Here Comes the Bride (Bridal Chorus) Kalimba Tabs

Here Comes the Bride (Bridal Chorus) kalimba tabs

For a 17-key kalimba tuned to C major. This tab is the two main phrases of the chorus: 36 notes on 8 tines, from G4 up to G5.

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Number tab

The number tab read aloud, one sentence per group. “High” stands for one dot above the number and “very high” for two. 5, high 1, high 1. high 1. 5, high 2, 7. high 1. 5, high 1, high 4. high 4, high 3, high 2. high 1, 7, high 1. high 2. 5, high 1, high 1. high 1. 5, high 2, 7. high 1. 5, high 1, high 3. high 5, high 3, high 1. 6, high 2, high 3. high 1.

Letter notes

G₄C₅C₅C₅G₄D₅B₄C₅G₄C₅F₅F₅E₅D₅C₅B₄C₅D₅G₄C₅C₅C₅G₄D₅B₄C₅G₄C₅E₅G₅E₅C₅A₄D₅E₅C₅

Tines you need

The long tine in the middle is 1 (C4). Notes climb outward, alternating left and right, so neighbours on the same side are two steps apart.

How to read this tab

Numbers are steps of the scale. 1 is C, 2 is D, up to 7 for B. A dot above a number means one octave higher; two dots, two octaves higher. The song starts 5 1̇ 1̇ 1̇ 5 2̇ 7 1̇ (G4 C5 C5 C5 G4 D5 B4 C5).
Gaps mark bars. Each group is one bar of music. The tab shows which tine to play, not how long to hold it; press Listen on the play-along page to hear the rhythm.
Other kalimbas. On an 8-, 10- or 21-key kalimba in C the numbers mean the same notes, as long as the tines you need are there.

About the song

The Bridal Chorus from Richard Wagner’s opera Lohengrin (1850), known in English as “Here Comes the Bride”. It is not the same piece as Mendelssohn’s Wedding March. The melody is in the public domain.

About this tab

What it covers. The two main phrases of the chorus (with the first ending); rests are folded into the note before.
Key. C major (printed in B-flat major).
Source. Transcribed from Heart Songs (Chapple Publishing, Boston, 1909), “Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin” (Richard Wagner), first two systems.