This store provides books designed specifically to support early child development. The majority of my collection are songbooks and fingering charts for various musical instruments, made for beginners, including those who have never played music before.
I offer music for students of different levels and skills. Children who never studied music before will begin to play right away following color-coded and letter-coded circles. It is as simple as a game – no musical staff knowledge is requi
This store provides books designed specifically to support early child development. The majority of my collection are songbooks and fingering charts for various musical instruments, made for beginners, including those who have never played music before.
I offer music for students of different levels and skills. Children who never studied music before will begin to play right away following color-coded and letter-coded circles. It is as simple as a game – no musical staff knowledge is requi
Welcome to xylophone music! No musical background or sheet music knowledge is necessary to start playing immediately. This sheet music is suitable for any xylophone you have at home, whether it’s a small 8-note toy xylophone or a larger 25-note xylophone designed for adults.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note letter, representing each key on your xylophone or glockenspiel. Simply follow the letters to play the notes. If your xylophone features colored keys, you can also match the circles’ colors using a PDF editor or by coloring them with pencils. This allows you to play by either letter or color.
It’s important to note that the circles do not denote semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns. The melodies provided here are simplified for a one-octave diatonic xylophone.
Contents:
A Sailor Went to Sea
Buckeye Jim
Doctor Foster
Over the River
Row Row Your Boat
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
The Wheels on the Bus
Welcome to xylophone music! No musical background or sheet music knowledge is necessary to start playing immediately. This sheet music is suitable for any xylophone you have at home, whether it’s a small 8-note toy xylophone or a larger 25-note xylophone designed for adults.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note letter, representing each key on your xylophone or glockenspiel. Simply follow the letters to play the notes. If your xylophone features colored keys, you can also match the circles’ colors using a PDF editor or by coloring them with pencils. This allows you to play by either letter or color.
It’s important to note that the circles do not denote semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns. The melodies provided here are simplified for a one-octave diatonic xylophone.
Contents:
Baby Bumble Bee
Cucaracha
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Hotaru Koi
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The Bee and the Pup
Welcome to the world of xylophone music! Here’s all you need to know to start playing beautiful melodies.
No musical experience or ability to read music is needed to begin playing immediately. This sheet music is compatible with any xylophone you have at home, whether it’s a small 8-note toy xylophone or a larger 25-note xylophone designed for adults.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note letter, aligning with each key on your xylophone or glockenspiel. To play, simply follow the letters.
If your xylophone features colored keys, you can also match the circles’ colors using a PDF editor or pencils. This allows for playing by either letter or color. It’s important to note that the circles do not indicate semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns. The melodies provided here are simplified for a one-octave diatonic xylophone.
Additionally, all pages contain QR codes linking to songs. While these examples do not represent our simplified melodies and are not played on a xylophone, they help in understanding the melodies and rhythm.
Contents:
Banuwa
Che Che Koolay
Do-Do-Ki-Do
Funga Alafia
Kanzenzenze
Labe-igi-Orombo
Obwisana
Sansa Kroma
Shosholoza
Welcome Song
Welcome to the world of xylophone music! Here’s all you need to know to start playing beautiful melodies.
No musical experience or ability to read music is needed to begin playing immediately. This sheet music is compatible with any xylophone you have at home, whether it’s a small 8-note toy xylophone or a larger 25-note xylophone designed for adults.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note letter, aligning with each key on your xylophone or glockenspiel. To play, simply follow the letters.
If your xylophone features colored keys, you can also match the circles’ colors using a PDF editor or pencils. This allows for playing by either letter or color. It’s important to note that the circles do not indicate semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns. The melodies provided here are simplified for a one-octave diatonic xylophone.
Contents:
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Bell Horses
I Love Little Kitty
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Old McDonald
The Big Sheep
Tingalayo
Un Petit Cochon
Welcome to xylophone music! No musical background or sheet music knowledge is necessary to start playing immediately. This sheet music is suitable for any xylophone you have at home, whether it’s a small 8-note toy xylophone or a larger 25-note xylophone designed for adults.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note letter, representing each key on your xylophone or glockenspiel. Simply follow the letters to play the notes. If your xylophone features colored keys, you can also match the circles’ colors using a PDF editor or by coloring them with pencils. This allows you to play by either letter or color.
