And last, there can be a lot of difficulty when trying to go from reading standard notation and understanding the linearity of it – notes low on the staff are low and those higher up are higher notes, and instinctually knowing where to sing or play these – to playing an instrument that is extremely different, divided in half, and played only with the thumbs.
#KALIMBA MUSIC FOR BEGINNERS PLUS#
Plus you will have to separate out which notes are played by the right thumb and which by the left thumb. However, it is a major challenge to read this music and play it on the kalimba, and the reasons include, first, that in addition to being familiar with music notation, you also need to already know where each note is on the kalimba. The advantage to using staff notation is that anyone who has achieved a degree of facility with music notation could sing or play it on piano.
The Goshen Box 8-Note Kalimba plays along with KTabS to demo the tablature.įor comparison’s sake, I have reproduced Mwana Aboyi Mama in standard staff notation, which of course reads left to right.
I have written dozens of kalimba books and instructional downloads using this tablature. I use this kalimba tablature to help me remember new songs I write as a tool that gives me an easy way to put down, one note at a time, what i am composing as an instructional tool to convey detailed musical ideas to students and as a tool to help me learn difficult passages that my mind has created but my hands don’t yet understand. The black center line represents a line separating left from right the measures are numbered on the right side of the tablature you read from bottom to the top each tine is labeled with its note name at the bottom the repeat signs are green here and the note symbols indicate the tines to play as well as how long to wait between plucking this tine and when you pluck the next. The tablature to the right is for the 15-note Alto kalimba, and is the song Mwana Aboyi Mama from theġ968 Hugh Tracey manual. To make it easy to save my kalimba ideas for another day, I invented a kalimba tablature, a visually intuitive diagram or map of the kalimba that shows you which tines to play to produce a song or exercise. I have written hundreds of songs on the kalimba, but, unless I take action, most of them are gone by the time I wake up the next day. (OK, this tablature is for a 15-Note kalimba… meaning there is no instruction for the two top notes of the 17-note kalimba.) I have painted both instruments in the right way, so that I can take instructions from thie tablature.
The thumb motions are the same in both instruments.
#KALIMBA MUSIC FOR BEGINNERS HOW TO#
Listen to “Mwana Aboyi Mama”, the song in the tablature – 17-Note Kalimba in C.ĭid you catch that? I have used the above tablature to show me how to play this music on the Alto Kalimba in G… as well as the 17-Note Kalimba in C. Listen to “Mwana Aboyi Mama”, the song in the tablature – Alto Kalimba in G. Tablature is a map of the kalimba that shows you which tines to play. Take a look at the below tutorial video and try it for yourself! You can also check out the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star kalimba tab to learn at your own pace.If it matters to you what notes you are going to play – that is, if you want to learn specific songs and want to achieve specific learning, Kalimba Tablature is a very good way to go. This is especially true of the kalimba as the song can be played comfortably in C Major, which most standard kalimbas are tuned to. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is, in my opinion, the easiest song you could learn regardless of instrument. The song is very short, making it easy to remember, and has a very simple, slow-paced melody line and steady rhythm, making it very easy to learn quickly. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a song that many people are taught at a young age, and with good reason. I’m sure most people will be familiar with this classic nursery rhyme. So, let’s dive into each of the songs and find out what makes them so easy to play on the kalimba! Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Here are the 5 easy songs to play on the kalimba: Even if you’ve never touched a musical instrument before in your life, you should be able to pick up these easy songs in no time! In this article, we’ll look at 5 easy songs to play on the kalimba and what makes them so great for beginners. The kalimba is no different, and choosing the right songs to start learning can be the difference between developing a new long-term hobby or giving up before you’ve even started! Starting to learn a new instrument can be a daunting task, especially if you’ve had no previous experience with other musical instruments.
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