Les Kalimbas du Ventoux
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Video of the month :
Jan 2023:
Here is a song that was a hit! This is "Waka-waka". Popularized by Shakira for the 2010 football world cup, it was actually composed and performed originally by the Cameroonian group "Golden sounds" in 86
Here is a version of this song accompanied by the kalimba, here are the lyrics:
Zamina mina, eh eh, waka waka eh eh eh, zamina mina zankalewa, ana wa ah ah x 2
Django eh eh, django eh eh, zamina mina zankalewa, ana wa ah ah x 2
Other videos...
A pattern on a binary 3-beat rhythm, as already covered with other melodies in April 2021 and May 2022. Good music and happy holidays!<
A composition by Matthieu Grothendieck. This piece is taken from the CD "Just a few sounds", to be found on la boutique
François d'Avignon came to visit the kalimbas of Ventoux in Villes sur Auzon, the occasion of this musical duo Tibetan bowl / kalimba.
The tuning of the kalimba is in akebono (Asian 5-note scale), E, F#, G, B, C, E, F#, G, B, C, E.
See this link to the site of "the gardener's hut": Tibetan singing bowls
17-note Kalimba with walnut table, the scale used is the C major pentatonic: C, D, E, Fa, Sol, A, B, C ... etc, up to high E on the right.
Wess at the Ventoux kalimba workshop
The kalimbas of Ventoux have just completed a series of kalimbas, electro-acoustic models. Mosso rings one on the Hiwatt.
A duo of kalimba: Afacha and Alex, Saturday December 4, 2020 in Villes sur Auzon.
"Denko", a traditional African song by Spiruline.
Jam in a festival on the Ventoux kalimbas booth.
Little improv passing ...
Excerpt from a video made for the association"Ventoux Métiers d'Art".