It’s important to note that the circles do not denote semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns. The melodies provided here are simplified for a one-octave diatonic xylophone.
Contents:
Cock-a-Doodle Doo
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
The Bee and the Pup
The Big Sheep
Un Petit Cochon
Vous Diraije Maman
This book includes complete melodies as well as substantial segments of uncomplicated, famous traditional folk songs from 30 different countries. Their goal was to assist you in acquainting your students with the musical traditions of diverse nations and cultures.
The steel tongue drum (aka tong drum, tank drum, gluck-o-phone, Hapi drum, mandala, or lotus drum) and the handpan (aka hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum) are percussion musical instruments designed to help you focus on your feelings, sensations, and body. You don’t need classical music training or knowledge of music theory to play them. The main purpose is relaxation, meditation, and traveling through your inner world.
No previous training or skills are necessary to enjoy these fascinating instruments. It is impossible to play them incorrectly. Anyone can play them: those who want to develop a good sense of rhythm and an ear for music, those who are seeking relaxation after a hard day at work, and those who want to introduce something unusual into their lives and explore their inner selves.
This e-book is aimed at those who want to add popular melodies to their experimentation.
I use numbers above the classic notes because most modern tongue drums have numbers engraved or painted on their keys. This is great for the absolute beginner who cannot read sheet music.
Because most tongue drums include and are tuned to involve the notes of the main octave, all songs from this e-book are possible to play in one octave.
Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If you have flat keys on your instrument, I recommended you to use the classic sheet music for piano.
Contents
Introduction
A Ram Sam Sam - Moroccan Folk Song
Ahrirang - Korean Song
Anile, Anile - Indian Tamil Song
Au Clair de la Lune - French Folk Song
Bound for South Australia - Australian Folk Song
Bim Bum Biddy - American Song
Che Che Koolay - Ghanian Folk Son
Cumpleaños Feliz! - Colombian Song
¿Dónde Están las Llaves? - Spanish Folk Song
Debka Hora - Hebrew Song
Epo I Tai Tai e - New Zealand Maori Song
Frère Jacques - French Song
Giro Giro Tondo - Italian Folk Song
Gretel, Pastetel - German Song
Hotaru Koi - Japanese Folk Song
Kalinka - Russian Folk Song
Kanzenzenze - Congolese Folk Song
Kum Ba Yah - African American Spiritual
Kum Bachur Atzel - Jewish Song
La Cucaracha - Mexican Song
Lost My Gold Ring - Jamaican Folk Song
Mein Hut - German Song
Pounto to Dakhtilidy - Greek Folk Song
Singapura, Oh Singapura - Singaporean Song
The Grand Old Duke of York - English Folk Song
Tongo - Song from Samoa (Polynesia)
Un Petit Cochon - French Song
Vous Diraije Maman - French Song
Zhao Peng You (Looking looking for my friend) - Chinese Song
Zimbole - African Song
This e-book includes complete melodies as well as substantial segments of uncomplicated, famous traditional folk songs from different countries around the world. Their goal was to assist you in acquainting your students with the musical traditions of diverse nations and cultures.
This e-book includes 53 popular, rhythmic, and easy-to-play folk songs and melodies from all over the world. Through music, we are brought together and we can gain a better understanding of people from all corners of the Earth.
Getting to know music from around the world can be one of the most exciting and appealing ways to be introduced to new and different cultures. Music is a universal language, meaning that it transcends borders and opens up an entirely new way of thinking.
You do not need to have any musical experience or be able to read music to use this e-book. It is aimed at your or your kid’s first musical experience with a toy musical instrument. Nowadays, toy xylophones are well-tuned and can be used to easily become introduced to the world of music.
If you have this specific xylophone (pictured below), you can play all 53 songs. I chose the most popular model on the market, where the C and C8 notes are colored in blue. However, if your model is a little bit different, for example C is red, C8 is white or C and C8 both are red, this e-book will also work for you. Besides colored circles corresponding to the key color of your small xylophone, there are note letters inside each circle. Just follow the letter and play.
