It Is Well with My Soul Kalimba Tabs (17-Key)

It Is Well with My Soul kalimba tabs

For a 17-key kalimba tuned to C major. This tab is the verse and the refrain: 55 notes on 8 tines, from D4 up to D5.

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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. 5, 4, 3. 3, 2, 3. 4, 6, 5, 4. 3, 5. high 1, 7, 6. 6, 5, 4. 5, 5. high 1, high 1, 7. 6, 6, 6. high 2, high 2, high 1. 7, 6, 5. high 1, high 1, high 1. high 1, 7, high 1. high 1, 5, 5. 5, 5, 5. 5, 3, 5. 6, 6, high 1. high 1, 7, high 1. high 1.

Letter notes

G₄G₄F₄E₄E₄D₄E₄F₄A₄G₄F₄E₄G₄C₅B₄A₄A₄G₄F₄G₄G₄C₅C₅B₄A₄A₄A₄D₅D₅C₅B₄A₄G₄C₅C₅C₅C₅B₄C₅C₅G₄G₄G₄G₄G₄G₄E₄G₄A₄A₄C₅C₅B₄C₅C₅

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 5 4 3 3 2 3 4 (G4 G4 F4 E4 E4 D4 E4 F4).
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

Horatio Spafford wrote the words in 1873. Philip Bliss composed the tune, “Ville du Havre”, in 1876. The melody is in the public domain.

About this tab

What it covers. Verse and the “It is well with my soul” refrain (tune line; the echo in the lower voices is left out).
Key. C major (printed in D-flat major).
Simplified. One sharpened note (F sharp before “roll”) is played as F.
Source. Transcribed from Mutopia Project “Ville du Havre” (cyberhymnal transcription), soprano line.