#kalimba tutorial

just playing around :D tabs under the cut!

I'm just gonna put this online for others to enjoy! Feel free covering/recording this as long as you credit my work!

How was it returning to your childhood? I had a lot of fun arranging and practicing this song from the fil Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses, which was one of my faves when I was little.

I had this song in my list since I started playing kalimba two years ago, and I have finally completed it!

I hope you guys liked it!

It can be played either on a 17key kalimba or higher.

🎶 TABS 🎶

(tuning: all F's to F#/Gb i.e.: kalimba in G major)

E F# G F# G A G A B

B A B A G F# G

B-G A-F# B-G A-F# G-E F#-D G-E

B-G A-F# B-G A-F# G-E F#-D G-E

B-G-B' A-F#-A' B-G-B' A-F#-A' G-E-G' F#-D-F#' G-E-G'

E F# G-E F# G A-F# G A B-G A-F# B-G

B C' D'-B C' B A-F# B A G-E F#-D G-E

E F# G-E F# G A-F# G A B-G A-F# B-G

B C' D'-B C' B A-F# B A G-E F#-D G-E A-F# B-G

E E'-C F#' G'-C-E-G C F#' E' G-B-D'-D G B C' G-B-D'

G A'-A-C' G'-G-B G

E E'-C F#' G'-C-E-G C F#' E' G-B-D'-D G B C' G-B-D'

G B G

E E'-C F#' G'-C-E-G C F#' E' G-B-D'-D G B C' G-B-D'

G A'-A-C' G'-G-B G

E E'-C F#' G'-C-E-G C F#' E' G-B-D'-D G B C' G-B-D'

E-C G-D F-D G-E A-F#

G-E A-F# B-G-D A-F# B-G-D

B-G-D C'-A B-D'-D

C'-A B-G A-F#

B-G-D A-F# G-E F#-D G-E

E-C F#-D G-E F#-D G-E A-F#-C

G-E A-F# B-G-D A-F# B-G-D

B-G-D C'-A B-D'-D

B-G-D C'-A B-D'-D

C'-A-F#'-A' G'-G-B-D'

(convert to NUMBERED NOTATION here: https://www.kalimbatabs.net/kalimba-letter-number-notation-converter/)

I hope you liked my rendition of this song, Melodies of Life from the video game Final Fantasy IX and composed by Nobou Uematsu.

This is my longest cover yet!

🎶TABS🎶

tuning: in C major (no tuning needed)

intro

C G’ C’ D’ G’ E’ ([21key] C G!)/([17 key] G C) C G C’ D’ G’ E’

D’ E’ F’-A-F-D E’-C’-A-C D’-A-F C’-E-G

C’-A-F-D B C’ G’-G-B-D’

part 1

G E’-C E E’-E D’ C’ A E C’ B A-F

B C’ D’ G-E-C C B G A-F B C’ A A-C

G C’-E E’ F’-F E’ C’-A E G-B-D’ G D

E’ G’-E G G’-E A’ G’-E’-C’-A F’ F’-F

E’ E’-C’-A-F D’ D’-F E’ F’-F A C’

E’-E D’ D’-C C’ E G A C’ E A

part 1-end 1

C’ D’ E’-C’-A-F A F’ D’-(G-B) G B C’

G G-B-D’

PART 1

part 1- end 2

D’ E’ D’-C C’ E G A G F A B

E G B F A C’ A

part 2

F’ E’ D’ C’ G-B C’ D’ G G B C’ D’

E G B E’ G’-E F’ E’-G D’ C’-A D’ E’ A A

C’ E’ F’-D F E’ E-G-B-D’ E G B F E’

F’-A E’ E-G-B-D’ E’ B C’ F-A-C’-E’ F A’-(C’)

F A-C’ F G’ F’ D’-B-G G B D

G A B C’ D’ E’ F’ G’

part 3

C’-E G D’ E G-B E G B B-F C’ B G A

F C’ A F’-D E E’-C’-A-F D’ D’-D F

C’ A’ B-G C’ D’ G A G B C’ D’

C’-E G D’ E’ G’-E G E’-E B A-F

F C’ F C’ F A C’ D-F’ E’ E’-C’-A-F

D’ D’-D F A D’ G’-E’-C’-A-F F’ F’-F

E’ E’-C’-A-F D’ E’ F G’-G-B-D’

G B D’ G A B C’ D’ E’ F’ G’ G’-G-B-D’

part 4

E’ F’ E’ B D’ D’-C E G C’ C’-C-E-G

D’ E’ G’ B-G-E E G B D’ C’ B A G-E

E B E G E D’ C’ A C’ B A G F

part 5

A E’ G’ F E’ D’ D’-E-G-B C’ B B C’ D’

C’ B A F-A-C’ G-B A-F F G A

G F G E E A B A-C’ A C’ E’ F’-F

C’ A E G-B-D’ G B D’ C’ B A G

F C-E C’ C’ E G

C’ B C’ G C’ F C’ E

PART 1

PART 1 END 2

PART 2

PART 3 (x2)

PART 4

end (part 6)

G A B C’ D’ E’ F’ G’ A’-F A A C’-E G

F’-F D E’-E G G-B-D’ G B D’ G-B-D’

C E G C’ D’ G’ E’

(if using a 21 key kalimba, tune B! (base) to C4, it will make it easier to play)

I hope you enjoyed this rendition of the song Rocket to the Moon from the Netflix animated film Over the Moon, originally sang by Cathy Ang.

I watched this film with my wonderful residence friends, and we totally loved both the film and its soundtrack. The story is based on the Chinese legend of Chang'e, Goddes of the Moon, who is remembered every year during the Mid-Autumn moon festival in China.

🌙TABS🌙

tuning: in G major, Fs to F#/Gb

PART 1

B'-G D G' D'-B-G G D'-D C' B C' D'-D C' B D'

B'-B! F# F#' D'-B! D'-B D'-F# D' D C' B D'

F#'-F#-D G'-G G'-E'-C'-A C' A' G' F#'-D'-B

G' G'-G D' C'-A! C' C'-E C' C'-A B A G

D'-D D'-F#'-A' D''

PART 2

B'-G D G' D'-B-G D' G' F#'

D'-D C' B C' D'-D C' B D'

B'-B! F# F#' D'-B! D' G' F#'

D'-B D'-F# D' D C' B D'

F#'-F#-D G'-G G'-E'-C'-A C' A' G' F#'-D'-B

G' G'-G D' C'-A! C' C'-E C' C'-A B A G D'-D

END

A' G' D'' A-F#-D A' B' C' B' A' G' G'-G

G' D' G' A' D' G' G' D'' A'-A B' C' B' G'-G-B-D'

(Notes with "!" are base notes played with a 21 key kalimba. For 17 kalimba you can ignore those notes as they are just accompaniment or if you have a kalimba tuned to G major)

🌙convert to NUMBERED NOTATION here: https://www.kalimbatabs.net/kalimba-letter-number-notation-converter/

🌙arranged by @drinkthejuice

🌙based on @Tutorials by KimBo piano version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd2EqVlN0oE

🌙thumbnail art: Yujia Wang, cover of illustrated picture book

(https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0063002418/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_2itWFbWHMZ0PR)

🌙My equipment🌙

•Kalimba: HLURU 21 key (my review) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4FPkKR3DLE