If the colors of the keys of your instrument don’t match the colors of the notes in our book, we offer an uncolored version as an alternative. You can mark the circles with the color that matches your bells or the keys of your xylophone using a PDF editor or print the pages and color them with pencils.
Table of contents
North America
Alice the Camel
Ani Couni Chaouani
Aura Lee
Bim Bum Biddy
Buckeye Jim
Jacob’s Ladder
Li’l Liza Jane
Kum-Ba-Yah
Michel Row Your Boat
Over the River
Peace Like a River
Latin America
Brinca la Tablita
Cucaracha
DoDo Petit PoPo
Tingalayo
Cumpleanos Feliz
Lost my Gold Ring
Los Pollitos Dicen
Africa
Banuwa
Che Che Koolay
Do-Do-Ki-Do
Funga Alafia
Kanzenzenze
Labe-igi-Orombo
Obwisana
Sansa Kroma
Shosholoza
Welcome Song
Europe
Five Little Ducks
Five Little Monkeys
Hush Little Baby
Old Mother Hubbard
This Old Man
See-Saw Margery Daw
Buenos Dias
Donde estan las Llaves
Au Clair de la Lune
Pirouette Cacahuete
Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?)
Un Petit Cochon
Vous Diraije Maman (Twinkle Little Star)
Giro-Giro-Tondo
Oh Che Bel Castello
Mein Hut (My Hat)
Asia
Kalinka
Kum Bachur Atzel
Anile, Anile
Gayatri Mantra
Maha Mrityundjaya Mantra
Zhao Peng You
Hotaru Koi
Australia and Oceania
Epo-i-Tai-Tai-e
Kangaroo, Skippy Roo
I collected very simple and well-known songs and melodies with easy rhythms. You can begin to play in just two steps. First, you will play using circles that contain either a number, without having to consider note duration, key, or time signatures. These numbers correspond to those on the keys of your tongue drum. So, you just need to follow the numbers.
You can get an idea of how the song might be played by listening to the YouTube clip of the same song, which you can access with the QR code below each song. Then, if you find that you can play the song with more confidence, you can try using the second page of the same song, with the actual notes. There, the same melody is written in a traditional manner with all the necessary musical symbols. However, I simplified the melodies in this step as well, transposing most songs for one octave, and leaving the numbers under the notes. I hope that playing these simple melodies will bring you a new relaxation and meditation experience filled with a lot of joy.
Playing traditional music notes is difficult for people who have no musical knowledge. You need to know the rhythmic value of each note, its place on the staff, note duration, and its combination with other notes. To be aware of all this simultaneously demands music experience and advanced skills. Nevertheless, even if you have never studied music, you can begin to play complicated melodies, and also experiment with your tongue drum in a meditative way.
The steel tongue drum (aka tong drum, tank drum, gluck-o-phone, hapi drum, mandala, or lotus drum) and the handpan (aka hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum) are percussion musical instruments designed to help you focus on your feelings, sensations, and body. You don’t need classical music training or knowledge of music theory to play them.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Handpan
The Steel Tongue Drum
Main Differences between the Steel Tongue Drum and the Handpan
Playing the Steel Tongue Drum
Hand Playing Technique
Play by Number
Songs
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baby Bumble Bee
Cock-a-Doodle Doo
Five Little Ducks
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Frog in the Meadow
I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas
It’s Raining
Little Jack Horner
Old Blue
One, Two, Three, Four
Ring Around the Rosie
See-Saw Margery Daw
The Bee and the Pup
To Market, To Market
Appendix
How to Read Music
This e-book includes complete melodies as well as substantial segments of uncomplicated, famous traditional folk songs from different countries around the world. Their goal was to assist you in acquainting your students with the musical traditions of diverse nations and cultures.
Music brings us together. I can better understand the people from all corners of the world, in all their wonderful diversity.
I’ve gathered 37 different national songs adapted especially for kalimba including lyrics, classic sheet music, number-coded notation, and online audio tracks. The songbook is colorfully designed with national patterns. You will enjoy folk music, children’s songs, hymns, popular melodies, and dances.
This educational e-book will help you begin to play music simply and easily. If you are a beginner, playing by notes can be difficult. It is easier to play the finger piano by following numbers.
