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    Kalimba Chords - the Kalimba as an Accompanying Instrument: Kalimba Songbooks, #8
    Kalimba Chords - the Kalimba as an Accompanying Instrument: Kalimba Songbooks, #8
    Kalimba Chords - the Kalimba as an Accompanying Instrument: Kalimba Songbooks, #8
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    Kalimba Chords - the Kalimba as an Accompanying Instrument: Kalimba Songbooks, #8

    By Reynhard Boegl and Bettina Schipp

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    Due to the structure and the tone assignment of the kalimba with 17 tines, the instrument is ideally suited as an accompanying instrument for the singing voice or melody instruments.

    In this book the common and possible accompanying chords are explained, different accompaniment patterns including alternating bass and much more are presented and applied to well-known songs.


    The MP3 sounds (melody and accompaniment as well as both individually) are available online in a player with adjustable playback speed.

     

    No knowledge of music notes is required - play by numbers / symbols!

    LanguageEnglish
    Publishersongbooks.info
    Release dateAug 30, 2020
    ISBN9781393486121
    Kalimba Chords - the Kalimba as an Accompanying Instrument: Kalimba Songbooks, #8
    Author

    Reynhard Boegl

    Reynhard Boegl - since 1984 live and studio musician (harmonica, guitar, vocals), music teacher, sound engineer, graphic artist and lyricist, song and textbook author. Lives and works in Linz / Austria and has published almost 100 song- and textbooks for various instruments.

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      Kalimba Chords - the Kalimba as an Accompanying Instrument - Reynhard Boegl

      Table of content

      The Kalimba with 17 tines

      The tablature

      SOUNDS online

      The first two chords - C and F

      Tom Dooley - Verison 1

      Hush, little baby - Version 1

      The first two chords plus root

      Tom Dooley - Verison 2

      Hush, little baby - Version 2

      Chords and „alternating bass"

      Tom Dooley - Verison 3

      The G chord

      Row, row, row your boat - Version 1

      Merrily We Roll Along - Version 1

      Merrily We Roll Along - Version 2

      Merrily We Roll Along - Version 3

      Different accompanying variants

      Old MacDonald had a farm - Version 1

      Twinkle, twinkle, little star - Version 1

      Row, row, row your boat - Version 2

      Old MacDonald had a farm - Version 2

      Twinkle, twinkle, little star – Version 2

      Au claire de la lune

      Chord splits

      Tom Dooley - chord split

      Twinkle, twinkle, little star - Version 3

      In meinem kleinen Apfel

      Hush, little baby - Version 3

      The first minor chord - Am

      Drunken sailor - Version 1

      Drunken sailor - Version 2

      Drunken sailor - Version 3

      Old Folks at Home – Version 1

      Old Folks at Home - Version 2

      Hush, little baby - Version 4

      The chord in E minor - Em

      Down by the Sally Gardens – Version 1

      Kumbaya my Lord

      The D minor chord - Dm

      John Brown's body

      Down by the Sally Gardens – Version 2

      Michael row the boat ashore

      The G7 chord - the first four-note chord

      Whiskey in the Jar

      Oh Susanna

      Banks of the Ohio

      New chords: D7 and E7 - „shortened and divided"

      Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

      Go, tell it on the Mountain

      Aura Lee (Love me tender)

      Ode an die Freude

      Happy birthday to you – Version 1

      Happy birthday to you – Version 2

      My Bonnie lies over the ocean – Version 1

      My Bonnie lies over the ocean – Version 2

      Scarborough Fair

      Dixie

      Overview of all used chords

      Other possible and common chords

      Tips and recommendations

      Glossar

      Imprint

      More Kalimba songbooks

      The Kalimba with 17 tines

      The notes of a kalimba with 17 tines in C major. Including the corresponding numbers / symbols which are used in the book. This corresponds to the labeling of the tines on many common Kalimbas.

      The numbers marked with dots are each an octave higher. If the symbols are printed in bold, the associated tine is on the left side of the instrument.

      The tablature

      (1) Accompanying chords, for the kalimba in C major (2) Accompaniment - number / symbol of the tine according to the graphic above (3) Text, sung, determines the rhythm of the notes (4) Melody - number / symbol of the tines according to the graphic above

      Special symbols

      (1) Stroke over several reeds - the first symbol is the lowest note, the second symbol the highest note.

      (2) Play multiple tines at the same time - symbols with no spaces in between.

      Pattern - rhythm of the song accompaniment

      A (basic) accompanying rhythm is suggested for each song, similar to beat patterns for the guitar. There are measures in 1/8 division noted, counting: One and two and three ... The 1/8 note at which nothing is

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