Your English it's so easy to understand, and that's very important to us who don't have English as mother tongue, cause the most part of kalimba's channels are in English too, but they are too fast. Thank you very much for your content, it helps me a lot. Love from Brazil!
@@missjackson8634 oh that's so cool to know! Do you want me to add any specific subtitles? I have been receiving requests of different languages and i can always add any you would prefer. :) Another thing is that i find it so timely for you to notice my speaking because i must confess, i think i speak too slow? So thank you for shining a light on it that it's actually okay 😊 ❤️ Oooh! Then be sure to have a pasta and coke zero party within the week, okay? :)
@@TipsKalimba Noooo! I think it's really cool that you talk paused, because we understand better! And don't worry about it, if anyone understands the English language better and wants to speed up a bit, TH-cam has that Speed Tool. For me, it's perfect, it's the best channel to learn. About language, here in Brazil we speak Portuguese. It would be really cool if you could add this legend, besides Brazil, other countries like, Angola, Portugal, and many others speak that language too! It could increase your range, even! Thank you so much for the affection and attention you give to this! May God bless and protect you and your entire family! ☺️☺️☺️
@@missjackson8634 you have such a beautiful outlook on things. And that's just so special. Well, i will surely start including this beautiful language of Portuguese then. :) Thank you again for taking the time to voice out and write all these for me. Thank you so much, my friend. 🥰
Ei, eu sou do Brasil também! Concordo contigo, o inglês dela é bem fácil de entender. Comprei minha kalimba sexta e não vejo a hora de chegar, enquanto isso vou treinando por um app no celular. Onde você comprou a sua?
OMG! It was by accident I saw this new instrument and started to study more about it to make a decision. You are an awesome tutor with loads of patience and a sweet tone that is well-paced with a simple English language. The other best thing I admired in you was a prayer of blessing for the unknown viewers. Thank you so much for your online lessons! May you be utilised for His glory!
me: watching the video, super interested her: what's your favorite food? celebrate it :D me: *starts sobbing* Thank you, you're the sweetest person I've ever seen
I am a visual type of person but when it comes to music, I am more of the numbers. I can read and memorize them easily than the tablatures and letters. Thanks for your tips and tutorials. 😊
YOU ARE SUCH A NICE, PATIENT AND PEACEFUL ANGEL AND I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'M LEARNING AND FINALLY PLAYING BETTER MY KALIMBA. STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY 😭❤❤❤🌻🌻🌻
@@simpforchoijisu.3234 I didn't buy it yet since I don't know how to play the tablature (it's kinda hard find the songs that I like or tutorials and I'm trying to learn with an online kalimba) But I still plan to buy it someday xD
@@HitsujiSoares You can buy it and just "discover" with your ears and just simple experimentation. Soon you'll be able to pick out simple tunes. Then soon you'll add a note here and there. With a kalimba in your hands, you can start, as Robin says, to discover your best learning style, or, just keep playing by ear if that's how you want to continue. Or, did you already buy one and start playing? I hope so! 😊😊😊
I just stumbled across your channel, and I'm glad there's someone who really wants to help. You'd definitely make a great teacher! Your speed and articulation is perfect for us(didn't had to turn on the subtitles haha). You take care of yourself, my friend. Lots of love.
Hahahah so true! But that's what i know better so just imagine how it must be 😅, but because of that i created my own, plus! Part of this kalimba mini course i will be teaching how to make numbers to letters to tablatures 🥰
Woaaaah! So cool Mykel! When you write tabs on your videos, i think if my memory is right, you use letters? Yup, i want to love numbers but apparently di niya ako bet hahahaha! Aww yes, peace and love to you too my Friend. God is good!
Im finally getting a Kalimba, and i would like to say THANK YOU for all of these tips you teach us. im binge watching your vids to learn more about the Kalimba.❤❤❤
I really wanna make a tab with my own but I still couldn't find the right note, I try to use piano tab but I don't really understand how ~ Btw I usually use letter notation to practice ~
Hi Nisa! Well, I'm glad to tell you that this is actually a part of a 10 part series that i have designed to teach how to create your own tabs. We will go through all of those in the coming discussions so i hope you stay tuned for it. :)
@@TipsKalimba Ofc.... I always excited everytime you post a formative video ~ the way you express your video with smile always make me feel at ease and make me understand better ~ tq very much for always take your time to share a video like this and always make me fall with this beautiful instrument everytime ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@Nisaaaaaaa23 aww Nisa, that means so much! Thank you for opening this up, hearing these words makes me more energized to share and to create things to make your kalimba playing easier. Wow, i really appreciate you and what you said. 😭🥰♥️
Aww. Thank you for appreciating that. I do my best to be here for all of you by responding as time permits. Thank you for the encouragement, Rajitha! 🥰❤️
i'm more of a tablature person, but i can't seem to find a site that only gives out tablatures so it's hard for me cuz i can't understand the letters and numbers.
From chicken to dog... you have them all.... amazing LOL.... what's next? a goat maybe? hahahaha, you are indeed a vibrant person hahahaha... just kidding, don't be angry, I like watching your video as I my self just started learning this Kalimba about 2 months ago now, still a lot for me to learn hence I like to stalk those Kalimba related videos from around the tubes...
Hahahahha! Genius! That made me so grateful for the animals here. At LEAST they are not goats, pigs or cows. Wow that would be really loud in a weird yet adorable way i assume. 😆 oooh cool! What kalimba do you have as of now? ☺️
@@TipsKalimba a beginner/new-comer like me only have 3 Kalimba now and 1 is still on the way from China (the TOM Kalimba). 3 kalimba, 1st is the hollow type, C-Tune, no brand Chinese made OEM, the problem with this is the 2 highest key on the left and the right, it's sucks, the rest are decent. 2nd is the Gecko K17CAP like what you also have now. 3rd is another no brand Chinese made OEM, flat type, C-Tune, I use this to experiment with the Kalimba chain thingy. Hopefully the Tom Kalimba can arrive soon.
