This store provides books designed specifically to support early child development. The majority of my collection are songbooks and fingering charts for various musical instruments, made for beginners, including those who have never played music before.
I offer music for students of different levels and skills. Children who never studied music before will begin to play right away following color-coded and letter-coded circles. It is as simple as a game – no musical staff knowledge is requi
This store provides books designed specifically to support early child development. The majority of my collection are songbooks and fingering charts for various musical instruments, made for beginners, including those who have never played music before.
I offer music for students of different levels and skills. Children who never studied music before will begin to play right away following color-coded and letter-coded circles. It is as simple as a game – no musical staff knowledge is requi
Usually, a guide for kalimba offers the possibility of playing by letter or by number, with letters being more common. The modern kalimba often has engraved numbers and letters representing the name of the notes. The numbered musical notation is a cipher notation system used mostly in Asia, including China.
In this e-book, I recommend playing by letter and/or color.
Even if the signs are not engraved on the keys, normally, however, each kalimba has letter-coded stickers included in the set.
Usually, they are not color-coded and since my e-book doesn’t include stickers, I suggest making color-coded stickers yourself or color the including stickers. This is very easy and you can do it with very small pieces of colored paper.
My sheet music is not for a specific kalimba but is universal and suitable for 8-17 note kalimbas.
This e-book includes 35 gospel songs. Many spirituals “sorrow songs” are slow and melancholic and are ideally suitable for kalimba. I made my pictured sheet music as simple as possible, songs have been transposed for a diatonic range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. You’ll quickly begin to play by letter-coded circles.
Contents
Amazing Grace
Babylon’s Falling
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
Elijah Rock
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
God Is So Good
Great Big Stars
Great Day
He’s God the Whole World in His Hands
Holy, Holy, Holy
I’ve Got Joy Joy
I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come!
Just As I Am
Kumbaya, My Lord
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Praise Him, All You Little Children
Shall We Gather at the River
Silent Night, Holy Night
Sinner Man
Soldier of the Cross
Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door
Song of Praise
Swing Love, Sweet Chariot
The Little Light of Mine
There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
We Are Marching (Siyahamba)
We Shall Overcome
When the Saints Go Marching In
Who Built The Ark?
The power of the mantra lies in its ability to bring individuals to a state where they can reflect upon their inner selves. The use of repetitive sacred utterances allows one to access the divine.
Mantras allow individuals to access their inner selves in a very powerful way. Repeating sounds considered sacred allows one to access the divine. The word “mantra” is derived from Sanskrit and simply means a sacred sound.
In yoga practice, mantras play a key role. Typically, practitioners of yoga chant mantras at the beginning and end of a yoga session. Here, I have created a collection of mantras that are used in a variety of yoga traditions: Patanjali, Vinyasa, Kundalini Yoga. I also include several Buddhist mantras which are usually used at the end of a yoga session when Metta meditation is done.
This songbook is suitable for any keyboard musical instrument: piano, synthesizer, accordion, melodica, even for percussion instruments such as xylophone or marimba.
Also, I added a QR code to all songs. Follow the link and listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
CONTENTS:
Adi Mantra. Kundalini Yoga
Asatoma Sadgamaya (version 1)
Asatoma Sadgamaya (version 2)
Ashtanga Vinyasa Opening Yoga Mantra
Ashtanga Vinyasa Closing Yoga Mantra.
Ganesha Mantra
Gayatri Mantra
Green Tara Mantra
Guru Brahma
Jay Mata Kali
Kali Durgai Namo Namah
Lakshmi Mantra
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Moola Mantra. Kundalini Yoga
Om Aim Hrim Klim Chamundaya Viche Namaha
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om Namah Shivaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya
Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Om Shakti Om
Om Shri Durgayai Namaha
Shiva Shankara. Bhakti Yoga
Shiva Shiva Shambho
Shivananda Namah Om
Siri Gayatry Mantra (Ra Ma Da Sa). Kundalini Yoga
Surya Gayatri Yoga Mantra
Surya Namaskar
Triple Mantra. Kundalini Yoga
Yoga Sutra
This e-book aims to help beginners play the piccolo simply and easily. The e-book includes 36 piccolo diagrams with fingering positions, along with pitch names and staff notations and 36 illustrations of the fingering location on the piccolo itself.
The piccolo is about half the size of a flute, and it sounds one octave higher. It plays the highest notes of the woodwind family.
