\u201cThumb piano stuff\u201d, I said to myself the other morning.<\/p>\n
Then I did some googling.<\/p>\n
I was already aware that thumb piano (or finger piano) is the same thing as kalimba, the latter being the official name of the commercially available product. Kalimba is of course based on the East & South African instrument Mbira (or ikembe).<\/p>\n
Then I listened some authentic finger piano music.<\/p>\n
What I got out of it was:<\/p>\n
– Melodies aren\u2019t very \u201cmelodic\u201d, they just sort of float there
\n– No \u201cstrong\u201d chordal stuff, meaning\u2026 lots of chords with major 3rd or 5th (interval) as a bass note
\n– Lots of repetition<\/p>\n
Then I placed my hands on the keyboard and started messing around. Uncharacteristically for me, I barely used any quantization (making every note\u2019s time exact). I wanted to keep the tune organic & lively.<\/p>\n
So, that\u2019s where FISH IN THE WATER<\/a> came from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThumb piano stuff\u201d, I said to myself the other morning. Then I did some googling. I was already aware that thumb piano (or finger piano) is the same thing as kalimba, the latter being the official name of the commercially available product. Kalimba is of course based on the East & South African instrument Mbira … Continue reading Its’ Fishies.<\/span>