80 Easy Kids' Songs for Adult Kalimba Beginners: Start Playing with No Prior Music Experience

Book excerpt: Welcome to the enchanting world of kalimba music! Here’s everything you need to begin creating beautiful melodies. No prior musical experience or ability to read sheet music is necessary to start playing right away. Playing is as simple as following the numbers. Simple melodies for 8 - 17-key kalimba This sheet music is designed to be adaptable for any kalimba, whether you have a compact 8-note instrument or a larger 17-note version. Play right away with numbered notes Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note number, matching each key on your kalimba. The duration of the notes is shown by the parentheses following the circles. The more parentheses after the circle, the longer the note's duration. A whole note has three parentheses, and the durations of other notes are illustrated in the accompanying picture. A dot after the note indicates an additional half-parenthesis duration. A dot above a note indicates a higher octave, as is common on kalimba keys. It's important to note that the circles do not represent semitones, as kalimbas are typically not tuned in semitones. Every page includes QR codes that link to the appropriate song. While these examples might not feature our simplified melodies, they help in understanding the melodies and rhythm. This songbook includes the following songs: Alabama Gal Alice the Camel All Join hands and Circle to the Left Animal Fair Barbara Polka Barnyard Song Bend and Stretch Big Clocks Bim Bum Biddy Bluebird Bought Me A Cat Buckeye Jim Cackle Cackle Mother Goose Camptown Races Chicken on a Fence Post Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Come Back Home My Little Chicks Creeping Creeping Little Flea The Crocodile Diddle Diddle Dumpling Do Your Ears Hang Low Elevator Song Finger Family Five Little Ducks Five Little Monkeys Five Little Speckled Frogs Frog Went A-Courtin' Georgie Porgie Go Tell Aunt Rhody Goosey, Goosey Gander Halloween Song Hickety Pickety My Black Hen I Go Up the Apple Tree I Love Little Kitty I Went to Visit a Farm One Day I'm A Little Teapot I'm A Nut Jig Jog Johnny Works With One Hammer Kangaroo Skippy Roo Ladybird, Ladybird Lazy Mary Lightly Row Li'l Liza Jane Little Sally Water My Hat My Paddle O Christmas Tree Oh How The Lovely Is The Evening Old Mother Hubbard One Elephant One Potato One Two Buckle My Shoe Peace Round See-Saw Margery Daw Simple Simon Soft Kitty Star Light Teddy Bear Ten Little Pigs The Cuckoo and the Donkey The Farmer in The Dell Land of The Silver Birch There Was A Crooked Man There Was A Princess Long Ago This Little Light of Mine This Little Pig Went to Market This Old Man Three Blue Pigeons Three Little Kittens Tommy Thumb Too Ra Loo ra Loo Ral Trees Grow Tall Two Little Blackbirds Sitting on a Hill Two Little Dicky Birds When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears Where Is Thumbkin? Why Doesn't My Goose