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Home on the Range — easy kalimba tab

American song, by Daniel E. Kelley and Brewster M. Higley (c. 1872) · 17-key kalimba in C · 35 notes · easy

Origin
American song, by Daniel E. Kelley and Brewster M. Higley (c. 1872)
Kalimba
17-key C
Notes
35
Words
Numbers only (words not shown)
Range
some dotted notes (the next octave)
Tempo
70 bpm, then 120 bpm

▶ Watch the video, then play line 1.

Home on the Range kalimba tab

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

Line 1: 5 high L(hold 3, rest 2)
Line 2: 4 high R(hold 1)3 high L(hold 2)2 high R3 high L(hold 3)
Line 3: 5 R5 R1 high L(hold 2)1 high L1 high L(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)7 R(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)2 high R(hold 3)
Line 4: 5 R5 R5 R(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)2 high R(hold 1)3 high L(hold 3)1 high L7 R6 L(hold 1)4 high R(hold 1)
Line 5: 4 high R(hold 1)4 high R(hold 3)4 high R4 high R3 high L(hold 2)
Line 6: 2 high R1 high L(hold 1)7 R(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)2 high R(hold 1)1 high L(hold 3)
– hold an eighth○ rest an eighth• dot above = octave upL / R = thumb
Printable PDF
The tab as plain text 
5̇–––○○

4̇– 3̇–– 2̇ 3̇–––

5 5 1̇–– 1̇ 1̇– 1̇– 7– 1̇– 2̇–––

5 5 5– 1̇– 2̇– 3̇––– 1̇ 7 6– 4̇–

4̇– 4̇––– 4̇ 4̇ 3̇––

2̇ 1̇– 7– 1̇– 2̇– 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 Home on the Range 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 (120 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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