Thursday, August 7, 2008
The Chromatic Kalimba
Practicing the Right Hand

Kalimba tablature runs from the bottom of the page up to the top. The tablature has a space for each tine. Tablature for the chromatic kalimba represents the front 15 whole note tines with white tines, while the gray-shaded tines represent the chromatic tines that are on the back side of the physical kalimba.

Tablature showing simple exercise that teaches the right hand the chromatic notes

Download the KTabS file for this exercise

Visit KTabS to download a trial version of KTabS to play this file on your computer.

In this exercise, we make a little bit of music that will teach the right hand how the chromatic notes are layed out on the front/right and back/left. Play this over and over until your right index finger learns how to find the notes. Remember you can always move the chromatic notes around a bit more— until they make total sense to you.

More Chromatic Kalimba resources

You can purchase the Hugh Tracey Chromatic Kalimba at the Kalimba Magic Online Shop.

 

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