Here I am, drunk, crying, broken nails, no tuning hammer, trying to tune my boyfriend's cat kalimba (as a gift for him). Ive been using my nails to move those STUPID keys, had to loosen the bar with a screwdriver but all the fucking keys fell out and uhgg. Please help.
Goodness,i hope everything turned out well. If you ever have to do something like that again(or fir anyone who are in a similar situation),i have some tips from my own experience, 1. The base of a metal spoon works very well,just make sure it is sturdy and on the more flatter side of things. More rounder base spoons are harder to work with. If you are worried about accidently scratching the wood,put a folded piece if fabric on the wood as sometimes you might not be too aware if where the base is fron the object that should give eveb a little protection. 2.loosen the bar just a teeny tiny bit and slowly so they don't fall out again.best to have it flat on a flat surface. Just loose enough you could more easily move them than before loosening,but not too much to the point they could easily move with the slightest movement or well,fall out. 3.take things slowly.it isn't easy all the time, but it is doable. Take little breaks when feeling too frustrated. 4.I found it was easier for me to work from one side to the other as it was easier to keep track of which ones i have done. 5.very gently push them down first,then work with the spoon/hammer to tap & gently and slightly push the key up slowly,testing very often as i found it easier to do since short side can be hard to move without messing with the other's tunes.carefully wirk wuth the tip side when yoh are a higher pitch then needed 6. Never forget to retighten the bar when done! Don't want them dancing about after all and get out of tune quicker lol. And finally to you,chey,you are a pure sweetheart for wanting to take up a task that can take a few hours to do(mine took me 2 hours lol and i had no experience,no tuning hammer as well.) just to surprise your boyfriend despite all the misfortune and frustration. You deserve a little thing of icecream/one of your favorite treats and hugs :)
I found a really easy way to check the tuning of these! First, I noticed that placing them on a surface causes the sound to amplify and reverberate through that surface. So here's what you can do: 1. Buy a clip-on guitar tuner. These work by detecting vibrations through the head of the guitar, however... 2. If you clip the tuner onto a thin table, that works too! 3. Place the small kalimba on the same table the tuner is clipped to and play the note you want to tune Adjust the note with the tuning hammer and return the kalimba to the table surface, then play the note and check tuning again. Repeat until you got it. :) P.S.: Thanks for your videos, Sam. I hope this trick can help you in the future, too!
In the old days we used to use tuning forks and pitch pipes. I think it's easier to use a similar approach and get some sort of keyboard or piano app and compare the notes by ear.
ooohh I'm glad to hear from you again! I have always been wondering where you were and how you've been and I'm glad you were just busy :) I hope you did well in everything you did and I'm happy to have you watching my videos again!
Maybe Im dumb, but how do I know what note it should be? Ive never been a musician and this was a gift, meaning I have no idea where to start- Also in the app top right -ish i can choose a note?? Idk what they means or how to do that
You can search online the note equivalent of the numbers on the tines. So if the note shows that its sharp or flat then adjust it till it becomes green. But if its a completely different note check if the note is on above or below the note then adjust or hit the tine till you reach the right note.
it's supposed to be the C Major scale, so it's all pretty linear, the musical alphabet starts from A to G and starts over, which is the minor scale in the key of C Major. The Major scale starts/ends at C and is usually referred to as the key. The notes are 'C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C' (do, re mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do), it's also commonly written down in the numbers '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8'. When you hit 8 you've reached the octave and the notes start all over again.
This is so helpful, I thought my mini kalimba was just a keychain. I'm literally having trouble tuning it. Thank you for this video tutorial!!
Here I am, drunk, crying, broken nails, no tuning hammer, trying to tune my boyfriend's cat kalimba (as a gift for him). Ive been using my nails to move those STUPID keys, had to loosen the bar with a screwdriver but all the fucking keys fell out and uhgg. Please help.
You did it? Everything is fine? Are you okay?