My sheet music is not Tabs (specific sheet music for the kalimba) and it is not for a particular kalimba. Rather, it is universal and suitable for any 8-, 10- or 17-note kalimba or mbira.
This kalimba songbook with international songs includes notation, not only in numbers, but also classic sheet music. Some melodies might have been changed and simplified to be played within one octave. If your thumb piano has flat keys, it is recommended that you use the classic sheet music for piano.
Also, I have added a QR code to all songs. You can follow the link and listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
Contents
A Barata Diz Que Tem. Song from Portugal
Annie Laurie. Song from Scotland
Baidin Fheilimi. Song from Ireland
Bella Ciao. Song from Italy
Mama Paquita. Song from Brazil
Brinca la Tablita. Song from Mexico
Buckeye Jim. Song from the United States
Burung Kakak Tua. Song from Malaysia
Kozachok. Russian Dance
Chi Chi Bud Oh. Song from Jamaica
Dodo Petit Popo. Song from Trinidad and Tobago
Ekmek Buldum. Song from Turkey
El Coqui. Song from Puerto Rico
Mage Podi Thara. Song from Sri Lanka
A Ram Sam Sam. Song from Morocco
Ahrirang. Song from Korea
Anile, Anile. Song from India
Au Clair de la Lune. Song from France
Bound for South Australia. Song from Australia
Bim Bum Biddy. Song from the United States
Che Che Koolay. Song from Ghana
Cumpleaños Feliz! Song from Colombia
¿Dónde Están las Llaves? Song from Spain
Debka Hora. Song from Israel
Epo i Tai Tai e. Song from New Zealand
Frère Jacques. Song from France
Giro Giro Tondo. Song from Italy
Gretel, Pastetel. Song from Germany
Hotaru Koi. Song from Japan
Kalinka. Song from Russia
Kanzenzenze. Song from Congo
Kum Ba Yah. Song from the United States
Kum Bachur Atzel. Song from Israel
La Cucaracha. Song from Mexico
Lost My Gold Ring. Song from Jamaica
Mein Hut. Song from Germany
Pounto to Dakhtilidy. Song from Greece
This e-book includes complete melodies as well as substantial segments of uncomplicated, famous traditional folk songs from different countries around the world. Their goal was to assist you in acquainting your students with the musical traditions of diverse nations and cultures.
International songs are one of the most exciting and appealing avenues to introducing children to new and different cultures through music.
I’ve gathered 45 different national songs adapted especially for kalimba including lyrics, classic sheet music, number-coded notation, and online audio tracks.
The songbook is colorfully designed with national patterns. You will enjoy folk music, children’s songs, hymns, popular melodies, and dances.
This educational e-book will help you begin to play music simply and easily. If you are a beginner, playing by notes can be difficult. It is easier to play the finger piano by following numbers.
My sheet music is universal and suitable for any 8-, 10- or 17- note kalimba or mbira.
Some melodies might have been changed and simplified to be played within one octave. If your thumb piano has flat keys, I recommend you to use classic sheet music for piano.
Also, I have added a QR code to all songs. You can follow the link and listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
In many ways, music is a universal language, crossing borders and opening up a whole new world to your mind.
