Welcome to the enchanting world of kalimba music! Here’s everything you need to begin creating beautiful melodies. No prior musical experience or ability to read sheet music is necessary to start playing right away. Playing is as simple as following the numbers. Simple melodies for 8 - 17-key kalimba This sheet music is designed to be adaptable for any kalimba, whether you have a compact 8-note instrument or a larger 17-note version. Play right away with numbered notes Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note number, matching each key on your kalimba. The duration of the notes is shown by the parentheses following the circles. The more parentheses after the circle, the longer the note's duration. A whole note has three parentheses, and the durations of other notes are illustrated in the accompanying picture. A dot after the note indicates an additional half-parenthesis duration. A dot above a note indicates a higher octave, as is common on kalimba keys. It's important to note that the circles do not represent semitones, as kalimbas are typically not tuned in semitones. Every page includes QR codes that link to the appropriate song. While these examples might not feature our simplified melodies, they help in understanding the melodies and rhythm. This songbook includes the following songs: Alabama Gal Alice the Camel All Join hands and Circle to the Left Animal Fair Barbara Polka Barnyard Song Bend and Stretch Big Clocks Bim Bum Biddy Bluebird Bought Me A Cat Buckeye Jim Cackle Cackle Mother Goose Camptown Races Chicken on a Fence Post Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Come Back Home My Little Chicks Creeping Creeping Little Flea The Crocodile Diddle Diddle Dumpling Do Your Ears Hang Low Elevator Song Finger Family Five Little Ducks Five Little Monkeys Five Little Speckled Frogs Frog Went A-Courtin' Georgie Porgie Go Tell Aunt Rhody Goosey, Goosey Gander Halloween Song Hickety Pickety My Black Hen I Go Up the Apple Tree I Love Little Kitty I Went to Visit a Farm One Day I'm A Little Teapot I'm A Nut Jig Jog Johnny Works With One Hammer Kangaroo Skippy Roo Ladybird, Ladybird Lazy Mary Lightly Row Li'l Liza Jane Little Sally Water My Hat My Paddle O Christmas Tree Oh How The Lovely Is The Evening Old Mother Hubbard One Elephant One Potato One Two Buckle My Shoe Peace Round See-Saw Margery Daw Simple Simon Soft Kitty Star Light Teddy Bear Ten Little Pigs The Cuckoo and the Donkey The Farmer in The Dell Land of The Silver Birch There Was A Crooked Man There Was A Princess Long Ago This Little Light of Mine This Little Pig Went to Market This Old Man Three Blue Pigeons Three Little Kittens Tommy Thumb Too Ra Loo ra Loo Ral Trees Grow Tall Two Little Blackbirds Sitting on a Hill Two Little Dicky Birds When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears Where Is Thumbkin? Why Doesn't My Goose

The kalimba came from Africa, but it is perfectly suitable for any kind of ethnic music. The kalimba has a rather meditative quality since each sound can be observed separately. Mindful observation of playing each note can even induce a trance state in the listener. Although mantras are not typically played on the kalimba, you can have a unique spiritual experience nonetheless. If you love yoga, meditation or are interested in Indian culture, playing mantras will evoke a deep resonance in your heart. Here are 20 Indian mantras adapted for 10 and 17 key kalimbas. All songs are in easily readable diatonic arrangements with number notation. Our aim is to make playing as simple as possible. Even if you don't have any musical background, you will begin to play very fast. We added a QR code to all songs. You can follow the link and listen to the rhythm and the melody before beginning to play. Contents Adi Mantra of Kundalini Yoga Devi Devi Devi Yagan Mohini Gauri Gauri Gange Rajeshwari Gayatri Mantra Green Tara Mantra Hara Hara Mahadeva Hare Krishna Jai Radha Madhav Kunjabihari Jaya Ho Mata Kali Durgai Namo Namah Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra Namo Tassa Bhagawato Om Bhagavan Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya Om Shakti Om Shankara Karunakara Shivananda Namah Om Shivaya Parameshwaraya Siri Gayatry Mantra