Goodness,i hope everything turned out well. If you ever have to do something like that again(or fir anyone who are in a similar situation),i have some tips from my own experience,
1. The base of a metal spoon works very well,just make sure it is sturdy and on the more flatter side of things. More rounder base spoons are harder to work with. If you are worried about accidently scratching the wood,put a folded piece if fabric on the wood as sometimes you might not be too aware if where the base is fron the object that should give eveb a little protection.
2.loosen the bar just a teeny tiny bit and slowly so they don't fall out again.best to have it flat on a flat surface. Just loose enough you could more easily move them than before loosening,but not too much to the point they could easily move with the slightest movement or well,fall out.
3.take things slowly.it isn't easy all the time, but it is doable. Take little breaks when feeling too frustrated.
4.I found it was easier for me to work from one side to the other as it was easier to keep track of which ones i have done.
5.very gently push them down first,then work with the spoon/hammer to tap & gently and slightly push the key up slowly,testing very often as i found it easier to do since short side can be hard to move without messing with the other's tunes.carefully wirk wuth the tip side when yoh are a higher pitch then needed
6. Never forget to retighten the bar when done! Don't want them dancing about after all and get out of tune quicker lol.
And finally to you,chey,you are a pure sweetheart for wanting to take up a task that can take a few hours to do(mine took me 2 hours lol and i had no experience,no tuning hammer as well.) just to surprise your boyfriend despite all the misfortune and frustration. You deserve a little thing of icecream/one of your favorite treats and hugs :)
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I found a really easy way to check the tuning of these!
First, I noticed that placing them on a surface causes the sound to amplify and reverberate through that surface. So here's what you can do:
1. Buy a clip-on guitar tuner. These work by detecting vibrations through the head of the guitar, however...
2. If you clip the tuner onto a thin table, that works too!
3. Place the small kalimba on the same table the tuner is clipped to and play the note you want to tune
Adjust the note with the tuning hammer and return the kalimba to the table surface, then play the note and check tuning again. Repeat until you got it. :)
P.S.: Thanks for your videos, Sam. I hope this trick can help you in the future, too!
Thank you so much I didn't have any idea😢
In the old days we used to use tuning forks and pitch pipes. I think it's easier to use a similar approach and get some sort of keyboard or piano app and compare the notes by ear.
I have a hard time tuning this kalimba as well so I really appreciate this video. Thank you Sam!
Happy to help!
Hi may I know what tuner you will use...thank you
Thank youuu! I’m having a hard time tuning it but I won’t give upp
My 8th note is a 1 with a dot over it is that still a C?
Yes, it's a smaller C. Should appear as C' or C°
I missed you so muchhh😢😢❤ I HAVE TIME TO WATCH YOUR VIDEOS AGAINN SAM I HOPE YOU STILL REMEMBER ME HAHA, I'm such a big fan of yours❤
ooohh I'm glad to hear from you again! I have always been wondering where you were and how you've been and I'm glad you were just busy :) I hope you did well in everything you did and I'm happy to have you watching my videos again!
Maybe Im dumb, but how do I know what note it should be? Ive never been a musician and this was a gift, meaning I have no idea where to start-
Also in the app top right -ish i can choose a note?? Idk what they means or how to do that
You can search online the note equivalent of the numbers on the tines. So if the note shows that its sharp or flat then adjust it till it becomes green. But if its a completely different note check if the note is on above or below the note then adjust or hit the tine till you reach the right note.
What a helpful video ♥♥♥
I still dont get it, should the notes on the app all appear as c or different like b or those smth
it's supposed to be the C Major scale, so it's all pretty linear,
the musical alphabet starts from A to G and starts over, which is the minor scale in the key of C Major.
The Major scale starts/ends at C and is usually referred to as the key.
The notes are 'C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C' (do, re mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do),
it's also commonly written down in the numbers '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8'.
When you hit 8 you've reached the octave and the notes start all over again.
U stupid?
hey, the app that you recomended is kind of acting funny, and when I (try) to tune Ċ it says B so does B sound lower then C or the other why around😐
What happens if the middle of my thumb piano is B?
I kind of wish you did a once through without all the background music. 1-7, 1 sharp. Just at the end...
Been trying to tune mine for the last 6 hours and it sounds worse and worse
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