Contents
A Barata Diz Que Tem. Song from Portugal
Annie Laurie. Song from Scotland
Baidin Fheilimi. Song from Ireland
Bella Ciao. Song from Italy
Mama Paquita. Song from Brazil
Brinca la Tablita. Song from Mexico
Buckeye Jim. Song from the United States
Burung Kakak Tua. Song from Malaysia
Kozachok. Russian Dance
Chi Chi Bud Oh. Song from Jamaica
Dodo Petit Popo. Song from Trinidad and Tobago
Ekmek Buldum. Song from Turkey
El Coqui. Song from Puerto Rico
Mage Podi Thara. Song from Sri Lanka
A Ram Sam Sam. Song from Morocco
Ahrirang. Song from Korea
Anile, Anile. Song from India
Au Clair de la Lune. Song from France
Bound for South Australia. Song from Australia
Bim Bum Biddy. Song from the United States
Che Che Koolay. Song from Ghana
Cumpleaños Feliz! Song from Colombia
¿Dónde Están las Llaves? Song from Spain
Debka Hora. Song from Israel
Epo i Tai Tai e. Song from New Zealand
Frère Jacques. Song from France
Giro Giro Tondo. Song from Italy
Gretel, Pastetel. Song from Germany
Hotaru Koi. Song from Japan
Kalinka. Song from Russia
Kanzenzenze. Song from Congo
Kum Ba Yah. Song from the United States
Kum Bachur Atzel. Song from Israel
La Cucaracha. Song from Mexico
Lost My Gold Ring. Song from Jamaica
Mein Hut. Song from Germany
Pounto to Dakhtilidy. Song from Greece
Shchedrik. Song from Ukraine
Singapura, Oh Singapura. Song from Singapore
Tongo. Song from Polynesia
The Grand Old Duke of York. Song from England
Un Petit Cochon. Song from France
Vous Diraije Maman. Song from France
Zhao Peng You. Song from China
Zimbole. Song from South Africa
Through music, we are brought together and we can gain a better understanding of people from all corners of the Earth.
I call this series “I Don’t Read Music” since I am targeting beginners of all ages: children, teens, parents, and grandparents.
This e-book includes 54 popular, rhythmic, and easy-to-play folk songs and melodies from all over the world. Since this e-book is aimed at the absolute beginner without any knowledge of reading music, I do not use the classical music staff and do not show the note duration. Each song here is written without classic musical notation but only with circles and numbered notes inside. First of all, I recommend following the QR-code which you will find on each page, listening to the song on YouTube, and then trying to repeat what is heard in the recordings. It will help to understand the rhythm pattern and duration.
Keep in mind that folk music traditionally is not learned from sheet music or notes. Instead, it is learned by repetition and through being passed from generation to generation. I believe in this method of teaching, which is easier and more enjoyable. For learning purposes, all songs have been simplified and adapted especially for kalimba. Most songs have been transposed for one octave.
So you can use an 8-note kalimba, but if you want to play all 54 songs, you should have a 10- or 17-note kalimba.
Getting to know music from around the world can be one of the most exciting and appealing ways to be introduced to new and different cultures. Music is a universal language, meaning that it transcends borders and opens up an entirely new way of thinking.
Table of contents
North America
Alice the Camel
Ani Couni Chaouani
Aura Lee
Chicken on a Fance Post
Bim Bum Biddy
Buckeye Jim
Li’l Liza Jane
The Farmer in the Dell
Kum-Ba-Yah
Peace like a River
Land of the Silver Birch
My Paddle
Latin America
Brinca la Tablita
Cucaracha
DoDo Petit PoPo
Tingalayo
Cumpleanos Feliz
Lost my Gold Ring
Africa
Banuwa
Che Che Koolay
Do-Do-Ki-Do
Funga Alafia
Kanzenzenze
Labe-igi-Orombo
Obwisana
Sansa Kroma
Shosholoza
Siyanibingelela
Welcome Song
Europe
Five Little Duck
Five Little Monkeys
Hush Little Baby
Old Mother Hubbard
This Old Man
See-Saw Margery Daw
Donde estan las Llaves
Au Clair de la Lune
Pirouette Cacahuete
Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?)
Un Petit Cochon
Vous Diraije Maman (Twinkle Little Star)
Giro-Giro-Tondo
Mein Hut (My Hat)
O, Tannenbaum
Asia
Kalinka
Ekmek Buldum
Kum Bachur Atzel
Anile, Anile
Gayatri Mantra
Maha Mrityundjaya Mantra
Zhao Peng You
Hotaru Koi
Australia and Oceania
Epo-i-Tai-Tai-e
Kangaroo, Skippy Roo
Welcome to the world of xylophone music! Here’s all you need to know to start playing beautiful melodies.
No musical experience or ability to read music is needed to begin playing immediately. This sheet music is compatible with any xylophone you have at home, whether it’s a small 8-note toy xylophone or a larger 25-note xylophone designed for adults.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note letter, aligning with each key on your xylophone or glockenspiel. To play, simply follow the letters.