@@DavidJohnShewsbury woaaah that's quite a number you got there then :) yup totally agree with you there. One of the common complains with hollow kalimbas are the high keys huh? But wow, you got a good one on the Gecko17cap. The keys are way different huh? Well, tell me how it goes when your new kalimba arrives,:)
Please take note that I'm just a beginner/newcomer in this kalimba world, still a lot for me to learn and still need to train harder to get better, so dont expect anything great on my video recording >___
Love how patient and kind u sound. You explained this all very well. Your prayer at the end was also very lovely. You seem like a very warm and genuine person. Loving ur channel so far and I have already subscribed.
Your videos are always well done and extremely helpful! Thank you. I'd like to offer an observation about the difference between using the numbers and the letter notations to read the music. *The numbers have a pattern that can be helpful to follow. There is a logical pattern of how the numbers are placed on the tine board.* I am not normally drawn to remembering random numbers but I am drawn to remembering patterns. One needs to have a basic understanding of the letter notations and their placement on sheet music in order to recognize a pattern on this instrument. A beginner with no music knowledge could learn quite quickly by using the number notations. Just a thought...
Thank you so much. I needed this video because I wasn’t sure if I should memorize both the numbers and letters and it was so hard… I’m definitely a numbers person. I can’t remember or read the tablature well even though I am a visual learner for the most part haha.
This helps sooo much!! I've had kalimba for over a year and only played few songs by ear because I couldn't find any good kalimba lessons. Your videos are very easy to understand and not too long or short or complicated. Thank you! 😊
awww, i appreciate that! did you know that it took me 8 months to also finally learn and discover all of this? which is why i share all these so that you and other kalimba enthusiasts can learn way faster than i did :D
I like the numbers because it's really easy to remember for me. The alphabets are better for the real piano. These are just my opinion. don't judge me. I am a beginner.
omg My first language is Spanish but I understand you so perfectly I started to wat h your videos bc I have a kalimba and I want to learn how to play it your voice is so soothing btw 🥰 Thank you c:
Awww. That is so cool! Well, just in case we have subtitles also available if the words seem too deep. Wow, Congratulations on that! So Happy for you 😍
You are so wholesome! Thank you for being so patient and sweet. Thanks to your videos I decided to get my first kalimba!! It arrives next week and I really exited
You can try searching these terms "ktabs", kalimba notation, letter notation, or number notation. Usually this will bring you to notes our kalimba family has made :) ❤️
I’ve just learned there are TWO methods in tablature for 17 tine kalimbas. There’s the 5-painted tines of April Yang (2017) and the 6-painted tines of Hugh Tracey (2007). Oh, my! Now, looking for instruction books, having tablature, it seems I have to pay close attention to which method is being offered!
I just got my kalimba few days ago...it did'nt come with music book...can you please help me where can i get a copy for a beginner...i am more of a number reader. Just want to enjoy my senior year. Thank you so much. Stay safe everyone.🌻🌻🌻
I am a dumbest person... Just after heartbreak I realize that only music can help me to heal.. So I entered the whole new world.. Plz help me to go thought in my journey.
thansk for the wisdom you share, you got me really pating attention and thinking about my way to learn and see the world. my favorite food is ravioli and i love some mango juice! hugs for you and for the dogs who are celebrating!!!🎉🎉🎉
I could watch you all day. Ok where do you live, I need some 1on 1😉 I don't have a photographic memory but I'd recognise your face and voice anywhere, beautiful, thanks for the tuition.
I get the impression that the kalimba is similar to the harmonica in that people think it's a toy and "easy" to play. It's not just a toy...It's a real musical instrument that requires learning and practicing. It's not easy peasy. But it takes time and effort and an understanding of music.
Coming from the piano, I can't use the letters on a kalimba because they are jumbled up and not in the same order. Using the number system is easier, but I also wish the numbers were 1-17 with odds on one side and evens on the other. The dot symbols are hard to keep up with when they switch evens and odds.
Still not sure what way's best for me to learn. I like the visual of someone actually playing and looking the finger placements, but somehow when I try to follow tabs, I find it confusing and sometimes have to count which tine it is. So far, besides a few songs I am trying to "copy" just by looking at the videos in slow motion and looking at where the fingers are, I have just been going by trial an error to replicate songs that I like. Hopefully one day I can play them in one shot without any mistakes. I also need to try to embellish them and not just replicate the melody alone.
I would be listening to my lecture classes so well if you are the one delivering the lecture :D You make learning so much fun and joyful urghhhhh love it so much ! !
I luv to read something that in front of my eyes, but if its about understanding n memorizing things, i think I'm more to numbers, bc i learn my first kalimba song from numbers, n somehow i can memorize it like an hour or two, luv u ! But not for fast song :(
@@TipsKalimba I'm sure she will, her birthday is next week. She already plays the piano so I'm sure she'll love the kalimba. Plus, she's five months pregnant and having a small instrument she can play anywhere will help her stress levels.
Woaaaah! I'm just amazed that you discovered that. Now you can use this to your advantage to be better in playing the kalimba, even if it's virtual. :)
I’m used to letters because it’s the same with flute 🤷🏼♀️. If you can play flute and keyboard that’s pretty much it for kalimba. Those numbers are confusing af tbh.. to me at least.
My favorite food is vegetable soup. I am waiting for my first Kalimba, it should arrive in a few days. Thank you very much, Robin, I am already getting ready with your videos and they have been very useful!
I am just overwhelmed with all of the decisions to make about The Columbus boxes what kind of Box what kind of Columbia what kind of times then you have to learn how to tune it then you have to learn how to play the music you have to learn how to read music before you even get to learn a song or really enjoy it
i found the tabs easier since i listen to the notes and i played this game before, o2jam, and i realized my fingers still have the muscle memory of songs being played there. you made me buy the instrument since you're helping a lot ☺ hopefully i can be as good as you in the future.
Hi Ana! Ugh i love it! And that is exactly the beauty of tablatures, andy you can definitely use that experience you have and apply it here on the kalimba. Ugh i am so excited for you in your Kalimba Adventure. I know that you can be as good as you want to be if you choose to. 🥰❤️
Sa tingin ko sa letters ako.. Nung nakakita kasi ako how they play kalimba tru letters na hikayat na ako,kaya ito waiting na ako sa kalimba ko na order 😍 im sooo excited na. Tapos lagi na ako nanunuod ng mga videos mo para may idea na ako pag nag start.
