Chords for Kalimba Tutorial: How to Tune Your Kalimba |

_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [C] _ _ Hey [Em] everybody, it's me Karina and in this video, I'm gonna show you how to tune the [Eb] kalimba.
This [Gm] tutorial has 3 parts, things [Bb] needed, target notes, [Dm] and the tuning process itself.
[Eb] So let's proceed.
_ _ [Gm]
To start, let's have the following [Bb] things ready.
_ Your [F] kalimba.
Tuning [Eb] hammer, this is for adjusting [Gm] the pitch of the tines.
_ [Bb] Tuner application, _ [F] this will detect and display the pitch of [Eb] the tine when plucked.
I [Gm] personally use the G-Strings [Bb] application.
_ _ [F] Earphones mic, this one is optional, [Eb] you can place this near the sound hole and [Dm] this will
help the app to detect the pitch easily.
_ [F] And that's it, let's now go to [Eb] the next part, target notes.
[Dm]
Before actually tuning your kalimba, you wanna know [F] first what your 17 target notes [Eb] are,
what note each [Dm] tine is supposed to be tuned to.
_ Since most kalimbas [F] are in key of C, I [Eb] suggest you start tuning from the [Gm] middle C and work
your way [Bb] alternatively to D, [F] E, F, G, and so on.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Theoretically speaking, it should [Bb] sound the same with the red mean.
[Dm] _
So our target notes [Eb] are C4, [Gm] D4, E, F, [Bb] G, A.
[F] _
_ And now an [Eb] octave higher with C5, [Gm]
D5, E5, [Bb] F, G, [F] A.
[G] _ Getting [Eb] higher with C6, [Gm] D6, E6.
[Bb] As you can notice, our target [F] notes have the same set of notes, [Eb] only the octave is [Gm] getting higher.
_ Now that we [Bb] already know our target notes, let's go [F] with the tuning process right away.
_ [Eb] _ So I have [D] detuned some tines here so we can tune it again.
_ I'm gonna place our target notes here on the upper part of the screen.
_ _ Let's start with C4 tine.
Plug the tine and the app will display what note it is [Am] in.
_ _ As you can [A] see, the app needle points to C4, which is correct, [D] it turns green, [B] meaning
this tine is in tune.
[Gb] So we'll mark it done.
[A] _ Next [D] is D4. _
_ [A] The app displays D [Em] note so this tine is [A] also in tune.
Next is [E] E4. _ _
This one's also [D] correct.
_ _ [A] Let's try again.
_ Okay.
_ [D] Now, with F4.
Oh, the [Em] needle is pointing to [A] F sharp [Em] instead of F4, [D] which is our target note, right?
[Em] So what does this mean? _
[D] Let's take a look at our target notes.
Which are, by the way, the white keys in the piano.
[B] I just wanna show you [Db] that F sharp [D] lies [A] here between F and G.
_ So we have this basic formula to remember.
_ The following notes at the right side of our target note have higher pitch.
This is when we [D] have to tune it down.
_ The notes at the left side have lower pitch [E] so we have to tune it up.
In [D] this case, F4 is our target note.
But the needle points to F sharp, which is at the right side of F, [A] and therefore in a higher [D] pitch.
That's [Dbm] why we have to hammer the tine down.
_ _ [D] _
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_ [Em] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em]
It's a [Dbm] bit lower so I'll tune [Dm] it up a little. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F] And [Dm] now it points at [A] F4. _
Next is G4.
_ _ Again. _
_ _ _ Next is A4.
This _ is [D] also good.
_ [Dbm] Let's try [D] B4.
_ _ _ So [Gb] it points to A sharp [A] instead of B.
_ [D] _ Check again our target notes. _
A sharp is at the left of B [G] so it has a lower pitch.
[Dm] Hence, we have to hammer [D] the tine up.
_ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] So let's check.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ We [F] got it close to [C] B but we still have to get a little higher. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A little [G] more to the center.
Oh, _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ I overdo it.
Let's tune it down a little.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
A little more.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So yeah, we finally got it.
[D] _ Next is C5.
_ _ _ _ _ _ This is fine.
_ _ [C] _ Next.
[D] _ _
_ _ D.
Correct. _ _
Let's go with [C] E5.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ The needle points to F.
F is higher than E so we have [Dm] to tune it down. _
[G] _ _ Let's see. Again.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ Still have to hammer it [G] down until it displays E.
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] _ Okay, we're getting closer.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Alright, we're [G] done.
So just remember our target [F] notes and the basic formula [C] and I'm sure you can already do it.
I hope you learned something from this video guys.
Thank you so much for watching.
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