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Minuet in G — easy kalimba tab

Petzold, Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725) · 17-key kalimba in C · 64 notes · a little longer

Origin
Petzold, Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725)
Kalimba
17-key C
Notes
64
Words
Numbers only (words not shown)
Range
dotted notes, up to two dots
Tempo
70 bpm, then 120 bpm

▶ Watch the video, then play line 1.

Minuet in G 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 1)1 high L2 high R3 high L4 high R5 high L(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)6 high R(hold 1)4 high R
Line 2: 5 high L6 high R7 high L1 two octaves up R(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)4 high R(hold 1)5 high L4 high R3 high L
Line 3: 2 high R3 high L(hold 1)4 high R3 high L2 high R1 high L7 R(hold 1)1 high L2 high R3 high L
Line 4: 1 high L2 high R(hold 3, rest 2)
Line 5: 5 high L(hold 1)1 high L2 high R3 high L4 high R5 high L(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)6 high R(hold 1)4 high R
Line 6: 5 high L6 high R7 high L1 two octaves up R(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)1 high L(hold 1)4 high R(hold 1)5 high L4 high R3 high L
Line 7: 2 high R3 high L(hold 1)4 high R3 high L2 high R1 high L2 high R(hold 1)3 high L2 high R1 high L
Line 8: 7 R1 high L(hold 3)
– hold an eighth○ rest an eighth• dot above = octave upL / R = thumb
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The tab as plain text 
5̇– 1̇ 2̇ 3̇ 4̇ 5̇– 1̇– 1̇– 6̇– 4̇

5̇ 6̇ 7̇ 1̈– 1̇– 1̇– 4̇– 5̇ 4̇ 3̇

2̇ 3̇– 4̇ 3̇ 2̇ 1̇ 7– 1̇ 2̇ 3̇

1̇ 2̇–––○○

5̇– 1̇ 2̇ 3̇ 4̇ 5̇– 1̇– 1̇– 6̇– 4̇

5̇ 6̇ 7̇ 1̈– 1̇– 1̇– 4̇– 5̇ 4̇ 3̇

2̇ 3̇– 4̇ 3̇ 2̇ 1̇ 2̇– 3̇ 2̇ 1̇

7 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 Minuet in G 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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