Thomas Balinger, Lena Eckhoff The Big Kalimba Songbook 100+ Songs for Kalimba in C (10 and 17 key) This collection of more than 100 famous songs is guaranteed to contain lots of popular favorites you'll just love playing. Written for the beginning player, this book features * easy arrangements and * large notation * plus an extra line of kalimba tablature to make playing as easy as possible. All songs have been arranged for easy playing on either a 10 key or a 17 key kalimba (mbira, marimba) in C tuning. Plus short sections on tuning your kalimba and the playing basics to get you playing as fast as possible. Songs: 1. A beautiful life 2. All the good times are past and gone 3. Amazing grace 4. Auld lang syne 5. Aura Lee 6. Banks of Sacramento 7. Banks of the Ohio 8. Barbara Allen 9. Beautiful brown eyes 10. Billy Boy 11. Billy the kid 12. Blood on the saddle 13. Boil them cabbage down 14. Botany Bay 15. Brahms' Lullaby 16. Brennan on the moor 17. Buffalo gals 18. Bury me not on the lone prairie 19. Camptown races 20. Cindy 21. Colorado trail 22. Cotton-eyed Joe 23. Cumberland Gap 24. Don't this road look rough and rocky 25. Down by the riverside 26. Down the road 27. East Virginia Blues 28. Engine 143 29. Finnegan's wake 30. Foggy mountain top 31. Footprints in the snow 32. Frankie and Johnny 33. Git along little dogies 34. Give me that old time religion 35. Goin' across the mountain 36. Going down this road 37. Good night, ladies 38. Go, tell it on the mountain 39. He's got the whole world 40. Hickory dickory dock 41. Home! Sweet home! 42. House of the Rising Sun 43. How firm a foundation 44. Humpty Dumpty 45. I ain't gonna work tomorrow 46. I ride an old paint 47. Jack of diamonds 48. James Connolly 49. Jesse James 50. Jingle Bells 51. John Brown's body 52. Jolly good fellow 53. Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee 54. Joy to the world 55. Kum ba yah 56. Little Bessie 57. Little brown jug 58. London Bridge is falling down 59. Long journey home 60. Make me down a pallet 61. Mary had a little lamb 62. Michael, row the boat ashore 63. Midnight on the stormy deep 64. Midnight train 65. Molly and Tenbrooks 66. Morning has broken 67. My Bonnie lies over the ocean 68. My home's across the smoky mountains 69. New river train 70. Nine pound hammer 71. Oh! Susanna 72. Old Black Joe 73. Old Dan Tucker 74. Old folks at home 75. Old Mac Donald had a farm 76. On top of Old Smokey 77. Over the river and through the woods 78. Poor Paddy works on the railway 79. Pop! Goes the weasel 80. Roll in my sweet baby's arms 81. Roving gambler 82. Row, row, row your boat 83. Salty dog Blues 84. Scarborough Fair 85. Shenandoah 86. Swing low, sweet chariot 87. The farmer in the dell 88. The first Noel 89. The last rose of summer 90. The minstrel boy 91. The Sally Gardens 92. This old man 93. Tom Dooley 94. Twinkle, twinkle, little star 95. Up on the housetop 96. Way down the old plank road 97. What shall we do with the drunken sailor 98. When the saints go marchin' in 99. Whiskey in the jar 100. Wildwood flower 101. Will the circle be unbroken 102. Wreck of the old 97

The sheet music book consists of 2 sections: 1. The first, with 20 color-coded kids songs written especially for such a xylophone (pictured on the book cover). This book was written to help the beginner, whether child or adult, learn to play music in a simple and easy way that requires no knowledge of reading music. Just by following the circles with letters, you will sound like an experienced musician. Playing music can be as simple and enjoyable as a game. That is our goal to give you what’s necessary to play beautiful music while having fun. This sheet music (musics) of funny kids songs was written especially for this xylophone. Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If you have flat keys on your instrument,please use the classic music score for piano. List of kids songs: 1. Hot Cross Buns 2. Are you sleeping? 3. Mary had a little Lamb 4. The wheels on the Bus 5. Twinkle. Twinkle Little Star 6. Old MacDonald had a farm 7. Do you know the Muffin Man? 8. London Bridge is Falling Down 9. Jingle Bells 10. We wish you a Merry Christmas 11. Brahm’s Lullaby 12. Ode to Joy 13. Happy Birthday 14. Le Cucaracha 15. Oh! Susannah 16. Beethoven – For Elise 17. Silent Night 18.Yankee Doodle 19. Row, row, row your Boat 20. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. There are simple popular songs: kids learning (ABC), sleeping, Christian, church, animals. 2. The second part of the book has the "3 Little Pigs" fairy tale with a musical score. We offer a lot of activities that can be done with any percussion instrument or any sound made with home utensils, for example, while listening to the story. This fairy tale encourages a child’s musical activity, even if they have never played music before. German composer Orff believed that each child should not be a passive listener, but an active co-creator. Not only can you and your kids play using a percussion instrument musical set, but also with any other musical sounds you can come up with. We hope you'll enjoy these funny kids' songs and percussion music actions and activities.