The piccolo also is a transposing instrument, and the piccolo’s sheet music is never written at the pitch it actually sounds. Instead, the piccolo sounds one octave higher than its written pitch. The musical notes in this e-book cover almost 3 octaves from D4 to C7 (written). The resulting sound on the piccolo is from D5 to C8.
Here are the primary fingerings (basic charts). Note that the e-book does not include Trill or Tremolo fingerings.
You can print and cut out the charts to use them as flash cards or mount them on a wall as posters. Each note here has its own piece of paper. One side of the page shows the connection between the dots and their fingering on a diagram, and the reverse side depicts the same fingering illustration on the piccolo itself.
Under the piccolo pictures, you will also find the fingering combinations depicted with the names of the keys. You may choose a style that is more understandable and comfortable for you.
I hope these fingering charts will be a valuable visual aid for you and your kids or students. The size of the cut-out is 6.5x10 inches (16x25 cm).
This e-book aims to help beginners play the clarinet. The e-book includes 42 clarinet diagrams with fingering positions and staff notations and 42 illustrations of the fingering location on the clarinet itself.
The musical notes cover 4 octaves from E3 to A6, including semitones.
You can print and cut out the charts to use them as flash cards or mount them on a wall as posters. Each note here has its own piece of paper. One side of the page shows the connection between the dots and their fingering on a diagram, and the reverse side depicts the same fingering illustration on the musical instrument.
You may choose a style that is more understandable and comfortable for you.
I hope these fingering charts will be a valuable visual aid for you, your kids, or your students. The size of the cut-out is 6.5x10 inches (16x25 cm).
This e-book aims to help beginners play alto recorder simply and easily.
The set includes 48 pictures (21 notes) with fingering positions for the alto recorder, with pitch names and notations.
The musical notes included are:
F G A Bb B C D Eb E F F# G A Bb B C Db D Eb E F
Several notes have alternate fingerings.
You can cut out the pages and use them as a visual aid for you, your kids, or if you are a teacher, for your students. The size of the cut-out is 6.5x10 inches (16.5 x 25.5 cm).
One side of the cut-out shows the connection between the dots and their fingering, and the reverse side depicts the same fingering scheme shown on a flute with numbered holes.
You can choose the style that is more understandable and comfortable for you.
Cut out the gestures charts and use them as a visual aid for yourself, your kids or your students. The size of the cut-out will be 8.5x11 inches (22x28 cm). Each note here has its own page in the e-book. You can post these cut-outs on the wall and your children can understand and use them on their own.
Solfege (or Sol-fa), Glover, Curwen, and Kodaly hand signs are used in music to represent the different pitches of a tonal scale. By associating hearing and reading of pitches with playing/singing, they establish a physical association between these elements. A singer makes a specified shape with their hand to represent each tone of the seven-note solfege system.
This e-book presents the full range of solfege hand signs, both diatonic and chromatic.
The following hand signs are included:
do, di, re, ri, me, mi, fa, fi, se, sol, si, le, la, li, te, ti, do
The solfege hand sign system was first developed by John Curwen and then modified by Kodály to add chromatic alterations together with upward and downward head movements. Kodaly’s modification allowed children to see the actual height and depth of the pitches. This kinesthetic method of developing aural skills encourages inner hearing – hearing words, melodies, and sounds in our minds without the actual sounds being present.
You can make the signs with one hand or both based on your and your students’ preference.
One side of the page shows the Kodaly hand sign together with note name and staff position. The reverse shows a human figure illustrating the hand position.
Do = In front of the belly button
Re = In front of the chest
Mi = Shoulder level
Fa = Mouth level
Sol = Eye level
La = Forehead level
Ti = Top of head level
High Do = Just above head level
The hand signal for a chromatic note will be at the level between the diatonic note that is before it and after it.
Additionally, I include the tonal chromatic ladder to help you visualize the sequences and intervals between the tones in musical scales. This will help with playing and singing.
The unique advantage of bell sets is the fact that each note is created by an individual bell, and so the notes that are not used in a particular song can be removed and the student has a greater chance for success. A handbell orchestra acts as one instrument, with each musician responsible for their particular notes, sounding their assigned bells whenever those notes appear in the music.
If you are a beginner, playing by note can be difficult. It is easier to follow color-coded circles with note letters. Just by following the color circles, you will sound like an experienced musician.
All songs were written with circles in the musical staff, and there are no stems or flags - only notes on the line - to keep it simple. This e-book was written with beginners in mind.
