Swan Lake

I used to play this song on the piano. I hope you'll like this rendition of the song. Personally I like the 1-3-4-3 base.

Link to the recording: Swan Lake kalimba cover

Below is the number and standard notation for Swan Lake kalimba cover.

Bella Ciao

I saw many people playing this song for the last few weeks, but only went to find out more about it yesterday. According to Oprah Magazine, the song is sung as a song of solidarity, in support of the Italian people who are in lockdown as they try to stop further spread of the Coronavirus. 

Please click here for a recording of the song. Bella Ciao kalimba cover

My Heart Will Go On

Hope you'll enjoy playing this classic song from the Titanic.

Click here for a recording of the song.

The Beautiful Blue Danube

The Beautiful Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss II

Level: Beginners

Play just the upper part if you're very new to kalimba. Play both upper and lower parts if you're ready for harmony!

Look out for bars 18, 19, 30, and 31. The hands need to cross over to the other side

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Qué Sera Sera

Qué Sera Sera

Level: Beginners

Bars 2 to 8 might be slightly more challenging because of the broken chords in the second part. But it's just 'slightly more', still doable for beginners.

I like this arrangement because it incorporates three different types of accompaniement. The broken chords up till bar 9, the arpeggios from 10 to 15, followed by bom-cha-cha rhythm... I call it bom-cha-cha, I can't recall the proper name for this type of accompaniement 😅

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Yellow Bird kalimba cover

The first cover that I composed, that I'm satisfied with.

Original singer: Brothers Four

Played on: April Yang's kalimba

Link to video:Yellow Bird cover on Youtube

Sheet music:

Lyrics:


Yellow bird, up high in banana tree
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me
Did your lady friend leave your nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad
You can fly away, in the sky away
You're more lucky than me

I also had a pretty girl
She's not with me today
They're all the same, the pretty girls
Take tenderness, then they fly away

Yellow bird, up high in banana tree
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me
Let her fly away, in the sky away
Pick a town and, soon, pick from night to noon
Black and yellow, you like banana too
They might pick you someday

Wish that I were a yellow bird
I'd fly away with you
But I am not a yellow bird
So here I sit, nothin' else to do

Yellow bird
Yellow bird
Yellow bird
Yellow bird