Kalimba, 4 guitares

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Percussion Guitar Music is based on African and Afro-Cuban rhythms and by imitating archaic percussion instru ments. Kalimba is the name of an African "thumb piano". Wooden tongues of different lenghts are attached to a wooden sounding box. The tongues are plucked with the thumb. The kalimba-sound is imitated on the guitar by inserting a handkerchief underneath the strings next to the bridge, thus damping the strings. The ratling drone of the bass-kalimba is effected by touching the two bass strings after having crossed them.