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Eine kleine Nachtmusik — easy kalimba tab

Mozart, Serenade No. 13 K.525 (1787) · 17-key kalimba in C · 37 notes · a little longer

Origin
Mozart, Serenade No. 13 K.525 (1787)
Kalimba
17-key C
Notes
37
Words
Numbers only (words not shown)
Range
some dotted notes (the next octave)
Tempo
70 bpm, then 108 bpm

▶ Watch the video, then play line 1.

Eine kleine Nachtmusik kalimba tab

Read left to right, one line at a time. The number is the tine; L or R is the thumb.

Line 1: 1 high L(hold 1, rest 1)5 R1 high L(hold 1, rest 1)5 R1 high L5 R1 high L3 high L5 high L(hold 1, rest 2)
Line 2: 4 high R(hold 1, rest 1)2 high R4 high R(hold 1, rest 1)2 high R4 high R2 high R7 R2 high R5 R(hold 1, rest 2)
Line 3: 1 high L(hold 1, rest 1)5 R1 high L(hold 1, rest 1)5 R1 high L5 R1 high L3 high L5 high L(hold 1, rest 2)
Line 4: 4 high R(hold 1, rest 1)2 high R4 high R(hold 1, rest 1)2 high R4 high R2 high R7 R2 high R5 R(hold 1, rest 2)1 high L(hold 3)
– hold an eighth○ rest an eighth• dot above = octave upL / R = thumb
Printable PDF
The tab as plain text 
1̇–○ 5 1̇–○ 5 1̇ 5 1̇ 3̇ 5̇–○○

4̇–○ 2̇ 4̇–○ 2̇ 4̇ 2̇ 7 2̇ 5–○○

1̇–○ 5 1̇–○ 5 1̇ 5 1̇ 3̇ 5̇–○○

4̇–○ 2̇ 4̇–○ 2̇ 4̇ 2̇ 7 2̇ 5–○○ 1̇–––

The tines you need

The 17 tines from left to right, as you look at your kalimba. The ones this song does not use are dimmed.

← left thumbright thumb →

How to play Eine kleine Nachtmusik on kalimba

Watch the video once: it plays the tune slowly (70 beats a minute) with each number falling onto its tine, then at tempo (108 beats a minute). Then play the first line alone until it sounds right, and add a line at a time. Hum the tune as you go: it tells you the rhythm. New to the numbers? How to read kalimba numbers.

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