The color of the bells or resonator blocks must be the same as the color of the bells below.
C (Do) - red,
D (Re) - orange,
E (Mi) - yellow,
F (Fa) - green,
G (Sol) - light blue,
A (La) - blue,
B (Ti) - violet,
C8 (Do) - white
If the colors of the keys of your instrument don’t match the colors of the notes in our book, we offer an uncolored version as an alternative. You can mark the circles with the color that matches your bells or the keys of your xylophone using a PDF editor or print the pages and color them with pencils.
CONTENTS
A Hunting We Will Go
A Sailor Went to Sea
Acka Backa
Amazing Grace
Alphabet Song
Are You Sleeping?
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baby Bumble Bee
Bell Horses
Bim Bum Biddy
Bobby Shafto
Brahms Lullaby
Chumbara
Cobbler, Mend My Shoe
Cock-a-Doodle Doo
Cotton Eyed Joe
Ding Dong DiggiDiggiDong
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Doctor Foster
Doggie Doggie
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Five Little Ducks
Five Little Monkeys
Frog in the Meadow
Happy Birthday
Here We Go Looby Loo
Hot Cross Buns
Humpty Dumpty
I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas
I Love Little Kitty
It’s Raining
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Jack and Jill
Jingle Bells
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Kookaburra
La Cucaracha
Lavender’s Blue
Li’l Liza Jane
Little Jack Horner
London Bridge
Long-legged Sailor
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
Miss Mary Mack
My Hat
Ninety-Nine Bottles
Ode to Joy
Oh Susannah
Oh We Can Play on the Big Bass Drum
Old Bald Eagle
Old Blue
Old McDonald
Old Mother Hubbard
One, Two, Three, Four
Peace Like a River
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Ring Around the Rosie
Row Row Your Boat
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
See-Saw Margery Daw
Ten in the Bed
Ten Little Fingers
The Baker
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The Bee and the Pup
The Big Sheep
The First Noel
The Mulberry Bush
The Wheels on the Bus
This Old Man
Tinga Layo
To Market, To Market
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
When the Saints Go Marchin In
Wishy Washy Wee
Yankee Doodle
Are you a beginner who wants to play Christmas songs, hymns, folksongs, and spirituals but have never played music or cannot read sheet music?
Don’t worry!
With my simple, picture-based sheet music, you can start playing immediately.
The songs and melodies have been adapted especially for beginners, using number-coded circles instead of musical staff or notes.
The sheet music is suitable for 10-17 note kalimbas and the most modern kalimbas already have engraved numbers and letters representing the name of the notes. The notes become higher as you move away from the center and alternate from right to left. The songs cover two or three octaves and I use dots to indicate different octaves.
The standard 17-note kalimba contains 3 octaves:
a full 2nd small octave,
a 3rd small octave, and
3 notes from the 4th small octave.
The 2nd small octave goes from C4 to C5 and is depicted in my sheet music as simple numbers. The notes from the 3rd small octave have numbers with one dot above each number. The three notes C6, D6, and E6 in the 4th octave are indicated by numbers with two dots above them. The numbers and dots will help you to begin to play immediately.
Follow the numbers and enjoy the music!
Note: Some melodies have been changed and simplified for a diatonic range.
Christmas songs are a unique music genre traditionally associated with the celebration of Christmas. They can be divided into several categories, including carols, hymns, and secular songs.
Regardless of the specific type, Christmas songs are an important part of the holiday season for many people and are often enjoyed by families and friends as they come together to celebrate the occasion.
This e-book includes 43 Christmasand gospel songs:
Away in a Manger
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
Desk the Halls
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Jingle Bells
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come
O, Holy Night
O Sanctissima!
Silent Night, Holy Night
The First Noel
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Amazing Grace
Babylon’s Falling
Elijah Rock
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
God Is So Good
Great Big Stars
Great Day
Holy, Holy, Holy
I’ve Got Joy Joy
I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Just As I Am
Kumbaya, My Lord
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Praise Him, All You Little Children
Shall We Gather at the River
Sinner Man
Am I a Soldier of the Cross
Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door
Swing Love, Sweet Chariot
The Little Light of Mine
There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
We Are Marching (Siyahamba)
We Shall Overcome
When the Saints Go Marching In
Who Built the Ark?
