Mary Had a Little Lamb on the kalimba: tabs
Mary Had a Little Lamb is a very easy song on the kalimba: 26 notes over 8 bars in 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 17 seconds. It uses 4 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Mary Had a Little Lamb kalimba tab in numbers
| 3 2 1 2 | 3 3 3 - | | 2 2 2 - | 3 5 5 - | | 3 2 1 2 | 3 3 3 3 | | 2 2 3 2 | 1 - - - |
Mary Had a Little Lamb kalimba tab in letters
| E4 D4 C4 D4 | E4 E4 E4 - | | D4 D4 D4 - | E4 G4 G4 - | | E4 D4 C4 D4 | E4 E4 E4 E4 | | D4 D4 E4 D4 | C4 - - - |
Mary Had a Little Lamb kalimba tab in solfège
| Mi4 Ré4 Do4 Ré4 | Mi4 Mi4 Mi4 - | | Ré4 Ré4 Ré4 - | Mi4 Sol4 Sol4 - | | Mi4 Ré4 Do4 Ré4 | Mi4 Mi4 Mi4 Mi4 | | Ré4 Ré4 Mi4 Ré4 | Do4 - - - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is 3, used for 11 of the 26 notes. The tune goes from 1 up to 5.
- The widest jump is from 3 to 5 (3 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 9 times: keep the beat steady rather than rushing the repeats.
How to read this tab
A vertical bar is a bar line. A dash keeps the last note ringing, an r is a silent beat, and notes in brackets are played together. It shows the melody part. The kalimba page explains the notes in more detail.