The mbira, also known as the thumb piano and its similar modern equivalent, the kalimba, is an instrument from the Shona people of Zimbabwe 1000 years ago. The mbira has 22-28 metal keys of varied lengths. The keys are attached to a wooden soundboard called a gwariva. Thumbs pluck the metal keys downwards to produce sound. the forefinger pluckes upwards. The mbira was used by the Shona people in ceremonies and for religious purposes.
This is a beautiful documentary. Bela Fleck, arguably one of the greatest banjo players of all time, goes to Africa to explore the roots of his instrument and learn from the African masters.
Some gorgeous music in this documentary, and some mind-blowing musicians.
If you can't watch the whole thing right now, here's some shorter excerpts:
Once again I’m exploring music with my dear friend Martin Daws joining him + others in the new group Poet For Life. Big plans 2023, rehearsal footage for now 🔈
My lovely patrons wanted to have this set split into 2 parts so that some of it could be posted today, so here it is!
Sims 4, base game compatible (Piano is functional & requires City Living, as it uses the keyboard as its base). 48 items 💗
Always suggested: bb.objects ON, it makes placing items much easier. For further placement tweaking, check out the TOOL mod.
Set contains:
-Amp (large, medium & practice sizes, functional music players, can be stacked) | 8 swatches each | 1202 poly each
-Analog Reel 1 & 2 | 3 swatches each | 372 & 714 poly
-Book Stand | 4 swatches | 1176 poly
-Cello | 3 swatches | 1205 poly
-Clarinet | 1 swatch | 1078 poly
-Clarinet on Stand | 1 swatch | 1200 poly
-Drum Set | 10 swatches | 2398 poly
-Effects Rack | 10 swatches | 1222 poly
-Floor Monitor (functional music player, can be stacked) | 1 swatch | 1191 poly
-Guitar Bag | 5 swatches | 412 poly
-Headphones | 11 swatches | 1172 poly
-Headphones (wireless) | 11 swatches | 866 poly
-Marimba | 1 swatch | 2352 poly
-Metronome 1 & 2 (clicker out and in) | 5 swatches | 1168 poly
-Mix Master Table Decluttered | 10 swatches | 314 poly
-Ocarina | 2 swatches | 514 poly
-Pan Flute | 1 swatch | 1042 poly
-PA System for Floor (functional music player) | 1 swatch | 826 poly
-Pedal Board | 3 swatches for body, 3 swatches with "light on" 6 swatches total | 1202 poly
-Percussion Mallet | 1 swatch | 258 poly
-Phonograph (functional music player) | 2 swatches | 1092 poly
-Piano Bench Seat (is a chair) | 10 swatches | 1214 poly
-Piano: Upright (functional, requires City Living) | 2 swatches | 2176 poly
-Portable Record Player (functional music player) | 7 swatches | 1217 poly
-Record Box | 16 swatches | 1146 poly
-Sampler | 8 swatches | 820 poly
-Sax: Alto & Tenor (2 items) | 1 swatch each | 1062 poly
-Sax: Alto & Tenor on Stand | 1 swatch each | 1184 poly
-Sign Dueling Pianos | 6 swatches | 222 poly
-Snare Drum | 4 swatches | 706 poly
-Snare Drum on Stand | 4 swatches | 1202 poly each
-Stool (seat) | 4 swatches | 1072 poly
-Tambourine (table & wall decor, 2 items) | 1 swatch each | 602 poly
-Thumb Piano | 5 swatches | 1190 poly
-Timpani | 4 swatches | 2394 poly
-Timpani Single 1 | 4 swatches | 1270 poly
-Timpani Single 2 | 4 swatches | 1124 poly
-Tools | 2 swatches | 1200 poly
-Trumpet | 2 swatches | 1094 poly
-Trumpet on Stand | 2 swatches | 1192 poly
-Wooden Fish | 3 swatches | 942 poly
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i have a soundcloud now!!! :D i'm very slowly working on getting (most) everything uploaded on there, but for now i have a short little collection of scraps/wips/sketches consisting of both old & new tunes w some song sketches that i havent shared here before. it's around 50 minutes total :-]
For this year's mermay I recreated the glowing billboard of "Chica of the sea" from Fnaf security breach alongside Roxanne wolf (who was originally portrayed as a scuba bothered by a crab) but I'm sure this fits more her character, she would be less ambitious with a friend next this time.
The ongoing rap discourse is really funny to me because like. Music is not a universal language. That's a stupid cliché. People like stuff that sounds kinda like stuff they've heard before because their brains already know how to process it. British people were super racist about it during the whole empire gambit. Now things spread more easily and people listen to a lot more variety of stuff than they used to, but there are still variables by language, region, platform, and, yes, class and race.
So you want to earn discourse points by listening to rap. Cool! Good, even! Expand your horizons! Start with some simple things. But also, you're making the assumption that all black or even non-white music is Black American music, maybe you'd like music from Saharan cell phones, or kalimba, or goto, or...
Maybe you want to earn discourse points by telling other people to listen to rap, and that they're bad people for not doing so. O-kay... but you're also losing discourse points by not considering neurodivergence, because the mental barrier to trying a new music can be significantly higher or even physically painful depending on your divergence.
You can't win the discourse war, guys. And you usually have more luck getting people to try things by being enthusiastic and providing links.