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Usually, a guide for kalimba offers the possibility of playing by letter or by number, with letters being more common. The modern kalimba often has engraved letters representing the name of the notes. Under the engraved letter (or above the number), you can find one or two dots. These dots represent the octave above the center octave. I also put dots under the letters in the sheet music if they use an octave other than the main kalimba octave.
In this e-book, I recommend playing by letter and/or color. Even if the signs are not engraved on the keys, normally, however, each kalimba has letter-coded stickers included in the set. Usually, they are not color-coded and since my e-book doesn’t include stickers, I suggest making color-coded stickers yourself. This is very easy and you can do it with very small pieces of colored paper.
My sheet music is not for a specific kalimba but is universal and suitable for 8-17 note kalimbas.
I made my pictured sheet music as simple as possible, songs have been transposed for a diatonic range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. You’ll quickly begin to play by letter-coded circles.
The e-book has two parts. The first one contents folk songs, the second one has popular hymns and spirituals.
Table of contents
Part 1. Folk Songs
Au Clair de la Lune
Aura Lee
Barbara Allen
Billy Boy
Billy the Kid
Boil Them Cabbage Down
Buckeye Jim
Buffalo Gals
Colorado Trail
Cotton Eyed Joe
East Virginia Blues
Good Night Ladies
House of the Rising Sun
Jolly Good Fellow
Lavender’s Blue
Li’l Liza Jane
Midnight on the Stormy Deep
My Bonnie
New River Train
Ninety Nine Bottles
Oh! Susannah
On Top of Old Smokey
Peace Like a River
Shenandoah
Part 2. Gospel Songs
Amazing Grace
Babylon’s Falling
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
Elijah Rock
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
God Is So Good
Great Big Stars
Great Day
He’s God the Whole World in His Hands
Holy, Holy, Holy
I’ve Got Joy Joy
I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come!
Just As I Am
Kumbaya, My Lord
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Praise Him, All You Little Children
Shall We Gather at the River
Silent Night, Holy Night
Sinner Man
Soldier of the Cross
Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door
Song of Praise
Swing Love, Sweet Chariot
The Little Light of Mine
There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
We Are Marching (Siyahamba)
We Shall Overcome
When the Saints Go Marching In
Who Built The Ark?
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Playing traditional music notes is difficult for people who have no musical knowledge. You need to know the rhythmic value of each note, its place on the staff, note duration, and its combination with other notes. To be aware of all this simultaneously demands music experience and advanced skills. Nevertheless, even if you have never studied music, you can begin to play complicated melodies, and also experiment with your tongue drum in a meditative way.
All songs in this e-book have been written without using the classic music score system because it is for absolute beginners who cannot read sheet music. I collected very simple and well-known songs and melodies with easy rhythms. You can begin to play just now using circles that contain either a number, without having to consider note duration, key, or time signatures. These numbers correspond to those on the keys of your tongue drum. So you just need to follow the numbers.
I use circles with numbers because most modern tongue drums have numbers engraved or painted on their keys. I do not show the note duration - I just group the circles closer to each other to show the rhythms. You can experiment with a duration on your own. Because most tongue drums include and are tuned to involve the notes of the main octave, all songs from this e-book are possible to play in one octave. This e-book includes very simple, popular children’s and folk songs, but even well-known children’s songs played on the drum will create an unusual magical sound.
Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified.
Contents
Alphabet Song
A Hunting We Will Go
A Sailor Went to Sea
Acka Backa
Are You Sleeping?
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baby Bumble Bee
Bell Horses
Bim Bum Biddy
Bobby Shafto
Brahms Lullaby
Chumbara
Cobbler, Mend My Shoe
Cock-a-Doodle Doo
Ding Dong DiggiDiggiDong
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Doggie Doggie
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Five Little Ducks
Five Little Monkeys
Frog in the Meadow
Happy Birthday
Hot Cross Buns
Humpty Dumpty
I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas
I Love Little Kitty
It’s Raining
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Jack and Jill
Jingle Bells
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Kookaburra
La Cucaracha
Little Jack Horner
London Bridge
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Miss Mary Mack
My Hat
Ninety-Nine Bottles
Ode to Joy
Oh Susannah
Oh We Can Play on the Big Bass Drum
Old Bald Eagle
Old Blue
Old McDonald
Old Mother Hubbard
One, Two, Three, Four
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Ring Around the Rosie
Row Row Your Boat
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
See-Saw Margery Daw
Ten in the Bed
The Bee and the Pup
The Big Sheep
The Mulberry Bush
The Wheels on the Bus
This Old Man
Tinga Layo
To Market, To Market
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
You have never played music before or you cannot read sheet music, but you want to play famous and inspiring hymns and spirituals. Don’t worry! You will begin to play right away. I made my pictured sheet music as simple as possible. You’ll play by letter-coded circles. No musical staff or notes. The easy-to-play songs and melodies were adapted especially for beginners.