Mas okay sakin tablatures kasi feeling ko nakatingin lang din ako sa kalimba ko then sinusundan ko lang. Yun nga lang gusto ko din matutunan yung 😩 pag napakinggan ko lang yung kanta eh matutugtog ko na.
Same tayo, tablatures din madali para sakin kasi alam na ung pwesto. Well, try mo mag create ng sarili mong tabs kasi nakakahasa ito para magawa ung "napakingan lang, matutugtog na". Try mo siya. 🥰❤️
☕🍳 uh, HELLO ! Well, first of all, I'm Brazilian, and if anything goes wrong, it's my translator's fault. Well, I would like to say that your "classes" have been very useful to me! by the way i love your english 💖 And lastly, I wanted to say that I bought a kalimba and I'm dying to get there! Thank you so much for your wonderful videos S2
@@TipsKalimba I took a 17-Key kalimba! She's really cute :D At the time of choosing I was full of doubts, but then I found your channel and it helped me a lot to choose
My favorite food is Cherries and drink is strawberry lemonade! I ask for a kalimba for my 45th birthday to reach my 2020 goal of trying something new this year
Oh my goodness! That's just adorable! Well, it's definetly a celebration then. Happy birthday, Kristy. That's such a beautiful goal of trying something new, and for choosing it to be the kalimba. Wow. Thank you for sharing that with me. 🥰
So happy that ur videos came in my recommendation. Just now learning about the instrument and I'm already loving it and ur clear and sweet explanations. But can I learn it even if I haven't learn any other instruments? And which one do you recommend for beginners? Love from India 💜
Hi Surya! Wow! So glad that we found each other then :) Honestly YES. This channel is also created for people like us who has the kalimba as the very first instrument. And I'm sure if you are really passionate to learn this, you will be able to. 😉
@@TipsKalimba sure I'm so into learning but due to lockdown online shopping is not available. I'm just trying to learn from Virtual kalimba out of curiosity. Can you please send link of your recommended kalimba? That would be so helpful. lots of love💜
I have a question. My kalimba arrived but it came with no numbers nor letters. Thanks to you I discovered I am a letter person. I am not sure if there's a way to write on it without harm my kalimba 😣 Perhaps you already answer this question in another's video. Well, thanks for you help!!
Regular isopropyl alcohol easily wipes even permanent marker ink off the tines. Then just wipe the tines with a soft, clean, dry cloth. It all works beautifully and is much quicker, cleaner, and more versatile than stickers.
I bought kalimba with B tunes. So far I just put numbers on it. I want to put letters but i don't know if I put letters, should I put it as b key or c key? I saw your vid lesson how you transpose song what a wonderful world, you just put the c key (c d e f g ) on b kalimba.While the letters key on b kalimba include sharp key b c# d# e and so on. I don't want to tune up my B kalimba to c because start on c6 the sound doesn't come out well
Well, here is the thing, you can keep it at b and place "c stickers" on it as long as you are still aware of its original tuning. Next point is that scaling will be different and quite more complicated since the B tone has a lot of #s in it So like what you have seen, the remedy there is to transpose the song chords always to C to still be able to play it on your current Kalimba tuning. Would you be interested in me making this a video? :)
Thank you for sharing this. I got my very first Kalimba for my 35th birthday recentally. I don't know anything about it other than what I've leavened some from watching TH-cam videos. Thanks to TH-cam tutorials I was able to teach myself how to play Ukulele 4 ulcers ago and I took to it fast. Playing 5 songs in my first week. Kalimba seems to be more challenging due to SO MANY keys. And one thing that is helpful if your more of a letters person and trying to remember the letter goes to each string on a guitar is come.up with a saying or think of someone's name yoir close too. For example, the holds on a Ukulele starting with the top 4th chord is G, next down is C, then next down is E, and the last string which is the 1st string and bottom chord is A. So you need to remember in order sequence from top to bottom... G, C, E, A.... It cooluld be something like Good for G C for Children E for Eat A for apples Put it together... Good children eat apples. So if you are a LETTER PERSON, try doing this with your Kalimba keys. Though I do very very well with tablature and letters on my Ukuellee and Guitar. I do t think I can say the same thing for the Kalimba. Yes Om a beginner, but ai can already see that using numbers to count by and work is far more easier.on the Kalimba. Especially when I follow certain exercise patterns on the Kalimba. And yes even though I'm an avid read and of course I know my alphabet, I cannot tell you quickly what number a letter is in an alphabet. I guess cause Ive never praticed learning that. I'm sure I could but I don't care too... However, I'm very good at numbers and in my minds eye I can see those numbers and where they are suppose to be and if I'm following a certain number sequence in a beginner Kalimba song or exercise, I can follow the numbers more easily because I'm also counting them in my head and I know where they are suppose to be. Sure since alot of the numbers are mixed up, I'm having to learn to think numbers left to right spilt up with also octave higher numbers with it. My husband also wants to learn to play the Kalimba. I'm not sure which way he will prefer. But once I show him how I remember with numbers, he may see a way to make it easier for him to remember. Like when I learned a few beginner songs. There is no way I would have remembered the tablature and what notes to press just by looking at it several.times and then not looking anymore. For me, I broke the song down. Practicing over and over again line line of the song first. Building up muscle memory in my thumbs kind of like how I did when I learned to play Ukulele only I closed my eyes after forming a chord in the right position and focused on how my hand felt and even later held the position my hand made to form that chord and look at it as if it was hand sign language and I was using my hand to show what chord to play. I built up muscle memory. And by doing this I was soon able to play Ukulele and guitar without looking at the strings anymore because ai was using my minds eye for it... Now with Kalimba, if I want to play a song I just learned, I don't picture the tablature or the chord letters. I picture the numbers and I each sentence in the song is like a new phone number to memorize. Andis you break down the song and play small parts of it over and over and over it helps you remember and pretty soon your able to to look at the number and no where to go from there so it does get easier and less complicated in your head. So for me, the numbers seem much more easier to follow. But it can be alittle confusing. I'm not exactly sure what a professional Kalimba player would say in what exercises should I do to help me remember where all the numbers are on my kalimba without having to SEE the numbers on there. The problem is, your eyes having to be fast and quick to go lef to right constantly trying to make sure both your thumbs hit the right key. So therefore you do need to learn the nunber sequence on kalimba. But how would a professional suggest you to do that? Any ideas or advice to share I'd love to hear it. Also is there any other youtube channels that are great in teaching beginners I should look up for my husband and I? And is there any song books that teach both number and letter notations for each song and maybe comes with a DVD tutorial of several songs to learn to play? I've downloaded Gstrings to tune my kalimba but it's not as accurate at times. What would you suggest is the very best digital tuner to buy for kalimba that hooks on to it? I downloaded Sound Brennor metronome app. Cause you apparently need a metronome to help you practice playing your Kalimba in some of these exercises I've been doing at 60 bpm or 80 bpm. (Beats per minute) And you can even create and exercise or song Playlist that has the best already set up. It's nee to me so I don't know alot about it. Also how am I suppose to know what bps my metronome needs to be set to by the song? And I also downloaded the free app Kalimba tabs. It shows both nunber and letter notations plus includes a TH-cam video for you to play along by. You can choose easy or intermediate or hard song. All 3 of these apps are free on Android playstore if yall are interested. If anybody knows any other great free apps please share with me.
