Spring (Vivaldi) kalimba tabs

For a 17-key kalimba tuned to C major. This tab is the opening of the first movement: 73 notes on 8 tines, from G4 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 1. high 3, high 3, high 3, high 2, high 1, high 5, high 5, high 4. high 3, high 3, high 3, high 2, high 1, high 5, high 5, high 4. high 3, high 4, high 5, high 4, high 3, high 2, 7, 5, high 1. high 3, high 3, high 3, high 2, high 1, high 5, high 5, high 4. high 3, high 3, high 3, high 2, high 1, high 5, high 5, high 4. high 3, high 4, high 5, high 4, high 3, high 2, high 1. high 5, high 4, high 3, high 4, high 5, high 6, high 5, high 1. high 5, high 4, high 3, high 4, high 5, high 6, high 5, high 1. high 6, high 5, high 4, high 3, high 2, high 1, high 2. high 1.

Letter notes

C₅E₅E₅E₅D₅C₅G₅G₅F₅E₅E₅E₅D₅C₅G₅G₅F₅E₅F₅G₅F₅E₅D₅B₄G₄C₅E₅E₅E₅D₅C₅G₅G₅F₅E₅E₅E₅D₅C₅G₅G₅F₅E₅F₅G₅F₅E₅D₅C₅G₅F₅E₅F₅G₅A₅G₅C₅G₅F₅E₅F₅G₅A₅G₅C₅A₅G₅F₅E₅D₅C₅D₅C₅

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 1̇ 3̇ 3̇ 3̇ 2̇ 1̇ 5̇ 5̇ (C5 E5 E5 E5 D5 C5 G5 G5).
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 opening of “Spring” from Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, a set of four violin concertos published in 1725. The melody is in the public domain.

About this tab

What it covers. The opening ritornello of the first movement (bars 1-10, first violins); trills left out.
Key. C major (the original is in E major).
Source. Transcribed from Mutopia Project “La Primavera” (Concerto Op. 8 No. 1), first violin part, first movement, bars 1-10 (a typeset shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 licence).

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