The melodies have been transposed to one octave and simplified. Also, the letter-coded notations have been added and complex notations and symbols have been reduced. Such simplification makes it possible for people to play melodies, especially those who can’t read music or who have never played
music before. Additionally, it makes it possible to play on the most primitive instruments, such as a child’s xylophone, bell sets, chime bars, and even a kid’s piano.
You will be able to begin to play right away if the keys of your instrument have letter notations on the keys. Some percussion instruments already have them. They are printed by suppliers (for example, a simple xylophone or kalimba).
For other instruments, you just need to get and apply stickers with letter notations. For most songs, just 8 stickers will be enough.
Most songs from this e-book are possible to play on an 8-note instrument, so a one-octave instrument, for example, a 10-key kalimba, 8-key xylophone, small tongue drum, handbells, or even toy piano will be enough.
But some songs here involve the neighboring with the main octave notes. For these songs, you will need a 2-3 octave instrument. It might be the kalimba with 17 keys, 15+ key xylophone, melodica, synthesizer, or piano. All of them need to have special note stickers for beginners. These transparent removable stickers are available on Amazon for 88/61/54/49 key instruments and they can really help in your musical experience.
I don’t use most musical symbols and notations here: the length of the notes, bars, beams, etc.
This e-book is aimed at your first musical experience no matter what age you are. There is no wrong time or not enough preparation to take up spiritual pursuits.
Table of Contents
Amazing Grace
Babylon’s Falling
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
Elijah Rock
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
God Is So Good
Great Big Stars
Great Day
He’s God the Whole World in His Hands
Holy, Holy, Holy
I’ve Got Joy Joy
I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come!
Just As I Am
Kumbaya, My Lord
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Praise Him, All You Little Children
Shall We Gather at the River
Silent Night, Holy Night
Sinner Man
Soldier of the Cross
Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door
Song of Praise
Swing Love, Sweet Chariot
The Little Light of Mine
There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
We Are Marching (Siyahamba)
We Shall Overcome
When the Saints Go Marching In
Who Built the Ark?
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
The word “mantra” is derived from Sanskrit and simply means a sacred sound. Mantras are used in different traditions, from Hindu to Buddhist, Sikh to Jain.
I collected here the most famous and important mantras all over the world.
The most well-known mantras originate from the Sanskrit, Pali, and Gurmukhi languages. Here, I also include mantra-like prayers from the Christian and Islamic traditions.
This songbook is suitable for any keyboard musical instrument: piano, synthesizer, accordion, melodica, even for percussion instruments such as xylophone or marimba.
The sheet music in this volume can be used for either singing/chanting or playing on a musical instrument. After chanting a mantra over an extended period of time, you will achieve clarity of mind and a higher level of awareness. Also, I added a QR code to all songs. Follow the link and listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
CONTENTS:
Mantra of Avalokiteshvara - Buddhism
Green Tara Mantra - Buddhism Tibetan
Healing Mantra - Buddhism Tibetan
Lotus Sutra Mantra - Buddhism Tibetan
Namo Budhaya - Buddhism
Namo Tassa Bhagawato (Vandana) - Buddhism Theravada
Om Ma Tri Mu Ye Sa Le Du - Buddhism Tibetan
Om Mane Padme Hum - Buddhism
Shakyamuni Mantra - Buddhism
The Medicine Buddha Mantra - Buddhism Tibetan
Ti-Sarana - Buddhism Theravada
White Tara Mantra - Buddhism Tibetan
La Illaha Illallah -Islam Sufism
Jesus Prayer - Christian
Asato Ma Sadgamaya - Hinduism
Gayatri Mantra - Hinduism
Govinda Jaya Jaya - Hinduism
Guru Brahma - Hinduism
Hare Krishna - Hinduism
Kali Durge Namo Namah - Hinduism
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra - Hinduism
Om Mata Kali - Hinduism
Om Namah Shivaya - Hinduism
Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah - Hinduism
Om Shakti Om - Hinduism
Shiva Shiva Shambho - Hinduism
Navkar Mantra - Jainism
Adi Mantra - Sikhism
Moola Mantra - Sikhism
Siri Gayatry Mantra (Ra Ma Da Sa) - Sikhism
I collected very simple and well-known songs and melodies with easy rhythms. You can begin to play in just two steps. First, you will play using circles that contain either a number, without having to consider note duration, key, or time signatures. These numbers correspond to those on the keys of your tongue drum. So, you just need to follow the numbers.