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Your English it's so easy to understand, and that's very important to us who don't have English as mother tongue, cause the most part of kalimba's channels are in English too, but they are too fast.
Thank you very much for your content, it helps me a lot.
Love from Brazil!
Ah, and my favorite food it's pasta, and drinks it's zero coke haha
@@missjackson8634 oh that's so cool to know! Do you want me to add any specific subtitles? I have been receiving requests of different languages and i can always add any you would prefer. :)
Another thing is that i find it so timely for you to notice my speaking because i must confess, i think i speak too slow? So thank you for shining a light on it that it's actually okay 😊 ❤️
Oooh! Then be sure to have a pasta and coke zero party within the week, okay? :)
@@TipsKalimba Noooo! I think it's really cool that you talk paused, because we understand better! And don't worry about it, if anyone understands the English language better and wants to speed up a bit, TH-cam has that Speed Tool. For me, it's perfect, it's the best channel to learn. About language, here in Brazil we speak Portuguese. It would be really cool if you could add this legend, besides Brazil, other countries like, Angola, Portugal, and many others speak that language too! It could increase your range, even! Thank you so much for the affection and attention you give to this!
May God bless and protect you and your entire family!
☺️☺️☺️
@@missjackson8634 you have such a beautiful outlook on things. And that's just so special. Well, i will surely start including this beautiful language of Portuguese then. :)
Thank you again for taking the time to voice out and write all these for me.
Thank you so much, my friend. 🥰
Ei, eu sou do Brasil também! Concordo contigo, o inglês dela é bem fácil de entender. Comprei minha kalimba sexta e não vejo a hora de chegar, enquanto isso vou treinando por um app no celular. Onde você comprou a sua?
I love how calm and sweet your voice is 😍💖
Aww. So glad you find it calming, Cyrra. Hopefully you learn more from all this. Wishing you all the best. 🥰
@@TipsKalimba Thank you po! 💕
Feels like I'm watching ASMR😁😊
Hahahaha! If you notice my eyes are a bit teary too from trying to stay awake. 😆
especially when she scratches her forearm in the beginning
Is it bad that I only rely on my ear and my muscle memory? I can't memorize both.
Oh that's totally fine 😊
OMG! It was by accident I saw this new instrument and started to study more about it to make a decision. You are an awesome tutor with loads of patience and a sweet tone that is well-paced with a simple English language. The other best thing I admired in you was a prayer of blessing for the unknown viewers. Thank you so much for your online lessons! May you be utilised for His glory!
Aww i love that message you said. Especially the last lines. So nice to meet you, Sarguna. And welcome to the kalimba family! ❤️🥰
me: watching the video, super interested
her: what's your favorite food? celebrate it :D
me: *starts sobbing*
Thank you, you're the sweetest person I've ever seen
hahaha! Juli i love this dialogue :))) now i want to eat too!❤️
I am a visual type of person but when it comes to music, I am more of the numbers. I can read and memorize them easily than the tablatures and letters. Thanks for your tips and tutorials. 😊
Oooh! That's so cool! I am really challenged with numbers, so knowing that you memorize it good is just amazing to me. 😍
YOU ARE SUCH A NICE, PATIENT AND PEACEFUL ANGEL AND I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'M LEARNING AND FINALLY PLAYING BETTER MY KALIMBA. STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY 😭❤❤❤🌻🌻🌻
Oh my! My eyes got all teary when you said that you are playing your kalimba better because of all these. Aww. I am so happy for you. Much love! 🥰
I'm really thinking about buy a kalimba and you're helping me a lot! Thank you :D
Aww! That makes me so happy to hear! I know you will enjoy it. ❤️
You should! I bought one and I don't regret it at all! I bought the acrylic one tho.
@@simpforchoijisu.3234 I didn't buy it yet since I don't know how to play the tablature (it's kinda hard find the songs that I like or tutorials and I'm trying to learn with an online kalimba)
But I still plan to buy it someday xD
@@HitsujiSoares You can buy it and just "discover" with your ears and just simple experimentation. Soon you'll be able to pick out simple tunes. Then soon you'll add a note here and there. With a kalimba in your hands, you can start, as Robin says, to discover your best learning style, or, just keep playing by ear if that's how you want to continue.
Or, did you already buy one and start playing? I hope so! 😊😊😊
I just stumbled across your channel, and I'm glad there's someone who really wants to help. You'd definitely make a great teacher! Your speed and articulation is perfect for us(didn't had to turn on the subtitles haha).
You take care of yourself, my friend. Lots of love.
Aww thank you so much for saying that. It's really heart-warming 🥰
Take care too, Shashwat, lots of love ❤️
Imo tablatures are hard to find compared to letters (?) 😂
Hahahah so true! But that's what i know better so just imagine how it must be 😅, but because of that i created my own, plus! Part of this kalimba mini course i will be teaching how to make numbers to letters to tablatures 🥰
@@TipsKalimba do u have any video of this ate??? Thank u po
Kalimba notation reader here both numbers and letters!!! Thanks for another informative video regarding Kalimba! Peace love and God bless my friend ❤️
Woaaaah! So cool Mykel! When you write tabs on your videos, i think if my memory is right, you use letters? Yup, i want to love numbers but apparently di niya ako bet hahahaha! Aww yes, peace and love to you too my Friend. God is good!
