Will these tabs work on my kalimba?

They are written for a 17-key kalimba tuned to C, the most common kind. A kalimba tuned to another key plays the same tabs, just higher or lower.

How do I get kalimba tabs for my favorite song?

Upload the song at the top of this page. You get the tune as kalimba tabs, moved so it fits a 17-key kalimba; a note that still doesn't fit shows as a dot (·).

What do the dots mean?

A dot above a number is the same note one octave higher; two dots, two octaves higher. A 1 with no dot is the long middle tine.

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Kalimba tabs

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Number tabs for the 17-key kalimba in C: a key chart, easy songs to play right now, and tabs made from any song you upload.

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17-key kalimba chart

The long middle tine is 1 (C). The tines alternate left and right as the notes go up. One dot above a number means one octave higher, two dots two octaves.

Easy kalimba songs

Number tabs for a 17-key kalimba in C, moved so every note fits. Press Listen to hear the tune.

Hot Cross Buns

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Ode to Joy

Frère Jacques

Happy Birthday

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How to read kalimba tabs

Each number is a note of the scale: 1 is C (do), 2 is D (re), and so on up to 7, B (ti).
Dots above a number mean a higher octave: find the tine with the same number and the same dots.
Wider numbers are held longer. Play with your thumbs, the left tines with your left thumb.

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