You can get an idea of how the song might be played by listening to the YouTube clip of the same song, which you can access with the QR code below each song. Then, if you find that you can play the song with more confidence, you can try using the second page of the same song, with the actual notes. There, the same melody is written in a traditional manner with all the necessary musical symbols. However, I simplified the melodies in this step as well, transposing most songs for one octave, and leaving the numbers under the notes. I hope that playing these simple melodies will bring you a new relaxation and meditation experience filled with a lot of joy.
Playing traditional music notes is difficult for people who have no musical knowledge. You need to know the rhythmic value of each note, its place on the staff, note duration, and its combination with other notes. To be aware of all this simultaneously demands music experience and advanced skills. Nevertheless, even if you have never studied music, you can begin to play complicated melodies, and also experiment with your tongue drum in a meditative way.
The steel tongue drum (aka tong drum, tank drum, gluck-o-phone, hapi drum, mandala, or lotus drum) and the handpan (aka hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum) are percussion musical instruments designed to help you focus on your feelings, sensations, and body. You don’t need classical music training or knowledge of music theory to play them.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Handpan
The Steel Tongue Drum
Main Differences between the Steel Tongue Drum and the Handpan
Playing the Steel Tongue Drum
Hand Playing Technique
Play by Number
Songs
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baby Bumble Bee
Cock-a-Doodle Doo
Five Little Ducks
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Frog in the Meadow
I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas
It’s Raining
Little Jack Horner
Old Blue
One, Two, Three, Four
Ring Around the Rosie
See-Saw Margery Daw
The Bee and the Pup
To Market, To Market
Appendix
How to Read Music
This e-book aims to help beginners play the French horn. The e-book includes 45 diagrams with fingering positions and staff notation for 3 different types of French horns. The musical notes cover almost 6 octaves.
The most basic type of French horn (because of its lightweight, easy playability, and low cost) is the single horn. Also, it is the most popular choice for beginning students.
The main difference between single and double French horns is the number of valve slides per rotor. In general, single horns have one valve slide per rotor, while double horns have two. Two tubing sets make the double horn heavier and more complicated to use than the single French horn.
These fingering charts are suitable for F and Bb single horns and F/Bb double horns.
While the F single French horn has 3 buttons, both the F/Bb double french horn and the Bb single French horn have 4 buttons, the extra being for the thumb. The numbers of buttons that are colored are those that need to be pressed to play the given note.
You can print and cut out the charts to use them as flash cards or mount them on the wall as posters.
The size of the cut-out is 6.5x10 inches (16x25 cm).
This book contains Kodaly’s hand system, along with recorder fingering charts, for each note. This correspondence between note, hand sign, and finger position on the recorder is further enhanced by the inclusion of chromatic notes.
e set includes 18 pictures with fingering positions for the soprano recorder, with pitch names and notations. The musical notes included are:
C С# D D# E F F# G G# A Bb B C D E F F# G
Low F, Low F#, High F, and High F# have different fingering for Baroque and Germanic recorders. These charts are suitable for both styles of a soprano recorder.
One side of the page shows the recorder fingering chart with note name and staff position, and the reverse side depicts the Kodaly (Curwen) hand sign for the corresponding note. Both sides are chroma note color-coded.
Cut out the fingering charts and use them as visual aids for yourself, your kids, or your students. Use one side if you are learning or teaching the recorder fingerings and the opposite side for singing and solmization.
The size of the cut-out will be 7x10 inches (181x260 mm).
This e-book aims to help beginners play flute simply and easily. The e-book includes 76 brightly colored pictures with fingering positions for the flute, with pitch names and staff notations.
The musical notes included are:
C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B
of the 4th, 5th and 6th octave.
Cut out the fingering charts and use them as a visual aid for you, your kids or your students.
The size of the cut-out is 6.5x10 inches (16x25 cm). Each note has its own piece of paper. You can post these cut-outs on the wall or use them as you like.