Im finally getting a Kalimba,
and i would like to say THANK YOU for all of these tips you teach us. im binge watching your vids to learn more about the Kalimba.❤❤❤
Oooh! That's so cool! Which Kalimba won your "yes"? 😍❤️
@@TipsKalimba The acrylic kalimba! I LOVE THE SOFT SOUNDS that it makes.❤
I really wanna make a tab with my own but I still couldn't find the right note, I try to use piano tab but I don't really understand how ~ Btw I usually use letter notation to practice ~
Hi Nisa! Well, I'm glad to tell you that this is actually a part of a 10 part series that i have designed to teach how to create your own tabs. We will go through all of those in the coming discussions so i hope you stay tuned for it. :)
@@TipsKalimba Ofc.... I always excited everytime you post a formative video ~ the way you express your video with smile always make me feel at ease and make me understand better ~ tq very much for always take your time to share a video like this and always make me fall with this beautiful instrument everytime ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@Nisaaaaaaa23 aww Nisa, that means so much! Thank you for opening this up, hearing these words makes me more energized to share and to create things to make your kalimba playing easier. Wow, i really appreciate you and what you said. 😭🥰♥️
What I mostly like about you is that you answer every comment.
And also thank you for helping me to learn more about kalimba and how to play 🤗🤗🤗
Aww. Thank you for appreciating that. I do my best to be here for all of you by responding as time permits. Thank you for the encouragement, Rajitha! 🥰❤️
This sure is a tough nut to crack but sincerely appreciate the in-depth breakdown
Well, if you had a photographic memory, you wouldn't necessarily choose tablature because you can remember anything, so you could use either.
Visual 4sure! Wonderful video.. Thanks:)
i'm more of a tablature person, but i can't seem to find a site that only gives out tablatures so it's hard for me cuz i can't understand the letters and numbers.
You are such a joy to watch with your positive attitude. You are a star 🌟 🤩 ✨️
I use numbers and letters. Much easier to read. Tabs is…hard to keep track of.
yours is the first video that has helped me understand what I am doing, and not randomly memorising notes. You're such a wonderful teacher!
Aww i love that! Especially what
You said "not randomly memorising" that's such a powerful statement. Thank you for this message of yours 🥰
I don't know why but it feels like you're my friend and we're having a conversation😌 (also, thank you!!)
Awww i really like that. Well, we may not see each other in person but i love that friend idea 🥰❤️
mah teacher during Christmas Break hehe👀
Hahahaahha! At your service 😆❤️
From chicken to dog... you have them all.... amazing LOL.... what's next? a goat maybe? hahahaha, you are indeed a vibrant person hahahaha... just kidding, don't be angry, I like watching your video as I my self just started learning this Kalimba about 2 months ago now, still a lot for me to learn hence I like to stalk those Kalimba related videos from around the tubes...
Hahahahha! Genius! That made me so grateful for the animals here. At LEAST they are not goats, pigs or cows. Wow that would be really loud in a weird yet adorable way i assume. 😆 oooh cool! What kalimba do you have as of now? ☺️
@@TipsKalimba a beginner/new-comer like me only have 3 Kalimba now and 1 is still on the way from China (the TOM Kalimba). 3 kalimba, 1st is the hollow type, C-Tune, no brand Chinese made OEM, the problem with this is the 2 highest key on the left and the right, it's sucks, the rest are decent. 2nd is the Gecko K17CAP like what you also have now. 3rd is another no brand Chinese made OEM, flat type, C-Tune, I use this to experiment with the Kalimba chain thingy. Hopefully the Tom Kalimba can arrive soon.
@@DavidJohnShewsbury woaaah that's quite a number you got there then :) yup totally agree with you there. One of the common complains with hollow kalimbas are the high keys huh? But wow, you got a good one on the Gecko17cap. The keys are way different huh? Well, tell me how it goes when your new kalimba arrives,:)
@@DavidJohnShewsbury okay so i just googled the TOM kalimba and now... I want one 😆 so please please tell me if it's everything we imagine in to be 😆
Please take note that I'm just a beginner/newcomer in this kalimba world, still a lot for me to learn and still need to train harder to get better, so dont expect anything great on my video recording >___
Love how patient and kind u sound. You explained this all very well. Your prayer at the end was also very lovely. You seem like a very warm and genuine person. Loving ur channel so far and I have already subscribed.
When I tried learning guitar many years ago, I couldn't read chords to save my life but loved tabs. I'm hoping I will be able to with my Kalimba too.
Let's hope for it!
Your videos are always well done and extremely helpful! Thank you.
I'd like to offer an observation about the difference between using the numbers and the letter notations to read the music.
*The numbers have a pattern that can be helpful to follow. There is a logical pattern of how the numbers are placed on the tine board.*
I am not normally drawn to remembering random numbers but I am drawn to remembering patterns.
One needs to have a basic understanding of the letter notations and their placement on sheet music in order to recognize a pattern on this instrument.
A beginner with no music knowledge could learn quite quickly by using the number notations.
Just a thought...
Thank you so much. I needed this video because I wasn’t sure if I should memorize both the numbers and letters and it was so hard… I’m definitely a numbers person. I can’t remember or read the tablature well even though I am a visual learner for the most part haha.