If your xylophone features colored keys, you can also match the circles’ colors using a PDF editor or pencils. This allows for playing by either letter or color. It’s important to note that the circles do not indicate semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns. The melodies provided here are simplified for a one-octave diatonic xylophone.
Additionally, certain pages contain QR codes linking to songs. While these examples do not represent our simplified melodies and are not played on a xylophone, they help in understanding the melodies and rhythm.
Contents:
Buckeye Jim
Five Little Ducks
Kookaburra
Los Pollitos Dicen
Old Bald Eagle
Sansa Kroma
Welcome to the world of xylophone music! Here’s all you need to know to start playing beautiful melodies.
No musical experience or ability to read music is needed to begin playing immediately. This sheet music is compatible with any xylophone you have at home, whether it’s a small 8-note toy xylophone or a larger 25-note xylophone designed for adults.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note letter, aligning with each key on your xylophone or glockenspiel. To play, simply follow the letters.
If your xylophone features colored keys, you can also match the circles’ colors using a PDF editor or pencils. This allows for playing by either letter or color. It’s important to note that the circles do not indicate semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns. The melodies provided here are simplified for a one-octave diatonic xylophone.
Additionally, certain pages contain QR codes linking to songs. While these examples do not represent our simplified melodies and are not played on a xylophone, they help in understanding the melodies and rhythm.
Contents:
Anile, Anile
Alice the Camel
Five Little Monkeys
Frog in the Meadow
Kangaroo, Skippy Roo
One, Two, Three, Four
Welcome to xylophone music! No musical background or sheet music knowledge is necessary to start playing immediately. This sheet music is suitable for any xylophone you have at home, whether it’s a small 8-note toy xylophone or a larger 25-note xylophone designed for adults.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note letter, representing each key on your xylophone or glockenspiel. Simply follow the letters to play the notes. If your xylophone features colored keys, you can also match the circles’ colors using a PDF editor or by coloring them with pencils. This allows you to play by either letter or color.
It’s important to note that the circles do not denote semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns. The melodies provided here are simplified for a one-octave diatonic xylophone.
Additionally, certain pages include QR codes linking to songs. While these examples don’t represent our simplified melodies and aren’t performed on a xylophone, they aid in understanding the melodies and rhythm.
Contents:
Do-Do-Ki-Do
Epo-i-Tai-Tai-e
Funga Alafia
Giro-Giro-Tondo
Kalinka
Ring Around the Rosie
The Mulberry Bush
This sheet music is compatible with any tongue drum that has 8 or more notes. The melodies included in this book are simplified for a one-octave diatonic tongue drum.
Each circle on the sheet has a distinct note number, corresponding to each key on your handpan or tongue drum. Just follow the numbers to produce the notes.
It’s important to note that the circles don’t show semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns.
No prior musical education or ability to read the notes is necessary - you can play right away.
Additionally, all pages have QR codes linking to songs. While these examples aren’t our simplified melodies and aren’t played on a drum, they help you understand the melodies and rhythm.
Contents:
Anile, Anile
Hotaru Koi
Kalinka
Kum Bachur Atzel
Zhao Peng You
Welcome to the world of xylophone music! Here’s all you need to know to start playing beautiful melodies.
No musical experience or ability to read music is needed to begin playing immediately. This sheet music is compatible with any xylophone you have at home, whether it’s a small 8-note toy xylophone or a larger 25-note xylophone designed for adults.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note letter, aligning with each key on your xylophone or glockenspiel. To play, simply follow the letters.
If your xylophone features colored keys, you can also match the circles’ colors using a PDF editor or pencils. This allows for playing by either letter or color. It’s important to note that the circles do not indicate semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns. The melodies provided here are simplified for a one-octave diatonic xylophone.
Contents:
Acka Backa
Alice the Camel
Li’l Liza Jane
Oh Susannah
Old Blue
Old McDonald
Over the River
You can play these songs on any tongue drum with 8 or more notes. The melodies contained within this book are simplified specifically for a one-octave diatonic tongue drum.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a note number that shows a distinct key on your handpan or tongue drum. Simply follow the numbers to play the melody. Please note, however, that these circles do not indicate semitones, note duration, or rhythmic patterns.
