Hymns and spirituals on kalimba

Hymns are made for singing together, slowly, and that is exactly what a kalimba does well: each tine rings on under the next one, like a small choir of bells. This list brings together the hymns, spirituals and church tunes of the site: Amazing Grace (John Newton's words, the tune New Britain), the spiritual When the Saints Go Marching In, Bach's chorale Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, the Ode to Joy, sung in churches as Hymn to Joy, and Going Home, the Largo of Dvořák's New World Symphony.

They are sorted from the easiest. Play them slower than you think: a hymn has time, and a tine that rings to the end of its dash sounds better than a hurried one. Each dash in the tab means wait a little (an eighth); the words under the numbers, when the hymn has them, give you the rhythm. Every tab has a video that plays the tune once, then slowly, then at tempo, and a PDF to print for a group or a service.

All these tunes are in the public domain; for a hymn whose words are recent enough to be protected, only the tune is given.