10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THUMB PIANO»
Discover the use of
thumb piano in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
thumb piano and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: ...
LAURENCE D. KAPTAIN with T.M. scauoos Mbira (Thumb Piano) The mbira or
thumb piano is a percussion instrument of African origin. It consists of a wooden
board or box with strips of metal or wood attached in such a way that the player's
...
YOU CAN MAKE a primitive sounding thumb piano with a few simple materials
and tools. You'll need: —2 pieces of plywood, 7 inches by 5 inches by 3/8-inch.
— "A pieces": 2 pieces of lath 7 inches by IV2 inches. —"B pieces": 2 pieces of
lath ...
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Cool Cardboard Instruments to Make & Play
Carefully screw the down-bearing strip on top of the tongues until they begin to
produce a clear pitch. Before screws are tightened snug, adjust the tongues to
match a scale by varying the length of the vibrating portion. Hold the thumb piano
in ...
YOU CAN make your own musical instrument known as a “thumb piano” or a
mbira. Used in African music, a mbira consists ofa wooden board to which
staggered metal keys have been attached. The wooden board acts like a
sounding board ...
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Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide
... study materials develop and promote the use of the thumb. Piano teachers
were asked to fill out a questionnaire exploring their different ideas about this
subject. The findings showed that teachers had a wide range of interesting ideas
on the ...
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Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and ...
older San prefer the traditional musical bows and still regard the thumb-piano as
too modern. Although at present only a few performers sing along with their
thumb-piano music, one performer in particular has gained an extraordinary ...
B. W. Andrzejewski, Stanisław Piłaszewicz, Witold Tyloch, 1985
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African Music: Traditional and Contemporary
... from both east and west coasts occasionally mention music, and show, for
instance, that the uniquely African lamellaphone (known to ethnologists as sansa
, to others as mbira, and to some Western writers as thumb piano or hand piano)
...
Alexander Akorlie Agordoh, 2005
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Together in Rhythm: A Facilitator's Guide to Drum Circle Music
To find out more about Orff instruments, visit Peripole.com. kalimba (kah-LIM-bah
), also called mbira (em-BEER-ah), or thumb piano Rooted in Africa, the mbira, or
thumb piano, is a small wood or gourd resonation chamber fitted with metal ...
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Encyclopedia of Percussion
European name for an African thumb piano. See sansa, kalimba. Kajirei
Japanese metal rattle with three bells attached to a handle. Also called zichirei,
rattle ofJapan. Kakanika-kanika wooden bar played with sticks while resting on a
rice ...
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Teach Yourself
Piano Basics: Book 2
______ Activity: Put the thumb of your left hand on Middle C. Piano finger 1 for
your left hand is the thumb. Piano finger 2 for your left hand is the index finger,
finger 3 is the middle finger, finger 4 is the ring finger, and finger 5 is the pinky of
your ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THUMB PIANO»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
thumb piano is used in the context of the following news items.
Thumb piano maestro Stella Chiweshe heads for the North East for …
One of the world's best-known performers on the thumb piano will be the star attraction at Live Theatre this weekend. Stella Chiweshe is known as the Queen of ... «ChronicleLive, Jun 15»
Thomas Mapfumo, Zimbabwe's Cultural Advocate In Exile
One element that stands out in Mapfumo's music is the way he uses a traditional thumb piano called the mbira, which Eyre explains is believed to have the ability ... «NPR, May 15»
Daphne Oram & More In This Month's Tape Reviews Column
The title track adds what sounds like thumb piano to the syncopated looping ritual, and closer 'The Walls' takes a melodic detour from the rest of the almost ... «The Quietus, May 15»
Mingiedi Mawangu, Konono No. 1 Founder, Dead at 85
Konono Nº1 was formed in the Seventies, when Mawangu, a truck driver and likembé (thumb piano) master, recruited Congolese musicians to perform an ... «RollingStone.com, Apr 15»
Big Gigs for Jan. 9-15: Girls Germs & Last Waltz tributes, Lizzo …
A splendid singer, Gnahoré also plays congas, thumb piano and guitar and writes message-laden songs meant to help empower African women. (7:30 p.m. Sun. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jan 15»
How to Tell Your Children They Are Not Artists
One day in the village, the hare came across a mbira (thumb piano) in a hut owned by the turtle. The hare took the mbira and began to play with it. Later that ... «TheStranger.com, Dec 14»
Joshua Roman to bring world-premiere cello piece to Benaroya
... composer, accompanied only by piano in lieu of a full orchestra and such added exotica as a kalimba (an African thumb piano) that Bates wrote into the piece. «The Seattle Times, Dec 14»
ICE heats up Chicago's new music scene, at a Bucktown bar
For his own "Simple Songs of Birth and Return," ICE percussionist Nathan Davis played an amplified mbira (African thumb piano) against an electronic track that ... «Chicago Tribune, Oct 14»
Latitudes: 50 Years Of Nonesuch, 10 Essential Recordings
The hypnotic thumb piano of Zimbabwe: Shona Mbira Music. As I heard each, sonic horizons unfolded for me exponentially. My ears got a lot bigger after I ... «NPR, Sep 14»
Afrobeat, Game Boy Techno Make A Darkly Beautiful Pair On …
At times Taylor traded his drum set for an mbira, an African thumb piano whose jangling metal keys and wincing overtones meshed perfectly with Mazurek's ... «Chicagoist, Apr 14»
