自从拇指琴被引进国内以来，这种非洲小乐器在年轻的音乐爱好者群体中迅速掀起了一场狂欢，让众多乐器爱好者们发现一种新的演奏乐器——“卡林巴”拇指琴，这也成为了年轻人圈中的网红乐器。

The small musical instrument from Africa has been a fad quickly in young music lover group since its introduction to domestic.Many music lovers find a new music instrument-Kalimba ,which has been a hot musical instrument in internet.

【April's GECKO Kalimba Classroom】Lesson 1

GECKO壁虎牌拇指琴品牌推广大使：羊阿宝

Kalimba Promotion ambassador of Gecko:April Yan

不过，说到拇指琴，大家都会想到羊阿宝老师，提起羊阿宝老师，大家也自然而然地想到拇指琴。羊阿宝老师作为推动国内拇指琴发展的先驱者之一，早已在2013年国内还没有人知道和发现这款非洲民族乐器的时候，羊阿宝老师就一眼喜欢上了这个小众乐器。

Speaking of kalimba,everyone would remember April Yan. And kalimba will come to mind when speaking of April Yan. As one pioneer of promoting development of kalimba in China, April Yan fell in love with the minority musical instrument in first sight in 2013 while nearly nobody knew and found this African musical instrument in China .

“不过第一次接触与感受该是在2015年吧，我的一个朋友从南非带来了一种非洲传统的民族乐器“卡林巴”。一个外型小小的乐器，而且也只需要用两根大拇指就能弹出各种音符，可以简单携带，音色还挺独具一格的。这是我第一次体验拇指琴的具体感受。”羊阿宝老师说。“不过，当时国内几乎没有人知道这种乐器，而且当时的拇指琴无论外观和音色都很粗糙，并没有现在这么多的样式和悦耳的音质。”羊阿宝老师与拇指琴的结缘虽起于偶然，但却热爱的一往情深。 

“But the first touch and experience should be in 2015 when my friend brought back a traditional musical instrument from south Africa. That is kalimba. Small appearance, can play only with two thumbs, easy to carry around, and tones are unique. That’s what i feel after playing kalimba for the first time.”Said April,”But almost no one knew it in China, and it’s rough no matter in appearance or in tone by that time.The styles were not as many as by now,and tones were not pleasant too.” Although the connection of April and kalimba was all made by chance ,it has became her beloved.

也正是羊阿宝老师对拇指琴的这种热爱，让她想要把这种好玩的乐器分享给大家，希望拇指琴也能够像尤克里里一样被大众熟知、喜爱。于是，2016年起，羊阿宝开始学习制作和上传一些自己演奏拇指琴的视频到网上，并且，她还亲自编写了教材和拇指琴专用乐谱，供初学者学习。她也因此收获了数十万粉丝，视频总播放量超过一亿次。目前已改编了400多首拇指琴谱，平均每天都要改编一首新乐谱，其中，《告白气球》《纸短情长》《晴天》等这些流行音乐均在其中。 

For the love of kalimba, April wanted to share the good instrument to everyone, and hoped it will be well known and be loved as ukulele. So,April started to learn video shooting of playing kalimba and post them online Since 2016.Also she has compiled textbooks and dedicated music scores for kalimba beginners. She got ten thousands of fans then, and videos viewed by 10000000000+ times. She has adapted 400+music scores so far ,including pop music <Confession Balloon><Tender Lines><Fine Days>,etc. Adapting a new music score has became her daily work.

羊阿宝老师这种为了让更多的人了解与喜爱拇指琴的想法，也与杰高乐器的推广拇指琴的理念不谋而合。正是推动拇指琴走进大众生活的这一共同的目标，造就了杰高乐器与羊阿宝老师的合作。羊阿宝老师也成为了杰高乐器旗下GECKO壁虎牌拇指琴的推广大使。

Teacher April Yan tries to let more people know and love kalimba, which is just the same as the promotion idea of Gecko musical instrument. The common goal that let kalimba go to public has connected Gecko and April Yan. For all, Teacher April Yan has became the kalimba promotion ambassador for Gecko .

杰高乐器作为亚洲最大的、最专业的的卡林巴拇指琴的厂家，不仅拥有精湛的团队、经验丰富的木匠大师，还拥有精湛的技术与可创新探索的能力，不断推出的拇指琴新品，在为客户提供高品质的产品之外，还可以满足音乐爱好者对拇指琴多元化的需求。此外，完善的售后服务也深得同行业以及广大客户的一致好评。

As the biggest and most professional kalimba manufacturer in Asia, Gecko not only has exquisite team, experienced carpenter master, but also has exquisite technique and ability to create and explore.Except of providing high quality products, Gecko can meet the diverse needs in kalimba for music lovers by keeping launching new products. In addiction, the complete after-sale service has been praised highly by counterparts and many customers.

羊阿宝老师与杰高乐器旗下GECKO壁虎牌拇指琴的合作，也可谓强强联手。不仅推动了国内拇指琴音乐的发展，还精准抓住消费者的痛点问题；满足了消费者偏爱新奇好玩、富有文化内涵的商品，追求个性化、有创造力的生活方式的需求，在为喜爱拇指琴的音乐爱好者们提供源源不断的高品质产品的同时，还提供了教材和拇指琴专用乐谱供其学习。
The cooperation of Gecko and April is win-win.It has developed kalimba music in China, and also caught the pain of consumer precisely:Meet consumer demands in preference of novel ,interesting and cultural products, also provide textbooks and dedicated music scores for kalimba fans to learn while keeping providing high quality products.

羊阿宝老师作为GECKO壁虎牌拇指琴推广大使，在未来，也将继续与喜爱拇指琴的人一起，分享、感受拇指琴的音乐魅力，用音乐治愈心灵。

As the kalimba promotion ambassador of Gecko brand,in future, Teacher April Yan will keep sharing and experiencing the music charm of kalimba with kalimba lovers, and heal the hearts by music.

视频 【April's GECKO Kalimba Classroom】Lesson2