Hokema Sansula Basic Melody

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Product information ”Hokema Sansula Basic Melody”

The G major sansula ”Melody”, just like the pocket kalimba B11 ”Melody” from Hokema, has an 11-note reed set that is precisely tuned to the G major scale in the factory tuning. This range of notes can be used to play a variety of songs and melodies as well as chords to accompany songs or melodies. The ”Melody” is just as suitable for improvisation and intuitive playing.

The sansula – a patented invention from HOKEMA – is a new development of the kalimba (also known as sansa or mbira), which originated in southern Africa. Kalimbas are reed instruments that are plucked with the thumbs or fingers. In Africa, they are found in countless shapes and designs, in which the vibration of the tongue is amplified in various ways (e. g. on a resonance box, a hollow body such as a calabash gourd or simply a piece of solid wood). With the sansula, the vibration of the tongue is first ”stored” in a block of wood, which then transmits it to a sound membrane. In this way, the sound can be heard for much longer than with other methods of sound amplification. The result is a wonderful, soft sound, rich in overtones, which is easy to elicit from the instrument.