Oh! Susanna — easy kalimba tab
Stephen Foster, Oh! Susanna (1848) · 17-key kalimba in C · 55 notes · very easy
- Origin
- Stephen Foster, Oh! Susanna (1848)
- Kalimba
- 17-key C
- Notes
- 55
- Words
- Numbers only (words not shown)
- Range
- no dots: all on the middle tines
- Tempo
- 70 bpm, then 120 bpm
▶ Watch the video, then play line 1.
Oh! Susanna kalimba tab
Read left to right, one line at a time. The number is the tine; L or R is the thumb.
The tab as plain text
1 2 3– 5– 5–– 6 5– 3– 1–– 2 3– 3– 2– 1– 2–––○○ 1 2 3– 5– 5–– 6 5– 3– 1–– 2 3– 3– 2– 2– 1–––○○○○ 4––– 4––– 6– 6––– 6– 5– 5– 3– 1– 2–––○○ 1 2 3– 5– 5–– 6 5– 3– 1–– 2 3– 3– 2– 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.
How to play Oh! Susanna 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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