One side of the cut-out shows the connection between the dots and their fingering, and the reverse side depicts the same fingering scheme shown on a flute illustration. You will choose the style that is more understandable and comfortable.
The kalimba or mbira is a traditional and typical African instrument. It consists of metal keys attached by a wooden support structure. Normally, the African mbira has 4-20 keys, but there also exist mbiras with 45 keys. One of the ethnic groups of people of Zimbabwe, the Rosvi, are called “Mbira people”.
Any folk song presupposes dance, but in Africa, dance is impossible to separate from a song. Music and dance accompany African birth, growing up, initiation, marriage, the birth of children, death, as well as most social activity, such as hunting, planting, and gathering.
Music is often associated in Africa with magic. As the African proverb says: “the spirit cannot ascend to heaven without a song”.
This educational e-book will help you begin to play music simply and easily. If you are a beginner, playing by notes can be difficult. It is easier to play the finger piano by following numbers. Learn how to play music in a quick and easy way, without knowledge of reading sheet music. My sheet music is universal and suitable for any 8-, 10- or 17- note kalimbas and mbiras.
Follow the numbers and begin to play!
Some melodies might have been changed and simplified to be played in the diatonic range. If your thumb piano has flat keys, it is recommended that you use the classic sheet music for piano.Also, I added a QR code to all songs. You can follow the link and listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
List of 31 African songs for kalimba:
Achta ta ta ta ta. Song from Morocco
Askari Eee. Song from Tanzania
Atadwe. Song from Ghana
Banaha. Song from Congo
Banuwa. Song from Liberia
Bebe Moke. Song from Congo
Before Dinner. Song from Congo
Che Che Koolay. Song from Ghana
Coco Laye-Laye. Song from Congo
Do Do Ki Do. Song from Cameroon
Eh Soom Boo Kawaya. Song from Nigeria
Funga Alafia. Song from Ghana
Kanzenzenze. Song from Congo
Kotiko. Song from Congo
L’abe igi orombo. Song from Nigeria
Manamolela. Song from South Africa
Mayo Nafwa. Song from Zambia
Obwisana. Song from Ghana
Plouf Tizen Tizen. Song from Algeria
Sansa Kroma. Song from Ghana
Sélinguenia. Song from Kenya
Shosholoza. Song from South Africa
Sindi. Song from Burkina Faso
Siyahamba. Song from South Africa
Siyanibingelela. Song from South Africa
Stick Passing Song. Song from Uganda
Umele. Song from South Africa
Wa Wa Wa. Song from Congo
Welcome Song. Song from Uganda
Zimbole. Song from South Africa
Zomina. Song from Togo
The kalimba (aka mbira, finger or thumb piano) came from Africa. It is a perfect instrument for playing any kind of ethnic music.
Native Americans have never known the thumb piano. The kalimba came from Africa, but it is perfectly suitable for any tribal songs.
Here are 28 traditional Native American songs adapted for 10 and 17 key kalimbas. All songs are in easily readable diatonic arrangements with number notation. My aim is to make playing as simple as possible. Even if you don’t have any musical background, you will begin to play very fast.
Here you can find traditional songs, handed down from generation to generation: ceremonial (such as corn grinding or moccasin game songs) and a medicinal song.
Also, I added a QR code to all songs. Follow the link and find this song on YouTube, so that you can listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
Here, I have collected only simplified diatonic melodies.
Contents
Ani Couni. Arapaho Song. (Version 1)
Ani Couni. Arapaho Song. (Version 2)
Ani Couni. Arapaho Song. (Version 3)
Medicine Song. Apache Song
Bebi Notsa. Creek folk song
Buffalo Dance. Kiowa folk song
Chippewa Lullaby. Chippewa folk song
Corn Grinding Song. Zuni folk song
Dust of the Red Wagon. Ute folk song
Eagle Dance Song. Algonquin folk song
Epanay. Sioux folk song
Hiya Hiya. Pawnee folk song
Happy Song. Navajo folk song
Ho Ho Watanay. Iroquois Lullaby. (2 versions)
Hosisipa. Sioux folk song
Hwi Ne Ya He. Presumably an Apache song
Happiness Song. Navajo folk song
Inuit Ice Cream. Inuit folk song
Inuit Lullaby. Inuit folk song
Moccasin Game Song. Navajo folk song
Nessa, Nessa. Ojebwe Lullaby
Mos Mos. Hopi folk song
My Paddle. Folk song
O Hal’lwe. Nanticoke folk song
Okki Tokki Unga. Inuit fishing song
Sioux Lullaby. Sioux folk song
Wanagi Wacipi Olowan. Dakota folk song
Wioste Olowan. Dakota folk song
We N’ De Ya Ho Cherokee Morning song
Zuni Sunset Song. Zuni folk song
Neither kids nor their parents have to read sheet music or have a musical background. No previous knowledge is necessary. None at all.
