• Your social media link (Youtube/Tiktok/Facebook etc.): Joy Francisco
• How old are you when you started playing kalimba?:

  17, year 2021.

• How did you learn to play kalimba? Did you have a teacher?:

  I saw it in Facebook when I was scrolling and I got hook by it. well, I'm really into music. and no, I don't have a teacher. I learn by myself with YouTube and websites. it was fun!

• What inspired you to learn how to play the kalimba?:

  To be honest, I use kalimba as a lullaby. I have a little trouble in sleeping and calming music helps me a lot. so I persevere and now I know multiple of songs that I love.

• What was the first piece you learned?:

  to be honest, happy birthday. because I thought of something easy first. and it was indeed easy! after that, I tried learning the classical songs like Fur Elise which is my favourite.

• How many instruments do you play and what are they?:

  my father own a guitar and a flute, I sometimes play it. My sister own a guitar and ukulele, I also borrowed it. and I have a kalimba. I love playing those instruments, especially ukulele and kalimba <3

• Which famous musicians do you admire? Why?:

  in classical, Beethoven. I really his piece, it's so enchanted.
  in today's era, Ben&Ben. I love each member and their music! their song literally define love in different perspectives. it's so cool!

• Do you have any hobbies or interests outside of music?:

  now that I think about it, I kinda have a lot of hobby. I love reading, writing poems, novels and, journals. I also love watching movies. drawing, painting, origami and, calligraphy. Embroidery and crochet (I'm still learning). I want to try a lot of things but well, poverty is the real villain. “if you don't have money, you will not excell“ - my neighbor told me.

• If you could give someone learning the kalimba a piece of advice that helped you the most, what would it be?:

  I would advice to memorize the numbers&letters first before memorizing a song. because if you already memorized every tines, it will be easier for you to play. you will be able to play continuously while looking at the tabs. like, no need to memorize the whole song before playing.

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How To Read The Tabs

SOLFEGE	DO	RE	MI	FA	SO	LA	TI
Letter Notes	C	D	E	F	G	A	B
Number Notes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

-A dot above a musical note (ex: 1° 2°°) raises it to a higher octave.
-Notes inside a parentheses (ex: (135) ) are played together (slide/glissando)
-The tabs/notes posted on this site are designed to be played on kalimba, but you can also play it on other instruments like: piano ,flute, recorder, ocarina , glockenspiel, clarinet, xylophone, otamatone, and etc. Simply use our online kalimba tab converter to convert the tabs/notes to SOLFEGE (do re mi) or letter notation (C D E).