The Kalimba is an excellent musical instrument for beginners looking to start playing music!
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Starting to learn a new instrument can be a daunting task, especially if you’ve had no previous experience with other musical instruments. 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! In this article, …
Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is a popular nursery rhyme that many of us may remember singing during our childhood. Now you can play the melody with your kalimba using this Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes kalimba tab! The song is a very easy one to learn on the kalimba, making it ideal for beginners …
The kalimba is a great instrument to get started with but one of the main questions people often ask is whether it can play any song. It’s a very good question and if you have asked this yourself, you will no doubt know that the standard kalimba only has 17 keys or notes to choose …
This Silent Night kalimba tab will teach you how to play the classic Christmas carol, Silent Night, or “Stille Nacht” to give it its original German name! Silent Night was composed and written around 1818 by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber and has become a staple in the Christmas song list since. The song itself …
Happy Birthday is sung the world over and is arguably one of the most recognizable songs ever! It is traditionally sung on someone’s Birthday as a celebration and now you can learn to play it on the kalimba using this Happy Birthday kalimba tab! As kalimba tabs go, Happy Birthday also happens to be one …
Auld Lang Syne is the classic poem written by Scottish poet, Robert Burns. Nowadays, Auld Lang Syne is famous for welcoming the New Year with it regularly being sung as the New Year begins. Did you know that Auld Lang Syne roughly translates to “for old times sake”? Now you can learn this popular song …
For many of us, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is one of the first songs we hear as a baby and this delicate and soothing lullaby can have a profoundly calming effect, especially when played on the kalimba! Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is also the perfect song for beginners to learn, not only on the kalimba, …
We’ve all heard the classic Christmas song “Jingle Bells” or “One Horse Open Sleigh” as it was originally titled! Jingle Bells is one of the oldest and best loved Christmas songs and was written by James Lord Pierpont in 1857. Since then it has grown into the song we know today and now you can …
Choosing your first kalimba can be a daunting task for many, how do you know you are picking the right one? Do you choose a hollow or flat kalimba? acrylic or wood? If you haven’t played the kalimba before it’s hard to tell what the differences are between each type. Luckily, this article was written to …
One of the greatest pleasures of music-making is sharing your music with others. Some instruments, such as the electric guitar, are incredibly easy to record and a myriad of apps and tools exist to help record it. But what about the kalimba? how exactly do you record a kalimba? There are several great ways to …
