Kalimba VideoSongbook: 30 Songs from Ireland & Great Britain

Explore the kalimba's structure and history as a lamellophone, from mbira origins to the 1950s redesign by Huge Tracy, with 17 tines in C major for diverse genres.

Hold the kalimba relaxed in both hands, resting it on the palms. Pluck the tines with the thumbs, keep mobility, lightly mute notes, and avoid force for an effortless sound.

Tune the kalimba with a tuning hammer and chromatic tuner, adjusting tine length from the bridge to raise or lower pitches, then fine-tune by tapping and measuring.

See how the videos start with the song title image, repeat four times with a metronome, then raise difficulty as the Kalimba graphic hides while tablature and beat guide you.

Explore kalimba tablatures, using numbers and symbols to guide playing across keys on diatonic instruments. See how two tablature types convey rhythm and fingering with bar lines.

Develop kalimba technique through short exercises with 3–6 notes, featuring tunes from Ireland and Great Britain in the Kalimba VideoSongbook.

Practice kalimba exercises with 8 to 17 notes using the kalimba video songbook, featuring 30 traditional songs from Ireland and Great Britain, to build dexterity and musicality.

Explore kalimba-driven arrangements of traditional songs from Ireland and Great Britain as you voyage across the western ocean.

Explore the traditional Irish song Arthur McBride as part of the Kalimba VideoSongbook, featuring 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore traditional kalimba melodies from Ireland and Great Britain through a video songbook, guided by the lecture titled 'At the wave mouth'.

Play Barbara Allen on kalimba from the Kalimba VideoSongbook, exploring a traditional Britain and Ireland ballad rooted in scarlet town, where I was born.

Explore ceol brutha, a fairy plaint, in the Kalimba video songbook of Irish and British songs, highlighting traditional melodies and expressive playing.

Learn to play drunken sailor on kalimba from Ireland and Great Britain song collection, using the kalimba video songbook.

Learn to play Eileen Aroon on the Kalimba VideoSongbook, a collection of 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore 'Farewell, Nancy' in the Kalimba VideoSongbook, one of 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Learn to play Loch Lomond on kalimba through the Kalimba VideoSongbook, exploring traditional songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore MacPherson's Farewell through the kalimba videosongbook, a collection of 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore the kalimba arrangement of Molly Malone from the Kalimba VideoSongbook, a collection of 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Play Scarborough Fair on the kalimba as part of the Kalimba VideoSongbook, a collection of 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore Scots wha hae in the kalimba video songbook, a collection of Irish and British songs, and learn to play this traditional tune on kalimba.

Learn to play the Skye Boat Song on kalimba using a video songbook featuring 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore Spancil Hill on the Kalimba videosongbook, featuring 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore Sweet Carnloch Bay as part of the kalimba videosongbook, featuring 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain for kalimba players.

Explore traditional Irish and British melodies on the kalimba through the kalimba video songbook, highlighting the Bantry Girls of Lament.

Learn to play the castle of Dromore on kalimba and explore 30 traditional songs from Ireland and Great Britain in this engaging video songbook.

Explore a kalimba video songbook featuring 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain, including the Curragh of Kildare.

Explore the kalimba video songbook with The Earl of Moray, featuring one of 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain, and learn musical arrangements for the kalimba.

Learn to play the foggy dew on kalimba, as part of the kalimba video songbook featuring 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Master the kalimba rendition of the Highland widow's lament from Ireland and Great Britain, as part of the kalimba video songbook collection.

Learn to play 'The Lark in the Clear Air' on kalimba as part of a video songbook featuring 30 tunes from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore the leaving of Liverpool, a song from Ireland and Great Britain, in the kalimba video songbook.

Explore the kalimba video songbook featuring 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain, including the meeting of the waters.

Experience kalimba-led melodies from Ireland and Great Britain. The seagull of the land-under-waves weaves traditional songs into inventive arrangements.

Explore kalimba arrangements from the video songbook, presenting 30 traditional songs from Ireland and Great Britain, including there was a lad born in Kyle.

Learn to play whiskey in the jar on kalimba with the kalimba video songbook featuring 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore the kalimba rendition of wild rover from the Kalimba videosongbook, featuring thirty songs from Ireland and Great Britain.

Explore the traditional folk tune 'Will ye go, lassie?' from the kalimba video songbook, a collection of 30 songs from Ireland and Great Britain, performed on the kalimba.