If you never play your kalimba and don’t drop it, it will stay in tune for decades.

How do you tune a kalimba. You can mess up the tuning if you drop your kalimba or the tines get caught in a bag or on your shirt sleeve. Play the first note you want to tune a couple of times before adjusting it. Begin outside the kalimba before moving in.

(the shorter tine) you can. You might need to retune weekly if you play very hard. After a month of daily playing, your kalimba will probably start to go out of tune, and adjusting the.

You will need your kalimba, a tuning hammer or another implement to hit the tines with, and a digital tuner or a good ear. The following images help you to tune your instrument with each key at the correct pitch. It only takes a few.

Click on the image to open it or right click and choose ‘save as’ or ‘save link as’ to download the outline. The tuning tool has an indention on the top so you can securely place it at the end of the tine and it won't slide when you use a hammer to tap the tuning tool and push the tines in or out. With your tuner or tuning app running use the tuning hammer to tap the steel keys from either end until.

I spent 2 days trying to tune my kalimba for the first time, so i decided to make this video to save somebody else's 2 days :pthe kalimba i'm using is this o. A few minutes of your time. Select the tine you wish to tune and decide which note you want to.

Gently tap the top of the tine so it moved toward the sound hole, conversely, if your note is flat you can use the tuning hammer to gently tap the tine upwards (away from the. When playing your tine, you can see what it is. If you drop your kalimba, or if you get the tines caught in a bag or on your shirt sleeve, you can mess up the tuning.