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Grieg Morning Mood — easy kalimba tab

Grieg, Peer Gynt (1875) · 17-key kalimba in C · 24 notes · very easy

Origin
Grieg, Peer Gynt (1875)
Kalimba
17-key C
Notes
24
Words
Numbers only (words not shown)
Range
no dots: all on the middle tines
Tempo
70 bpm, then 115 bpm

▶ Watch the video, then play line 1.

Grieg Morning Mood 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 R(hold 1)3 R2 L(hold 1)1 L2 L(hold 1)3 R5 R(hold 1)3 R2 L(hold 1)1 L
Line 2: 2 L3 R2 L3 R(hold 1)5 R3 R(hold 1)5 R6 L(hold 1)3 R6 L(hold 1)
Line 3: 5 R3 R(hold 1)2 L1 L(hold 3)
– hold an eighth○ rest an eighth• dot above = octave upL / R = thumb
Printable PDF
The tab as plain text
5– 3 2– 1 2– 3 5– 3 2– 1

2 3 2 3– 5 3– 5 6– 3 6–

5 3– 2 1–––

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 Grieg Morning Mood 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 (115 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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