This helps sooo much!! I've had kalimba for over a year and only played few songs by ear because I couldn't find any good kalimba lessons. Your videos are very easy to understand and not too long or short or complicated. Thank you! 😊
awww, i appreciate that! did you know that it took me 8 months to also finally learn and discover all of this? which is why i share all these so that you and other kalimba enthusiasts can learn way faster than i did :D
I can do both key numbers and note letters, but I prefer numbers because if I remember the letters I don’t remember the octave of the note.😅
Woah! That's so cool! You must be really good, huh? I do more of the tablatures just because i don't remember things so well. 😆
I like the numbers because it's really easy to remember for me. The alphabets are better for the real piano. These are just my opinion. don't judge me. I am a beginner.
omg My first language is Spanish but I understand you so perfectly
I started to wat h your videos bc I have a kalimba and I want to learn how to play it
your voice is so soothing btw 🥰
Thank you c:
Awww. That is so cool! Well, just in case we have subtitles also available if the words seem too deep. Wow, Congratulations on that! So Happy for you 😍
You are so wholesome! Thank you for being so patient and sweet. Thanks to your videos I decided to get my first kalimba!! It arrives next week and I really exited
Aaah! Congratulations! And thank you for your kind words. Which Kalimba are you waiting on? 😍
@@TipsKalimba the white one that you recommended on your "which one should I get" video :) but in natural wood color. 💖
I know im late...but I JUST MADE MANGO FLOAT.Yay my favourite dessert😋😂And also love all ur videos...stay safe💖
I'm a beginner in playing instrument.. and I don't know what will I used for kalimba notes to play.. looking forward for more info videos of you.😊
You can try searching these terms "ktabs", kalimba notation, letter notation, or number notation. Usually this will bring you to notes our kalimba family has made :) ❤️
Thank you. I will try..
Tell me how it goes. Or join kalimba groups on facebook. There's a lot there :)
Thank you so much for the tips..
What is your nationality??? Btw I love your videos so mucchhh!!♥️ I learned a lot from your videos
I’ve just learned there are TWO methods in tablature for 17 tine kalimbas. There’s the 5-painted tines of April Yang (2017) and the 6-painted tines of Hugh Tracey (2007). Oh, my! Now, looking for instruction books, having tablature, it seems I have to pay close attention to which method is being offered!
I just got my kalimba few days ago...it did'nt come with music book...can you please help me where can i get a copy for a beginner...i am more of a number reader. Just want to enjoy my senior year. Thank you so much. Stay safe everyone.🌻🌻🌻
I am a dumbest person... Just after heartbreak I realize that only music can help me to heal.. So I entered the whole new world.. Plz help me to go thought in my journey.
thansk for the wisdom you share, you got me really pating attention and thinking about my way to learn and see the world. my favorite food is ravioli and i love some mango juice! hugs for you and for the dogs who are celebrating!!!🎉🎉🎉
I could watch you all day.
Ok where do you live, I need some 1on 1😉 I don't have a photographic memory but I'd recognise your face and voice anywhere, beautiful, thanks for the tuition.
Thank you so muchhh, I understand you and your english is so soothing, and I'm a beginner and my mom bought me a Kimi Kalimba
Oooh! I love the kimi kalimba too! It's so dreamy and romantic. 🥰
I clicked this seeking for Kalimba tips but now I got extra therapy thank you so much
I clicked this seeking for Kalimba tips but now I got extra therapy thank you so much
sweetest lady that I ever seen
I appreciate that 😊❤️
Uh, I love Japanese food! And I also love soda. Did you know that here in Brazil there is a soda called soda?
Here soda is "refrigerante"
I get the impression that the kalimba is similar to the harmonica in that people think it's a toy and "easy" to play.
It's not just a toy...It's a real musical instrument that requires learning and practicing. It's not easy peasy. But it takes time and effort and an understanding of music.
Thank you for sharing that insight, Sunny. I do agree with you about that 😄
Thank you for your videos. I like you little dog - he is beautiful and so affectionate. Dear lady, may God bless you and your family and your pets.
Coming from the piano, I can't use the letters on a kalimba because they are jumbled up and not in the same order. Using the number system is easier, but I also wish the numbers were 1-17 with odds on one side and evens on the other. The dot symbols are hard to keep up with when they switch evens and odds.
Still not sure what way's best for me to learn. I like the visual of someone actually playing and looking the finger placements, but somehow when I try to follow tabs, I find it confusing and sometimes have to count which tine it is. So far, besides a few songs I am trying to "copy" just by looking at the videos in slow motion and looking at where the fingers are, I have just been going by trial an error to replicate songs that I like. Hopefully one day I can play them in one shot without any mistakes. I also need to try to embellish them and not just replicate the melody alone.
corned beef is my favorite food! my favorite drink is probably just water tbh
This video helped me to understand more love ur videos
I love that then! Thank you so much for that. :)
I bought my kalimba 2 years ago, don't know how to play it though. Thanks for this video. It helps a lot.
I would be listening to my lecture classes so well if you are the one delivering the lecture :D You make learning so much fun and joyful urghhhhh love it so much ! !
Hahahahah! Oh my goodness this is so adorable! I will share this message of yours. This made me giggle. Thank you so much. 😆🥰❤️
I luv to read something that in front of my eyes, but if its about understanding n memorizing things, i think I'm more to numbers, bc i learn my first kalimba song from numbers, n somehow i can memorize it like an hour or two, luv u ! But not for fast song :(
I just got a Kalimba and my goal is to play worship music. I love that you blessed us at the end. I have subscribed.
your voice is so calming and beautiful and your dog so cute
Thanks for this video and for be so lovely. I love mexican food :) I will cook some tomorrow :) Kisses from Spain.
Can you be my virtual kalimba teacher?im serious please i hope you will reply me asap😊thank you!
can someone please tell me what comes after F3 in F MAJOR SCALE?
Popcorn. REALLY buttery popcorn and pop.
I'm thinking about buying a Kalimba for my wife for Christmas. Your video series has been very helpful. Thanks for uploading.
That's so sweet! I am sure she would love that. 😍
I got one for my sister and myself. I'm super glad they are such reasonable prices.
That's so kind of you to get one for your sister too. I'm sure she appreciates it. 😊
@@TipsKalimba I'm sure she will, her birthday is next week. She already plays the piano so I'm sure she'll love the kalimba. Plus, she's five months pregnant and having a small instrument she can play anywhere will help her stress levels.
That's so cool! I just entered the 7th month the pregnancy yesterday. It will definitely calm her 😉
Why can't it not be notes on lines and spaces that is familiar?
May the Lord bless you as well! Thank you!
