Kaliani
What is Kailani?
Kailani is a new, high-quality artisan musical instrument, developed in Austria in 2012 by Michael Merkle. During a entheogenic ceremony, Michael questioned, “What are the sounds of the musical instruments played by the angels?” The reply came, channeled through, with the concept of the Kailani. It is an instrument that is intuitively played and produces crystalline and celestial sounds.The Kailani creates harmonious sounds that may be used for healing, music, and pleasure.
Kailani is made of with precise tuning that emanate high resonance, long sustain, and rich harmonic sounds. Every combination of notes in a Kailani is like opening a distinct portal that benefits introspection, serenity, and limitless self-expression. The artisan wooden frame, built from selected hardwoods, is architect in a beautiful hexagonal format (based in Sacred Geometry) that helps amplify the instruments energetic potential.
Kai means sea in Hawaiian, and Lani means sky (or heaven). With the range of sounds it produces, Kailani indeed encompasses both heaven and ocean.
Who can play Kailani?
Kailani can be play by any person who feels called for the instrument. No previous musical education, skill or knowledge is needed. It is an intuitive instrument.
Kailani invites singers to accompany and explore their voices, while allowing musicians to expand their creative process. Novices to music, as well as children, may play it to help develop sensitivity and creativity, and Healers may use it to open doors to a new and exciting venue of Sound Healing. Any person, regardless of their musical development, can empower themselves to produce music. The sounds emanated by the Kailani create an unique space of quietness, serenity, introspection, and crystalline vibrations, inviting the presence of deep relaxation and meditation to the environment.
How is Kailani played?
Kailani can be played with fingers or with mallets. Either way, the player can explore different ways of producing harmonies and consonant scales, catered to the player’s intuition and their way of playing.
Kailani can be positioned by placing the instrument warped within the player’s thighs and held by the feet; by hanging the instrument on a wall (special hanging wires are built into the instrument’s frame,) or by loose hanging e.g. from a tree branch. It can also be positioned with an external improvise support, placed at the corners of the instrument. Please see photos on this page for some of these options.
Uses for Kailani
Kailani sounds create a very unique space of stillness and crystalline energies. It invites the presence of deep relaxation and meditation for both the player and the audience. This instrument in a natural for meditative gatherings and retreats as it expands and uplifts consciousness with its power of high-frequency harmonious sounds.
Kailani works well in accompanying other instruments as well as for solo-playing, especially for musicians and novices who appreciate intuitive and indigenous music.
Kailani can be a natural tool for healers who work with, or wish to include Sound Healing in their work. It is also a great addition for plant-medicine work.
Available Scales
Rainha da Floresta (Queen of the Forest) - A Phrygian: A D Bb F D A E A E F G
Cradle - Am Pentatonic: A D C G D A C E A E G
Dreaming Dolphin - Variation in A Phrygian: G D Bb G D A F A F A D
Samples of these scales enclosed down this page. You can also listen to Kailani music at the Kailani YouTube channel.
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We invite you to experience the sounds of Kailani first-hand!
Please explore the photos, video, and audio files on this page to learn more.
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