Play songs on your kalimba with just numbers.

The songs

Every tab is free: the numbers, the words, which thumb, and a video that plays it slowly first. Not sure where to start? The easiest first.

1. Kalimba by numbers #1Bella CiaoItalian folk song3671 high6340 notes · easy
2. Kalimba by numbers #2Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarFrench melody (18th century), the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star11556642 notes · very easy
3. Kalimba by numbers #3Ode to JoyBeethoven, Symphony No. 9 (1824)3 high3 high4 high5 high5 high4 high62 notes · a little longer
4. Kalimba by numbers #4Amazing GraceWords by John Newton (1779), tune New Britain51 high3 high1 high3 high2 high32 notes · easy
5. Kalimba by numbers #5Pachelbel Canon in DPachelbel, Canon in D (c. 1680)3 high2 high1 high76525 notes · very easy
6. Kalimba by numbers #6Frère Jacques (Brother John)French round (Brother John)1 high2 high3 high1 high1 high2 high32 notes · easy
7. Kalimba by numbers #7Mary Had a Little LambAmerican nursery rhyme32123326 notes · very easy
8. Kalimba by numbers #8When the Saints Go Marching InAmerican spiritual13451331 notes · very easy
9. Kalimba by numbers #9Can-CanOffenbach, Orpheus in the Underworld (1858)51 high2 high4 high3 high2 high48 notes · a little longer
10. Kalimba by numbers #10Eine kleine NachtmusikMozart, Serenade No. 13 K.525 (1787)1 high51 high51 high537 notes · a little longer
11. Kalimba by numbers #11Auld Lang SyneScottish tune, words by Robert Burns (1788)51 high1 high1 high3 high2 high56 notes · a little longer
12. Kalimba by numbers #12Scarborough FairTraditional English ballad22663434 notes · easy
13. Kalimba by numbers #13Swan Lake ThemeTchaikovsky, Swan Lake (1876)3 high671 high2 high3 high16 notes · very easy
14. Kalimba by numbers #14Sakura SakuraTraditional Japanese song (published 1888)6 high6 high7 high6 high6 high7 high50 notes · a little longer
15. Kalimba by numbers #15Danny BoyIrish tune, the Londonderry Air (published 1855)71 high2 high3 high2 high3 high44 notes · easy
16. Kalimba by numbers #16London Bridge Is Falling DownEnglish nursery rhyme56543424 notes · very easy
17. Kalimba by numbers #17Grieg Morning MoodGrieg, Peer Gynt (1875)53212324 notes · very easy
18. Kalimba by numbers #18Brahms LullabyBrahms, Wiegenlied Op. 49 No. 4 (1868)33533551 notes · easy
19. Kalimba by numbers #19The Blue DanubeJohann Strauss II, The Blue Danube Op. 314 (1867)1 high1 high3 high5 high5 high5 high38 notes · easy
20. Kalimba by numbers #20Jesu, Joy of Man's DesiringJ. S. Bach, Cantata BWV 147 (1723)1 high2 high3 high5 high4 high4 high63 notes · a little longer
21. Kalimba by numbers #21Row, Row, Row Your BoatAmerican round (words 1852, tune 1881)11123327 notes · very easy
22. Kalimba by numbers #22Minuet in GPetzold, Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725)5 high1 high2 high3 high4 high5 high64 notes · a little longer
23. Kalimba by numbers #23Vivaldi Spring (The Four Seasons)Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Spring (1725)1 high3 high3 high3 high2 high1 high50 notes · a little longer
24. Kalimba by numbers #24Going Home (New World Largo)Dvořák, Symphony No. 9, From the New World (1893)35532144 notes · very easy
25. Kalimba by numbers #25Beethoven Symphony No. 5Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (1808)3 high3 high3 high1 high2 high2 high46 notes · a little longer
26. Kalimba by numbers #26Oh! SusannaStephen Foster, Oh! Susanna (1848)12355655 notes · very easy
27. Kalimba by numbers #27Home on the RangeAmerican song, by Daniel E. Kelley and Brewster M. Higley (c. 1872)5 high4 high3 high2 high3 high535 notes · easy
28. Kalimba by numbers #28Debussy Clair de LuneDebussy, Suite bergamasque (1890)5 high3 high2 high3 high2 high1 high25 notes · easy
29. Kalimba by numbers #29Au Clair de la LuneFrench folk song1 high1 high1 high2 high3 high2 high44 notes · easy
30. Kalimba by numbers #30Old MacDonald Had a FarmTraditional children's song1 high1 high1 high56659 notes · a little longer

How it works

1. 123

   One number, one tine

   1 is the long tine in the middle (C). 2, 3, 4… go outward, left and right in turn.

2. 1 high3 high1 two octaves up

   A dot above means higher

   A dot above the number: the same note an octave up, on a shorter tine. Two dots: two octaves.

3. 556

   Slow first, then at tempo

   Every video plays the tune slowly with the numbers falling onto the tines, then at its real speed.

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