No prior musical education or the ability to read traditional sheet music is required; you can begin playing immediately.
Contents:
Acka Backa
Alice the Camel
Cotton Eyed Joe
Li’l Liza Jane
Oh Susannah
Old Blue
Old McDonald
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, 10- or 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
This book is designed for absolute beginner musicians who want to start playing popular melodies. All song melodies in this book feature numbers written instead of the traditional music score system, making it accessible for absolute beginners who cannot read sheet music. You can play by number if you’re not familiar with musical notes. Numbers are used because most modern tongue drums have the numbers engraved or painted on their keys.
In tongue drums with numbered musical notation, numbers 1 to 7 represent the keys of the diatonic major scale. Dots above or below the numbers indicate notes from higher or lower octaves, respectively. Your drum can be numbered from 1 to 8, where 8 corresponds to the note C of the next octave. For simplicity, we marked the note C of the next octave as 1 with a dot above it, as this is the convention used by most popular tongue drum models.
It’s important to note that the circles do not represent semi-tones.
Each circle on the sheet corresponds to a specific note number, matching a key on your tongue drum.
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.
Each tongue drum’s sound scale varies significantly, making it impossible to tailor songs for every model in one book. Therefore, you might need to skip some songs if your drum lacks certain tones required for those pieces.
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.
Contents:
Alice the Camel
All Join Hands and Circle to the Left
Animal Fair
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
Come Back Home My Little Chicks
Creeping Creeping Little Flea
Crocodile
Diddle Diddle Dumpling
Do Your Ears Hang Low
Elevator Song
Finger Family
Five Little Ducks
Five Little Monkeys
Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree
Georgie Porgie
Halloween Song
Hickety Pickety My Black Hen
I Go Up the Apple Tree
I Went to Visit a Farm One Day
Im A Little Teapot
Im A Nut
Jig Jog
Johnny Works With One Hammer
Kangaroo Skippy Roo
Lightly Row
Li’l Liza Jane
Little Sally Water
My Hat
O Christmas Tree
Oh How Lovely Is The Evening
Old Mother Hubbard
One Elephant
One Potato
One Two Buckle My Shoe
See-Saw Margery Daw
Soft Kitty
Star Light
Teddy Bear
Ten Little Pigs
The Cuckoo and the Donkey
There Was A Princess Long Ago
This Little Light of Mine
This Little Pig Went to Market
This Old Man
Three Blue Pigeons
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
Why Doesn’t My Goose
This illustrated book contains a collection of classic ancient tales, presented in a bilingual edition, that is perfect for those learning Spanish or English. With 137 stories and parallel translations, it provides students at any level with a chance to expand their vocabulary without needing to refer to a dictionary all the time. With this format, each Spanish sentence is accompanied by its English translation on the same page, making it easy to compare and understand.
Learning with parallel text
The parallel text encourages ‘noticing’ - the presence of the target language and the first language version on the same page facilitates ‘noticing’ grammar and vocabulary structures in an authentic linguistic context.
Students learn vocabulary in context, the parallel text presents new lexical items without the teacher’s direct involvement.
This can effectively encourage reading for less confident individuals, the translation support lessens the anxiety levels of such learners and provides a solid and effective mechanism for learning a second language.
Learning with fables
The enduring nature of fables is enthralling, and the morals they impart can be extremely relevant in today’s world.
Fables are stories that teach important lessons about life. They can teach us how to be brave when things are hard, how to work well with others, how to accept people for who they are, and how to make good choices.
By reading these fables, you’ll not only become familiar with common language expressions, but you’ll also gain valuable worldly wisdom.
137 short stories
The most popular version of Aesop’s Fables was published in 1919 and is housed in the Library of Congress. Most English-speaking readers know this variation of the fables. In this book, the fables have been updated with modern language, making them shorter and easier to understand for today’s readers. Likewise, the Spanish versions have been modernized. In addition to modernizing the language, some stories have been eliminated or updated to reflect our modern world.
The stories in this collection are brief and can be read quickly – each fable only spans one or two pages that can be completed in a single sitting. While we believe that anyone can benefit from reading these stories, having a basic understanding of Spanish is recommended in order to fully appreciate the value of the message in both languages.