Morning Mood Kalimba Tabs (17-Key)

Morning Mood kalimba tabs

For a 17-key kalimba tuned to C major. This tab is the opening theme: 48 notes on 10 tines, from C4 up to A5.

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

Letter notes

G₅E₅D₅C₅D₅E₅G₅E₅D₅C₅D₅E₅D₅E₅G₅E₅G₅A₅E₅A₅G₅E₅D₅C₅G₄E₄D₄C₄D₄E₄G₄E₄D₄C₄D₄E₄D₄E₄G₄E₄G₄A₄E₄A₄G₄E₄D₄C₄

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 5̇ 3̇ 2̇ 1̇ 2̇ 3̇ 5̇ 3̇ (G5 E5 D5 C5 D5 E5 G5 E5).
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

From Edvard Grieg’s music for Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt (1875), later the first movement of Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (1888). The melody is in the public domain.

About this tab

What it covers. The opening theme (bars 1-8 of the piano score): the flute’s four bars, then the oboe’s answer an octave lower.
Key. C major (the original is in E major; moved down a major third).
Simplified. In the original the last bar repeats the falling figure in a new key (it would need G sharp and F sharp here). A kalimba in C has neither note, so the tab ends the second phrase the way the first one ends. The short grace notes in bars 2, 3, 6 and 7 are left out.
Source. Transcribed from Edvard Grieg, First Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46, arranged for pianoforte, edited by Louis Oesterle (Schirmer’s Library vol. 205; G. Schirmer, New York, copyright 1899), p. 3, “Morgenstimmung (Morning-mood)”, right hand, bars 1-8.