And really, your voice is calm and sweet 💖
When I practiced on a virtual kalimba ( just because i dont have a real one yet XD) and i remember letters more than numbers XD
Woaaaah! I'm just amazed that you discovered that. Now you can use this to your advantage to be better in playing the kalimba, even if it's virtual. :)
Yeah hahahaha! Im looking forward to being able to play the real one without trouble when I get it after ECQ. Thanks for noticing me!!
@@lunamalkovitch7439 aww of course! No one goes unnoticed here ❤️
Got a Kalimba in mind? :)
Just that one kalimba I found in Shopee 😂😂
@@lunamalkovitch7439 i love it. All my Kalimbas are from Shopee. Ahahha! Mmm is it the hollow (with hole) or flatboard? :)
My dyslexia could never 🥺😭
Aww I love your voice🥺❤️❤️
Merci vous êtes extraordinaire
Et merci de traduire en français
Ang sweet sweet ng voice mo maam! 🙈♥️😍
Awww! Natouch naman ako sa sinabi mo. 🥰 Kung idedescribe mo voice mo, pano siya?:)
Sorry my phone does not record properly
You're so helpful keep it up! Arigathanks ❤️
Aww thank you so thinking so. Thank you 😄
you're so sweet, thank you😊
My favorite meal? Chinese and Thaï food. My favorite kalimba teacher? You of course! Love you! Kiss from Quebec, Canada! 😘
Awww. That's so sweet, Guylaine. 😍❤️
I’m used to letters because it’s the same with flute 🤷🏼♀️. If you can play flute and keyboard that’s pretty much it for kalimba. Those numbers are confusing af tbh.. to me at least.
Tell me about it, i honestly am not a fan of numbers too 😆
I like sushi and horchata water :3 i love your videos and hope i can soon purchase my own Kalimba :3
Love from México :D
Woaaah! I would love to try Horchata water! That's so new to me! 😍
I'm sending my love to you and to Mexico, all the way from the Philippines ❤️
My favorite food is vegetable soup. I am waiting for my first Kalimba, it should arrive in a few days. Thank you very much, Robin, I am already getting ready with your videos and they have been very useful!
Wow, this made my day. Thank you for sharing this. I'm excited for you 😄
I'm a number guy but I learned piano theory but I remember patterns, too. I'm what you would call a conglomerate kalimba guy!
Oh my, i got to google that term. That's so cool by the way! 😍
I am just overwhelmed with all of the decisions to make about The Columbus boxes what kind of Box what kind of Columbia what kind of times then you have to learn how to tune it then you have to learn how to play the music you have to learn how to read music before you even get to learn a song or really enjoy it
People were able to make choices and decisions. I'm sure you can too if you choose to.
What about solfeo?
i found the tabs easier since i listen to the notes and i played this game before, o2jam, and i realized my fingers still have the muscle memory of songs being played there. you made me buy the instrument since you're helping a lot ☺ hopefully i can be as good as you in the future.
Hi Ana! Ugh i love it! And that is exactly the beauty of tablatures, andy you can definitely use that experience you have and apply it here on the kalimba. Ugh i am so excited for you in your Kalimba Adventure. I know that you can be as good as you want to be if you choose to. 🥰❤️
Su h a sweet fur baby
You are so adorable ❤. Thanks for the tips.
So glad to help!
this looka like an coach
Can you make a simple playlist for biginer ...
It's in the list of my playlists here in the channel. Check them there ❤️
Once a upon a time singer here, I'd probably use all 3 to an extent
I agree. :) And that's really cool if you do.
Sa tingin ko sa letters ako.. Nung nakakita kasi ako how they play kalimba tru letters na hikayat na ako,kaya ito waiting na ako sa kalimba ko na order 😍 im sooo excited na. Tapos lagi na ako nanunuod ng mga videos mo para may idea na ako pag nag start.
aaaah i love it kung ganun. at!~ congraturations kasi narealize and nadiscover mo ano ung okay para sayo :D
cotton candy x
Mas okay sakin tablatures kasi feeling ko nakatingin lang din ako sa kalimba ko then sinusundan ko lang. Yun nga lang gusto ko din matutunan yung 😩 pag napakinggan ko lang yung kanta eh matutugtog ko na.
Same tayo, tablatures din madali para sakin kasi alam na ung pwesto.
Well, try mo mag create ng sarili mong tabs kasi nakakahasa ito para magawa ung "napakingan lang, matutugtog na". Try mo siya. 🥰❤️
Today i want to play kalimba,but i don't know how to start?
That's so cool to know! Well you can check out our playlist for beginners. I made a quick lesson series that i think will help :)
I love you
☕🍳 uh, HELLO ! Well, first of all, I'm Brazilian, and if anything goes wrong, it's my translator's fault.
Well, I would like to say that your "classes" have been very useful to me!
by the way i love your english 💖
And lastly, I wanted to say that I bought a kalimba and I'm dying to get there!
Thank you so much for your wonderful videos S2
Wow! That's so cool to know! I'm glad you are here and that you are getting a kalimba! Which one are you getting? 😍
@@TipsKalimba I took a 17-Key kalimba! She's really cute :D
At the time of choosing I was full of doubts, but then I found your channel and it helped me a lot to choose
Eeeeeeehhhh! 😁😃😅🤩 I like your dog 🐶🤪😁😘😊
Oh si Matoasty! Hahaha yes she's something. The clingiest ever. 🤣❤️😍
My favorite food is Cherries and drink is strawberry lemonade! I ask for a kalimba for my 45th birthday to reach my 2020 goal of trying something new this year
Oh my goodness! That's just adorable! Well, it's definetly a celebration then. Happy birthday, Kristy. That's such a beautiful goal of trying something new, and for choosing it to be the kalimba. Wow. Thank you for sharing that with me. 🥰
Thank You! My Kalimba should arrive on Mother's Day
@@kristygranny5224 woaaah! Wow i felt so excited knowing that 😍 may i know which kalimba you are getting?
