Friday, July 10, 2020

Moon River

I think the best known version of the song is the original performance by Audrey Hepburn in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). However, to date, I still have yet to watch the movie.

My first encounter with the song was through a big Oldies songbook with number tabs. The reason I loved it back then was because it was easy to play with very few notes. The first time I heard an artist singing the song was likely to be the version by Andy Williams - which I heard from a cassette recording. It was much later before I learned of the origins of the song. 

As for this kalimba version, I think it is fairly easy to play - just like the song itself, simple and enchanting. 

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Standard notation: 


Lao Shu Ai Da Mi 老鼠爱大米 Mice Loves Rice



This was one of the super popular songs back in my teenage years. I still find the song very adorable even till now :)

The tabs are free for non-commercial use. I would appreciate if you could acknowledge the source of the arrangement by linking your video covers to: https://yellowbirdkalimba.blogspot.com/ or http://www.youtube.com/c/TayLeeYen . Thank you, enjoy playing the song. 

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