We recommend our new Sansula softbag in order to adequately protect the vulnerable membrane of the Sansula when the instrument is stored or transported.

• Bag reinforced with fiberglass
• Fully padded on the inside
• Adjustable shoulder-strap
• Protect your sensual perfectly
• Lightweight and durable
• with resonator top for the wah-wah effect on the go

Choose your model:

• Sansula B9 - 9 note standard model
• Sansula B11 Melody - 11 note large model

If you wonder why you might need a Bag for the Sansula, this video shows it all:)

We recommend our new Kalimba B7/B9 softbag  which fits both models,in order to adequately protect the B5 when the instrument is stored or transported.

• Bag reinforced with fiberglass
• Fully padded on the inside
• Adjustable shoulder-strap
• Protect your sensual perfectly
• Lightweight and durable

We recommend our new Kalimba B5 softbag in order to adequately protect the B5 when the instrument is stored or transported.

• Bag reinforced with fiberglass
• Fully padded on the inside
• Adjustable shoulder-strap
• Protect your sensual perfectly
• Lightweight and durable 

We recommend our new Kalimba 11 softbag in order to adequately protect the B11 when the instrument is stored or transported. 

• Bag reinforced with fiberglass
• Fully padded on the inside
• Adjustable shoulder-strap
• Protect your sensual perfectly
• Lightweight and durable

We recommend our new Kalimba twin in order to adequately protect the Kalimba when the instrument is stored or transported.

Use this tuning tool to retune your kalimba.

The Sansula is a very special instrument.

Its unique resonance system and the outstanding workmanship makes it the perfect Kalimba, which through its floating and ell-like sound draws both the player and the listener into its world.

The Sasula's range of nine pitches is easy to comprehend, even for people with little musical experience. within a few minutes one gets into the flow, which awakens the drive to play and allows the player to surf on the safe of its own beautiful sound.

If one exhausts the tone combinations a particular tuning, you simply re-tune the Sansula.

With a new musical key, scale or range, a new musical key, scale or range, a new musical sound-cosmos opens up and the game begins a new.

This book covers a total of 14 different tunings for the Sansuls. Every tuning contains numerous musical possibilities.

The scope and Dynamic goes from dreamy slow, or bluesy-cool to powerful virtuosic. Genres from Folk , Singer/Songwriter to Celtic Pop and Bluegrass ar covered. 

In the 18 pieces presented in this book, the Sansula will not only be presented in tis role as accompanying instrument, but also where it functions as the lead melody.

In the audio section of this book, each piece is presented on the CD as a learn-version in a slow tempo, as well as a recording of a band version in the original tempo played solely by acoustic instruments.

Evert notated exercise is available as a MP3 file, on the MP3-CD as well as in the corresponding online-library. Numerous external video and audio examples, linked by QR codes, will give you a deeper insight into the presented material

The author:

Conny Sommer was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1963. He studied Musicology with an emphasis on Ethno-Musicology in Hamburg, and has lived in Leibzig since 2007. 

For nearly 30 years he has been a professional percussionist, and has played in many different musical formats. In the last few years his work as an educator has become fore of a mental focus. 

In addition to his artistic activities, Conny currently conducts workshop series for cajon, kalimba, elementary rhythmic, and mixes percussion. conny's interest in lamellophones pecan in the 1980 and depend during his studies in Hamburg. Since 1990 the kalimba has had a permanent place in Conny's live instrument set-up. His enthusiasm for the instrument can be heard on numerous CDs, on youtube and concert.

This 74 page book by Mark Holdaway, is full of instructional tips and tablature for 64 songs and exercises arranged just for the Hokema B11 Kalimba. The material starts out very easy, appropriate for a beginner, but progresses to provide challenges for better players - in other words, anyone can start on this book and there is room to grow!

I find the note layout for the B11 to be particularly nice and inspiring of really neat music.

Sound files for the songs can be downloaded for free.

The Sansula in Beautiful E Tuning can be utterly magical. This book has exercises, original compositions, chords, and many well known songs. 48 pages, with 33 free MP3 downloads.

While the Sansula in standard tuning plays enchanting and mystical music, there are very few songs you can actually play on it. Also, its mood tends to be dour, even though it is enchanting and mystical. The Beautiful E Tuning was my first attempt to break out of the Sansula mind set, and it did set the Sansula free!

author Mark Holdaway

Contents:

Old Songs You Probably Do Know

• Amazing Grace
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
• This Little Light of Mine
• Old McDonald Had a Farm
• There’s a Hole in My Bucket
• All Gods Critters
• As I Went Down to the River to Pray
• Standin in the Need of Prayer
• She’ll be Comin ‘Round the Mountain

Exercises and Things You Don’t Know (Yet!)

• Intervals
• Some Chords
• Bow Tie
• Dyads
• Synchopation
• Mergng Patterns
• E and C#m Are Almost the Same Chord
• C# minor and G# minor
• B and C# minor Riff
• I Got You Babe
• Easy Flying
• Easy Flying II
• Synchopation
• Land Of Make Believe
• Pulloffs
• Four Note Motifs in 12/8 Time
• Complex Chord Progression in 6/8
• Alternating Bass Line
• Great Song
• Playing in C# minor
• Systematic Sliding
• Classic Kalimba Synchopation
• Appendicies
• Beautiful E Chord Dictionary
• Transposing Matrix

The Sansula in Heavenly A Tuning can actually play quite a few songs, and this song book will show you exactly how to play 21 of them! 38 pages, with 21 free MP3 downloads.

While the Sansula in standard tuning plays enchanting and mystical music, there are very few songs you can actually play on it. However, the Sansula in the Heavenly A tuning (invented by Rick Tarquinio) can play lots of songs. This book has equal contributions in African American Spirituals, Americana Songs, and Traditional African Karimba Songs. To round out the book, a chord dictionary for the Heavenly A Tuning is also included.

Contents:

• Amazing Grace
• As I Went Down to the River to Pray
• Daniel in the Lion’s Den
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Easy)
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• This Little Light of Mine
• Cielito Lindo
• Deep in the Heart of Texas
• Little Liza Jane
• Old McDonald
• She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain When She Comes
• Simple Gifts
• WayFarin’ Stranger
• Bunga Utete
• Bustu Mtandari
• Chemutangure
• Kana NDoda
• Sadza Madya Here
• Rova Ngoma Mtawasa
• Shumba Panzira
• The African Sound

author Mark Holdaway