba notes where you pluck them are actually improvised/pre-set by the player. Koshinski provides suggestion for the contour, but the pitches are not set. I had some ideas in my head I wanted for the contour and I wrote them on the sheet music, so it wasn’t technically improvised on my end.
For the chopsticks/kalimba part, it is listed to “improvise wildly”. I however liked the sound of hitting the outside pitches on my kalimba for my accents (as seen by my outward motions for accents). Similar idea to the other kalimba parts.
Thank you for your question!
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