Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Hear the real version on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/3h100hRlLZ7QDz8GRt5QsD
or Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/artist/lullatone/34467705
I bought our first real kalimba. I like this one because it is chromatic (can play both the white keys and the black keys on a piano). It sounds like a music box that you play with your thumbs - or fingers if you still aren’t that good at it like me : )
I tried making my own kalmiba once out of the metal tines from the inside of a melodica, but I think this one I bought from Bugs Gear (I found it on amazon) sounds better than the one I made. I might need to file a few of the metal tines to make them more perfectly in tune. But I like how it is for now. I used the Marshmallow Contact Piezo Mic made by Michael Krzyzaniak to record it. The kalimba is really quiet so it helped to get the vibrations coming from the tines through the wooden packing without picking up outside noise.In university I had a CD of mbira music from Africa that I listened to a lot when I had to study. (Mbiras are similar to kalimbas) Something about the pure tone of the tines was relaxing enough to slip into the background but not too ambient to make me fall asleep.
Anyway, the first track of ours I tried to learn on this thumb piano is “Falling Asleep with a Book on Your Chest” which might be our sleepiest song. Our daughter fell asleep on 2 different nights when I was practicing it at home. I’m not sure if it a lullaby or not, but it sure does seem to put people to sleep in our house. If you have a baby that won’t sleep, or if you are thinking about too many things and can’t fall sleep, maybe try playing this one. I know it cleared out my head, and slowed down my breathing just while listening back while editing this video.
If you ever need more chill tracks to relax to, feel free to check out Lullatone on any of these places too:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/3h100hRlLZ7QDz8GRt5QsD
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/artist/lullatone/34467705
Bandcamp: lullatone.bandcamp.com Sample Packs: lullatonesamplesets.bandcamp.com
The typeface we used is: lineto.com/typefaces/courier-sans
by the awesome James Goggin: practise.co.uk
Instagram: instagram.com/lullatone
Website / Email: lullatone.com
nighty night from Japan,Shawn / Lullatone
カリンバで僕らの一番スポディファイで聴かれている曲をひいてみた。
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#kalimba #カリンバ #칼림바
Hear the real version on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/3h100hRlLZ7QDz8GRt5QsD
or Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/artist/lullatone/34467705
I bought our first real kalimba. I like this one because it is chromatic (can play both the white keys and the black keys on a piano). It sounds like a music box that you play with your thumbs - or fingers if you still aren’t that good at it like me : )
I tried making my own kalmiba once out of the metal tines from the inside of a melodica, but I think this one I bought from Bugs Gear (I found it on amazon) sounds better than the one I made. I might need to file a few of the metal tines to make them more perfectly in tune. But I like how it is for now. I used the Marshmallow Contact Piezo Mic made by Michael Krzyzaniak to record it. The kalimba is really quiet so it helped to get the vibrations coming from the tines through the wooden packing without picking up outside noise.In university I had a CD of mbira music from Africa that I listened to a lot when I had to study. (Mbiras are similar to kalimbas) Something about the pure tone of the tines was relaxing enough to slip into the background but not too ambient to make me fall asleep.
Anyway, the first track of ours I tried to learn on this thumb piano is “Falling Asleep with a Book on Your Chest” which might be our sleepiest song. Our daughter fell asleep on 2 different nights when I was practicing it at home. I’m not sure if it a lullaby or not, but it sure does seem to put people to sleep in our house. If you have a baby that won’t sleep, or if you are thinking about too many things and can’t fall sleep, maybe try playing this one. I know it cleared out my head, and slowed down my breathing just while listening back while editing this video.
If you ever need more chill tracks to relax to, feel free to check out Lullatone on any of these places too:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/3h100hRlLZ7QDz8GRt5QsD
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/artist/lullatone/34467705
Bandcamp: lullatone.bandcamp.com Sample Packs: lullatonesamplesets.bandcamp.com
The typeface we used is: lineto.com/typefaces/courier-sans
by the awesome James Goggin: practise.co.uk
Instagram: instagram.com/lullatone
Website / Email: lullatone.com
nighty night from Japan,Shawn / Lullatone
カリンバで僕らの一番スポディファイで聴かれている曲をひいてみた。
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.⠀
#kalimba #カリンバ #칼림바
