Kalimba tabs

24 public-domain songs for a 17-key kalimba in C, written in numbers and letter notes. Every tab opens in the online kalimba, where the next tine glows as you play.

Easy first songs

• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 42 notes, C4–A4
• Mary Had a Little Lamb 26 notes, C4–G4
• Hot Cross Buns 17 notes, C4–E4
• Alle meine Entchen (All My Little Ducklings) 27 notes, C4–A4
• Happy Birthday 25 notes, G4–G5
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat 27 notes, C4–C5
• London Bridge Is Falling Down 24 notes, C4–A4
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm 59 notes, G4–E5
• Frère Jacques 32 notes, G4–A5
• Au Clair de la Lune 44 notes, G4–E5

Folk songs and hymns

• Amazing Grace 32 notes, G4–G5
• Auld Lang Syne 28 notes, G4–A5
• When the Saints Go Marching In 32 notes, C4–G4
• Yankee Doodle 55 notes, E4–F5
• Sakura Sakura 50 notes, B4–C6

Holiday songs

• Jingle Bells 51 notes, C5–G5
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas 30 notes, G4–F5
• Silent Night 46 notes, C4–F5

Classical themes

• Ode to Joy (Beethoven) 62 notes, G4–G5
• Pachelbel’s Canon 33 notes, D4–G5
• Minuet in G (Petzold) 64 notes, B4–C6
• Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) 18 notes, G4–G5
• New World Symphony Largo (Dvořák) 22 notes, C4–G4
• Westminster Chimes 16 notes, G4–E5