It's from Amazon, it's a light wood with a horse on the bottom
So helpful , thank you very much 😘
aww glad i could help :D
So happy that ur videos came in my recommendation. Just now learning about the instrument and I'm already loving it and ur clear and sweet explanations. But can I learn it even if I haven't learn any other instruments? And which one do you recommend for beginners? Love from India 💜
Hi Surya! Wow! So glad that we found each other then :)
Honestly YES. This channel is also created for people like us who has the kalimba as the very first instrument. And I'm sure if you are really passionate to learn this, you will be able to. 😉
@@TipsKalimba sure I'm so into learning but due to lockdown online shopping is not available. I'm just trying to learn from Virtual kalimba out of curiosity. Can you please send link of your recommended kalimba? That would be so helpful. lots of love💜
Well, i wrote down it here in this video that you can check out. :)
@@TipsKalimba thank you so much 😊
I have a question. My kalimba arrived but it came with no numbers nor letters. Thanks to you I discovered I am a letter person. I am not sure if there's a way to write on it without harm my kalimba 😣 Perhaps you already answer this question in another's video. Well, thanks for you help!!
Hi! I used markers, though what you can do is place sticky tape and write the letters or numbers over it. ❤️
Regular isopropyl alcohol easily wipes even permanent marker ink off the tines. Then just wipe the tines with a soft, clean, dry cloth. It all works beautifully and is much quicker, cleaner, and more versatile than stickers.
I bought kalimba with B tunes. So far I just put numbers on it. I want to put letters but i don't know if I put letters, should I put it as b key or c key? I saw your vid lesson how you transpose song what a wonderful world, you just put the c key (c d e f g ) on b kalimba.While the letters key on b kalimba include sharp key b c# d# e and so on.
I don't want to tune up my B kalimba to c because start on c6 the sound doesn't come out well
Well, here is the thing, you can keep it at b and place "c stickers" on it as long as you are still aware of its original tuning.
Next point is that scaling will be different and quite more complicated since the B tone has a lot of #s in it
So like what you have seen, the remedy there is to transpose the song chords always to C to still be able to play it on your current Kalimba tuning.
Would you be interested in me making this a video? :)
@@TipsKalimba yes please make video of it. Thank u so much 🙏
Thank you for sharing this.
I got my very first Kalimba for my 35th birthday recentally.
I don't know anything about it other than what I've leavened some from watching TH-cam videos.
Thanks to TH-cam tutorials I was able to teach myself how to play Ukulele 4 ulcers ago and I took to it fast. Playing 5 songs in my first week.
Kalimba seems to be more challenging due to SO MANY keys.
And one thing that is helpful if your more of a letters person and trying to remember the letter goes to each string on a guitar is come.up with a saying or think of someone's name yoir close too.
For example, the holds on a Ukulele starting with the top 4th chord is G, next down is C, then next down is E, and the last string which is the 1st string and bottom chord is A.
So you need to remember in order sequence from top to bottom...
G, C, E, A....
It cooluld be something like Good for G
C for Children
E for Eat
A for apples
Put it together... Good children eat apples.
So if you are a LETTER PERSON, try doing this with your Kalimba keys.
Though I do very very well with tablature and letters on my Ukuellee and Guitar.
I do t think I can say the same thing for the Kalimba.
Yes Om a beginner, but ai can already see that using numbers to count by and work is far more easier.on the Kalimba.
Especially when I follow certain exercise patterns on the Kalimba.
And yes even though I'm an avid read and of course I know my alphabet, I cannot tell you quickly what number a letter is in an alphabet.
I guess cause Ive never praticed learning that.
I'm sure I could but I don't care too...
However, I'm very good at numbers and in my minds eye I can see those numbers and where they are suppose to be and if I'm following a certain number sequence in a beginner Kalimba song or exercise, I can follow the numbers more easily because I'm also counting them in my head and I know where they are suppose to be.
Sure since alot of the numbers are mixed up, I'm having to learn to think numbers left to right spilt up with also octave higher numbers with it.
My husband also wants to learn to play the Kalimba.
I'm not sure which way he will prefer.
But once I show him how I remember with numbers, he may see a way to make it easier for him to remember.
Like when I learned a few beginner songs.
There is no way I would have remembered the tablature and what notes to press just by looking at it several.times and then not looking anymore.
For me, I broke the song down.
Practicing over and over again line line of the song first.
Building up muscle memory in my thumbs kind of like how I did when I learned to play Ukulele only I closed my eyes after forming a chord in the right position and focused on how my hand felt and even later held the position my hand made to form that chord and look at it as if it was hand sign language and I was using my hand to show what chord to play.
I built up muscle memory. And by doing this I was soon able to play Ukulele and guitar without looking at the strings anymore because ai was using my minds eye for it...
Now with Kalimba, if I want to play a song I just learned, I don't picture the tablature or the chord letters.
I picture the numbers and I each sentence in the song is like a new phone number to memorize.
Andis you break down the song and play small parts of it over and over and over it helps you remember and pretty soon your able to to look at the number and no where to go from there so it does get easier and less complicated in your head.
So for me, the numbers seem much more easier to follow.
But it can be alittle confusing.
I'm not exactly sure what a professional Kalimba player would say in what exercises should I do to help me remember where all the numbers are on my kalimba without having to SEE the numbers on there.
The problem is, your eyes having to be fast and quick to go lef to right constantly trying to make sure both your thumbs hit the right key.
So therefore you do need to learn the nunber sequence on kalimba.
But how would a professional suggest you to do that?
Any ideas or advice to share I'd love to hear it.
Also is there any other youtube channels that are great in teaching beginners I should look up for my husband and I?
And is there any song books that teach both number and letter notations for each song and maybe comes with a DVD tutorial of several songs to learn to play?
I've downloaded Gstrings to tune my kalimba but it's not as accurate at times.
What would you suggest is the very best digital tuner to buy for kalimba that hooks on to it?
I downloaded Sound Brennor metronome app.
Cause you apparently need a metronome to help you practice playing your Kalimba in some of these exercises I've been doing at 60 bpm or 80 bpm. (Beats per minute)
And you can even create and exercise or song Playlist that has the best already set up.
It's nee to me so I don't know alot about it.
Also how am I suppose to know what bps my metronome needs to be set to by the song?
And I also downloaded the free app Kalimba tabs.
It shows both nunber and letter notations plus includes a TH-cam video for you to play along by.
You can choose easy or intermediate or hard song.
All 3 of these apps are free on Android playstore if yall are interested.
If anybody knows any other great free apps please share with me.