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Kalimba

Kalimba tabs: songs in numbers

Public-domain songs and hymns as kalimba tabs for seventeen keys in C – numbers with octave dots, bar by bar, and every one to listen to.

Every piece here is set for the common seventeen-key kalimba: look for the number on the key and you will find every note. Pieces written in another key are moved — they sound higher or lower, but the tune stays the same.

The marks are the same as on the Kalimba page. While a piece plays, the current note lights up.

What the marks mean

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

original key: C major · On the staff

1155665–4433221–5544332–5544332–1155665–4433221–

Mary Had a Little Lamb

original key: C major · On the staff

3212333–222–355–3212333322321–––

Ode to Joy

original key: C major · On the staff

334554321123322–334554321123211–

Jingle Bells

original key: G major · On the staff

333–333–35123–––44444333332232–5–

Frère Jacques

original key: C major · On the staff

12311231345–345–565431565431151–151–

Amazing Grace

original key: G major · On the staff

51–313–21–65–51–313–25––5–353531–561165–51–313–21––1–

Silent Night

original key: Bb major · On the staff

5653565322711566176565366176565322427131535421––

Joy to the World

original key: D major · On the staff

176543215667711176554311765543333334543222234321165434321–

Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

original key: Eb major · On the staff

321135223565321–321135223565321–567176565356717651–321135223565321–

Away In A Manger

original key: F major · On the staff

5353423131271516756453–5354645454247464531531–5353423131271516756453–5342312731251526647515–

Be Thou My Vision

original key: Eb major · On the staff

112165561123––2222356535––667176535176–5135653132111––

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

original key: F major · On the staff

511713325554323–511713325227765–55514332555143326665434–23451123–6665434–23451121–

O Come, All Ye Faithful

original key: G major · On the staff

11–512–5–32343–211–7671237–655––05–434–3–2312765117121–5332343–2343217–143–211––

The First Noel

original key: D major · On the staff

3212345–671765–671765671543–3212345–671765–671765671543–3212345–176–65–51765671543–

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

original key: G major · On the staff

66332176567123––66332176567123–034234563216712–123–4332176–1762–12345632176––

Angels We Have Heard On High

original key: F major · On the staff

3335543–3235321–3335543–3235321–5–65434–54323–4321255–12343–205–65434–54323–4321255–12343–2–1–––

Holy, Holy, Holy

original key: D major · On the staff

11335–5–66665–3–5555117525655–––1133555–66665–5–1–556–3–42211–––

Nearer, My God, To Thee

original key: G major · On the staff

3––2–11–66––5––1–32––2–03––2–11–66––5–17–21––1–05––6–55–35––5––6–55–32––3––2–11–66––5–17–21––1–0

Rock of Ages

original key: Bb major · On the staff

565–3–165–––123––2171–––712––2751–––712––2751–––565–3–165–––123––2171–––

All Creatures of Our God and King

original key: D major · On the staff

1–12313452–––1–12313452–––176–5–176–5–1–15543452–––15–1554534345–––432–1–432–1–176–5–176–5–432–––––1–––

In The Bleak MidWinter

original key: F major · On the staff

33453221–23262–––3453221123211––14345663353217–––34532–1–23211––

Good King Wenceslas

original key: A major · On the staff

1112115–65671–1–1112115–65671–1–5432321–65671–1–5567112–54321–4–1–––

Praise To The Lord, The Almighty

original key: G major · On the staff

1153217656712––1––1153217656712––1––5556––3455432––5671232––1––

Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

original key: F major · On the staff

5–55655–3–4–32–1–71––5–55655–3–4–32–1–71––327165––555655–3–4–32–1–71––

The Church's One Foundation

original key: D major · On the staff

333433–2116543––451177–6545312––234566–5117634––233433–2112171––

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Every note on this page is computed, not typed in — following the rule that also makes F# major spell its seventh degree E#, not F.