We call this series “I don’t read music” since we are targeting beginners of all ages: children, teens, parents, grandparents. Folk music traditionally is not learned from sheet music or notes. Instead, it is learned by repetition and from being passed from generation to generation. We believe in this method of teaching, which is easier and more enjoyable. This songbook includes 65 familiar and easy-to-play songs and melodies. Most songs have been simplified and transposed for one octave. So the songbook is suitable even for a diatonic 8-note kalimba in C-scale, and 10- or 17-note as well. Since this book is aimed at the absolute beginner without any knowledge of reading music, we do not use here the classical music staff and do not show the note duration. You can experiment with the duration on your own. We recommend finding each of these songs on YouTube and listening to the rhythm before beginning to play. Our sheet music is only a guide. The most important thing is to listen and repeat the recordings. If you are a beginner, playing by note can be difficult. It is easier to follow number-coded circles in this songbook. By simply following the numbers, you will sound like an experienced musician. Contents: Alphabet Song A Hunting We Will Go A Sailor Went to Sea Acka Backa Are You Sleeping Baa Baa Black Sheep Baby Bumble Bee Bell Horses Bim Bum Biddy Bobby Shafto Brahms Lullaby Chumbara Cobbler, Mend My Shoe Cock-a-Doodle Doo Cotton Eyed Joe Ding Dong DiggiDiggiDong Do You Know the Muffin Man? Doggie Doggie Doctor Foster Fiddle-De-Dee Five Little Ducks Five Little Monkeys Frog in the Meadow Good Night, Ladies Happy Birthday Hot Cross Buns Humpty Dumpty I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas I Love Little Kitty It's Raining Itsy Bitsy Spider Jack and Jill Jingle Bells Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Kookaburra La Cucaracha Little Jack Horner London Bridge Mary Had a Little Lamb Miss Mary Mack My Hat Ninety-Nine Bottles Ode to Joy Oh Susannah Oh We Can Play on the Big Bass Drum Old Bald Eagle Old Blue Old McDonald Old Mother Hubbard One, Two, Three, Four Rain, Rain, Go Away Ring Around the Rosie Row Row Your Boat Rub-a-Dub-Dub See-Saw Margery Daw Ten in the Bed The Beep and the Pup The Big Sheep The Mulberry Bush The Wheels on the Bus This Old Man Tinga Layo To Market, to Market Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Thomas Balinger, Lena Eckhoff Kalimba Songbook 50 Easy Classic Songs 50 popular songs in easy arrangements for 10 and 17 key kalimba (mbira, marimba) in C tuning. Featuring large notation and special kalimba tablature to make playing as easy as possible. Plus tips on playing position, care and maintenance and tuning your kalimba. Songs: 1. All the good times are past and gone 2. Amazing grace 3. Aura Lee 4. Banks of Sacramento 5. Beautiful brown eyes 6. Brahms' Lullaby 7. Buffalo gals 8. Camptown races 9. Colorado trail 10. Cotton-eyed Joe 11. Cumberland Gap 12. Down by the riverside 13. Finnegan's wake14. Foggy mountain top 15. Give me that old time religion 16. Goin' across the mountain 17. Good night, ladies 18. Home! Sweet home! 19. House of the Rising Sun 20. Jolly good fellow 21. Kum ba yah 22. London Bridge is falling down 23. Long journey home 24. Mary had a little lamb 25. Michael, row the boat ashore 26. Midnight on the stormy deep 27. Morning has broken 28. My Bonnie lies over the ocean 29. My home's across the smoky mountains 30. Oh! Susanna 31. Old folks at home 32. Old Mac Donald had a farm 33. On top of Old Smokey 34. Over the river and through the woods 35. Poor Paddy works on the railway 36. Pop! Goes the weasel 37. Roll in my sweet baby's arms 38. Row, row, row your boat 39. Scarborough Fair 40. Shenandoah 41. Swing low, sweet chariot 42. The first Noel 43. The last rose of summer 44. Tom Dooley 45. Twinkle, twinkle, little star 46. Up on the housetop 47. Way down the old plank road 48. What shall we do with the drunken sailor 49. When the saints go marchin' in 50. Will the circle be unbroken

This book was written to help the beginner, whether child or adult, learn to play music in a simple and easy way that requires no knowledge of reading music. Just by following the circles with letters, you will sound like an experienced musician. We made our sheet music large and as simple as possible. You'll play cool kids songs by circles. No musical staff or notes. Playing music can be as simple and enjoyable as a game. Some songs were adapted for a one-octave instrument. That is why most songs are simplified. That is our goal to give you what's necessary to play beautiful music while having fun. This book is just as suitable for the chromatic xylophone as it is for the diatonic. Most songs in this sheet music book can be played within one octave on the xylophone using only 8 notes. Several songs need 1.5 or 2 octaves or a 10-15 note xylophone. The 2 last songs require a chromatic xylophone since they have flat notes. For some melodies, we group circles to show the rhythm. Most songs are simple, popular and fanny, some songs are Christian, they are perfectly suitable for a church choir or orchestra. Recommended for ages 3 and up. Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If you have flat keys on your instrument, please use the classic music score for piano. List of kids songs: 1. Hot Cross Buns 2. Are you sleeping? 3. Mary Had A Little Lamb 4. The Wheels On The Bus 5. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 6. Old MacDonald Had A Farm 7. Do You Know The Muffin Man? 8. London Bridge is Falling Down 9. Jingle Bells 10. We wish you a Mery Christmas 11. Brahms's Lullaby 12. Ode to Joy 13. Happy Birthday 14. La Cucaracha 15. Oh! Susanna 16. Itsy Bitsy Spider 17. The First Noel 18. Yankee Doodle 19. Row, Row, Row Your Boat 20. Jolly Saint Nicholas 21. Amazing Grace 22. Silent night 23. Beethoven - For Elise These fanny kids songs are possible to play on any kind of diatonic xylophone, only 2 last songs are for the chromatic xylophone. Easy play songs were adapted especially for beginners. Also our kids sheet musics are suitable for piano, melodica, kalimba, marimba, synthesizer, glockenspiel, bells, and any pitched toy instrument with at least 8 notes.