Silent Night — easy kalimba tab
Silent Night on a 17-key kalimba in C: 5 6 5 3 5 6 5 3 · 2° 2° 7 1° 1° 5 … A number with a dot (1°) is the same note one octave up, on a shorter tine.
Arranged by Kalimbanumero · Updated · Public domain tune
▶ Watch slowlyHear it, then slowly, then at tempo.
About this tab
- Origin
- Franz Xaver Gruber (1818), words by Joseph Mohr, English by John Freeman Young (1859)
- Composer
- Franz Xaver Gruber
- Words
- John Freeman Young
- Kalimba
- 17-key in C
- Sizes
- Needs a 17-key kalimba
- Level
- Easy (no. 19 of 34)
- Notes
- 46, on 11 tines
- Sung
- With the words under the numbers
- Range
- some dotted notes (the next octave)
- Tempo
- 70 bpm, then 100 bpm
- Series
- Kalimba by numbers #32
Silent Night kalimba tab
Read left to right, one line at a time. The number (or letter) is the tine; the word is sung on it; L or R is the thumb.
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.
Silent Night kalimba letter notes
The same tab in letters, for a kalimba with letters on its tines. A dotted number is the same letter one octave up (in the tab, “Letters” shows the octave).
G A G E G A G E
D D B C C G
A A C B A G A G E
A A C B A G A G E
D D F D B C E
C G E G F D C
The tab as plain text
To copy or print as it is: each number above its syllable. Also at /silent-night.txt.
Silent Night kalimba tab, 17-key kalimba in C Key: 1 to 7 = C D E F G A B (do re mi fa sol la ti) 1 = the long middle tine 1° = a dot above = one octave up 1°° = two dots = two octaves up – = hold one eighth more · ○ = rest one eighth 5–– 6 5– 3–––○○ 5–– 6 5– 3–––○○ Si- lent night, ho- ly night, 2°––– 2°– 7–––○○ 1°––– 1°– 5–––○○ all is calm, all is bright. 6––– 6– 1°–– 7 6– 5–– 6 5– 3–––○○ Round yon Vir- gin, Mo- ther and Child, 6––– 6– 1°–– 7 6– 5–– 6 5– 3–––○○ ho- ly In- fant so ten- der and mild, 2°––– 2°– 4°–– 2° 7– 1°–––○○ 3°–––○○ sleep in hea- ven- ly peace, 1°–– 5 3– 5–– 4 2– 1––– sleep in hea- ven- ly peace.
How to play Silent Night on kalimba
Watch the video once: it plays the tune once to hear it, then slowly (70 beats a minute) with each number falling onto its tine, then at tempo (100 beats a minute). Then play the first line alone until it sounds right, and add a line at a time. Sing or hum the words: they tell you the rhythm. New to the numbers? How to read kalimba numbers.
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