Making Music Fun
Just as with most instruments, practice is the best way to improve. Here are several exercises you can use to move beyond the basics. Don’t get us wrong – we love Twinkle Twinkle Little Star just as much as the next person! But if you want to play more advanced songs, you’ll want to practice …
Here’s a mini review for a mini kalimba! The K-8CM is an interesting little piece. Small, very portable. It’s about 7.5 cm (3 inches) wide by 10.5 cm (4.25 inches) long and 2 cm (0.75 inches) thick. It’s pretty small! It comes with a nice little tassel (usually in a random color) and has a …
Here is a free kalimba tabs template to use that is suitable for the Gecko K17NOTE. Feel free to copy to your own drive and edit and/or print as needed. This template is, of course, based on the Ktabs format created by Mark Holdaway of Kalimba Magic. More templates are forthcoming. Stay tuned. Enjoy! Get …
Who doesn’t love RM? This is one of our favorite tracks from Mono. Video is coming soon, but we wanted to share the tabs and audio in the meantime. Click the link to download the PDF file. Tabs are read from bottom to top on each page. Tabs and audio were created with the Kalimba …
Blood Sweat & Tears will always hold a place in our hearts as our introduction to BTS. While we’re waiting for them to come back from their short but well-earned break, we thought we’d share the chorus, which is so fun to play! It’s a little more advanced, due to the speed, but just take …
Downton Abbey has a beautiful, haunting theme song that lends itself quite well to the kalimba. These tabs will not only teach you the melody but will also help with octave practice. 🙂 Click the link to download the PDF file. Tabs are read from bottom to top on each page. Tabs were created with …
Fans of the Amazon show Carnival Row are often drawn to “Lora Lie Lo”, a song sung by one of the characters. It’s haunting melody is actually quite simple to play on a standard (diatonic) kalimba. Click the link to download the PDF file. Tabs are read from bottom to top on each page. Tabs …
Linear scales are ones of the most basic drills and are a great way to start getting used to your kalimba! Click the link to download the PDF file. Tabs are read from bottom to top on each page. Tabs were created with the Kalimba Real/Kalimba Royal app, which is available on both iOS and …
Here is a free kalimba tabs template to use that is suitable for any 17-key kalimba with a standard layout. It will work for any diatonically tuned kalimba (such as C). Feel free to copy to your own drive and edit and/or print as needed. This template is, of course, based on the Ktabs format …