Hello! There’s really no difference. You can use red only, green only, or use both. It’s just preference. Stickers help in memorizing the position of tines. It’s mainly for people that use kalimba tablatures for playing, but I found that it still helps me even though I use letter notation. Bottomline is it helps develop muscle memory (similar idea to why piano has black keys instead of just having all white). Hope this info helped!
Very new to the kalimba. May be a silly question, but how do you know where to put the stickers? Thanks for any help! I have a 21 key kalimba in F Major.
Hello! It’s not a silly question at all. If your Kalimba came with a booklet or any instruction manual, I would check if there is a visual similar to what I’m showing in 1:08 of this video. In any case, the placement is arbitrary. What I did here is just the convention and not by any means the only way to do it.
Hello! That’s a totally valid question. It is optional. It just helps train your muscle memory on where each note is. I’ve heard of people who remove them once they develop that muscle memory. Hope this helps :)
Some people use washi tape, which can easily be found in online stores or art stores, but I haven’t seen one that didn’t come with stickers. The book came with the Kalimba as well.
It helps differentiate the keys faster. It’s a similar idea as to why piano has black keys and guitar has frets. 😊 A lot of kalimba players remove the stickers once they develop muscle memory.
not a kalimba player, but i assume it's much the same with markings on some frets in guitar in other words, it allows players to quickly identify which chord is which
Wouldn't using the whole red sticker help if you need to tune it? Would show where the end of the key was when it was in tune.
what is the difference between the red stickers and green stickers? and why is it good to use them?
Hello! There’s really no difference. You can use red only, green only, or use both. It’s just preference. Stickers help in memorizing the position of tines. It’s mainly for people that use kalimba tablatures for playing, but I found that it still helps me even though I use letter notation. Bottomline is it helps develop muscle memory (similar idea to why piano has black keys instead of just having all white). Hope this info helped!
I much lrefer your shortened stickwrs! Thanks for the idea! :)
IS THERE BOOKLET OR A DOWNLOAD HOW TO PUT ON STICKERS
Thank you for the tutorial! There were great tips for beginner! ❤️
Thank you! I appreciate it.
Someone help 😖
My numbers are different. Yours says C1, but mines say C2, and I’m super confused.
Mine is C1 dont worry just put the sticker on C2 :)
@@mrsb09 thank you for replying! I found out that my Kalimba was actually in the Key of B, which was why the stickers were different
Your c4 is my c1 .... it’s numbered different
@⌈P a r a c x s m⌋ 👍 yes
I have an idea now on what i want the colors to be.Ill buy a kalimba and stiker paper first.
That’s awesome! A kalimba usually comes with red and green plain stickers, but I’ve definitely seen people get creative and even use washi tapes.
My stickers and keys don't say c4. They're all c1
I honestly don’t get why the stickers are not put at c1, c2, c3 this would help find the octaves better?
Maybe use the green one to differentiate for yours. We all have different logic. You'll still learn what your after.
Thanks for this video. I really appreciate the help!
Very new to the kalimba. May be a silly question, but how do you know where to put the stickers? Thanks for any help! I have a 21 key kalimba in F Major.
Hello! It’s not a silly question at all. If your Kalimba came with a booklet or any instruction manual, I would check if there is a visual similar to what I’m showing in 1:08 of this video. In any case, the placement is arbitrary. What I did here is just the convention and not by any means the only way to do it.
Thank you. I used your video for set up. I appreciate you.
That’s awesome!! I’m glad I could help ☺️
This was very helpful. Thanks for sharing!
Wait- why do you need to add the red stickers? Is it optional? (im sorry if im being dumb)
Hello! That’s a totally valid question. It is optional. It just helps train your muscle memory on where each note is. I’ve heard of people who remove them once they develop that muscle memory. Hope this helps :)
@@rjcovers7105 thank you so much this helped alot :D
Hey um if your own Kalimba doesn’t come with stickers where can you find them, also what book were u using?
Some people use washi tape, which can easily be found in online stores or art stores, but I haven’t seen one that didn’t come with stickers. The book came with the Kalimba as well.
well done!
Why do you need to mark those tho
It helps differentiate the keys faster. It’s a similar idea as to why piano has black keys and guitar has frets. 😊 A lot of kalimba players remove the stickers once they develop muscle memory.
This video is pretty helpful! I like that you make them shorter!
I’m glad this was helpful for you. Thanks for watching!
I have green stickers and small
what do the red stickers do?
not a kalimba player, but i assume it's much the same with markings on some frets in guitar
in other words, it allows players to quickly identify which chord is which
Thanks for the tutorial! I’m actually still a beginner! ❤