Every song has a large and simple, color and letter-coded visual, along with traditional sheet music. The instruction is designed so that children begin with simple circles and gradually advance to reading notes using sheet music. We try to make this transition as easy as a game, where children advance to higher levels themselves.
There is a total of 22 songs and 3 options to help children to begin to play right away.
PLAYING BY COLOR CIRCLE
PLAY BY LETTER
PLAY WITH THE MUSICAL STAFF
The player can first follow the circles and then repeat with the classic note symbols and staff. The helpful letters are always above the notes.
There are 3 parts in this book. They are equal to 3 levels.
Level 1. Songs that are played in one octave. All songs here appear twice: once written with circles and the next time with classic music notes. This will help kids remember the staff notes.
For example:
Mary Had a Little Lamb - Ver 1 - CIRCLES
Mary Had a Little Lamb - Ver 1 - NOTES
Level 2. In this part, you will find one version with both circles and notes and a more advanced version of the song with notes and musical notation.
For example:
Hot Cross Buns - Ver 1 - CIRCLES
Hot Cross Buns - Ver 1 - NOTES
Hot Cross Buns - Ver 2 - NOTES
(Here the player will play songs in a different key and learn to transpose).
Generally, the version of the song written with sheet music is a little bit more complex than a letter-coded version. Such versions already have music notations such as rests or beams, etc. You can find an illustrated explanation of the notation at the end of this book.
Level 3. Here, the first two songs are versions of the same melody (different combinations of notes) written with circles and notes. This is important so that the beginner can see how the same melody can be played in different keys.
First of all, this book is addressed to newcomers to any keyboard instrument (such as Piano or Synthesizer, not only Melodica).
Also, it is a perfect self-training guide for children and beginner adults to mastering the challenges of percussion instruments such as kalimba, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, or even color bell set.
Table of contents
Level 1
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Ode to Joy
The Whills on the Bus
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Ten Little Fingers
London Bridge
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
we Wish You a Merry Christmas
The First Noel
Brahms Lullaby
Row Row Your Boat
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Silent Night
Oh Susannah
Level 2
Hot Cross Buns
Are You Sleeping?
Old McDonald
Level 3
Jingle Bells
La Cucaracha
Yankee Doodle
Happy Birthday
Amazing Grace
Music Note Values
Musical Puzzles
This sheet music e-book was written to help the beginner, be they child or adult, learn to play music in a simple and easy way that requires no previous knowledge of music.
Just by following the circles with letters, you will sound like an experienced musician.
Playing music can be effortless and an enjoyable game.
There are 3 levels in this e-book:
Level 1 and 2 are for beginners and use circles with letter notation, instead of notes.
Level 3 has letter notation and traditional musical notes.
Level 1. Songs that are possible to play within the main octave.
Level 2. Songs that need to be played in an octave other than the main octave, or songs that involve the flat notes.
Now you will need to select the proper note/key by ear.
Level 3. These songs have been written for one octave with ordinary “adult“ musical notes and symbols.
To begin to play right away without any musical knowledge, you just need to obtain and apply the stickers with letter-notation and on each key of your melodica.
Most melodicas include these stickers, but you can buy them separately or create your own using common peelable paper stickers.
In the sheet music e-book, you will find 28 funny kids songs.
There are simple popular songs: kids learning (ABC), sleeping, Christian, church, animals.
Songs:
Hot Cross Buns
Are you sleeping?
Mary had a Little Lamb
The wheels on the Bus
Twinkle. Twinkle Little Star
Old MacDonald had a farm
Do you know the Muffin Man?
London Bridge is Falling Down
Jingle Bells
We wish you a Merry Christmas
Brahm’s Lullaby
Ode to Joy
Happy Birthday
Le Cucaracha
Oh! Susannah
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The First Noel
Yankee Doodle
Row, row, row your Boat
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Amazing Grace
Silent Night
Beethoven. For Elise
Rain, rain, go away
Alphabet Song
A Ram Sam Sam
Little Jack Horner
It’s Raining