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
In this songbook, we’ve gathered a collection of English-language romantic songs and ballads from various countries, including England, Ireland, Scotland, the USA, and Australia. The book features 62 songs, all of which can be played on any keyboard instrument with 13 or more notes.
Versatility Across Instruments
These songs can be played on various keyboard instruments such as the piano and melodica, as well as non-keyboard instruments like the xylophone or kalimba, provided they have sufficient notes.
Beginner-Friendly Notation
While all the melodies are written in traditional musical notation, this book is also beginner-friendly. For those who aren’t yet comfortable reading sheet music, we’ve included corresponding letter inside each note. The letters used in this book follow the common musical notation system, ranging from C to B for each octave.
QR Code Resources
Each song has 2 QR codes coming with it.
The QR code with rounded corners leads to the song played on a tongue drum.
The square QR code leads to Youtube. Scan this code to hear the song played by
professionals. While these recordings may not exactly match the versions notated in this book, they serve as useful guides for understanding the melody and rhythm.
Song Variations
This songbook contains 52 unique songs. Additionally, 10 songs are presented in two variations, differing in pitch, note lengths, or the number of notes, giving you even more options to explore.
We hope you enjoy the timeless charm of these traditional romantic songs and ballads. Whether you’re a complete beginner or more experienced, this collection offers a quick and enjoyable path to learning and playing these beautiful melodies.
Contents
Annie Laurie
Au Clair de la Lune
Aura Lee
Beautiful Brown Eyes
Bella Ciao
Blood on the Saddle
Bound for South Australia
Brennan on the Moor
Bridal Chorus
Bury Me Noton the Lone Prairie
Butcher Boy
Cliffs of Doneen
Come Back, Liza
Cotton Eyed Joe
Down by the Salley Gardens
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Hi’ilawe
House of the Rising Sun
I Gave My Love a Cherry
Isn’t It Grand, Boys?
Italian Waltz
James Connoly
Lavender’s Blue
Long, Long Ago
Man of Constant Sorrow
Molly Malone
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
My Home’s in Montana
My Singing Bird
My Wild Irish Rose
Old Folks at Home
The Red River Valley
Scarborough Fair
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Skibbereen
Spancil Hill
Sweet Betsy from Pike
The Banks of Claudy
The Boys of Fairhill
The Curragh of Kildare
The Irish Rover
The Kerry Recruit
The Meeting of the Waters
The Northern Lights of Aberdeen
The Rocks of Bawn
The Snowy-Breasted Pearl
The Spanish Lady
Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree
Vive L’Amour
Wanderin’
Weile Walia
Wildwood Flower
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).
You have a great opportunity to jump right into the music. Music bells create an amazing sound and there is no need to worry about being in tune or finger position. musicalIt’s a great instrument for beginners of any age.
The unique advantage of bell sets is the fact that each note is created by an individual bell, 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.
Give each participant one or two bells and ask them to join in a simple melody.
Independently, whether the player has musical knowledge or not, the band will sound harmoniously with just a little bit of training.
If you are a beginner, playing by note can be difficult. It is easier to follow color-coded circles with 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.
My color chromatic scale corresponds to the chakra system. Each chakra is said to vibrate at a different frequency and is associated with a particular color and particular musical note. However, if your model is a little bit different, for example, C and C8 both are red, this e-book will also work for you. This sheet music is suitable for desk bells and for handbells.
Contents
Amazing Grace
Babylon’s Falling
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
Elijah Rock
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
God Is So Good
Great Big Stars
Great Day
He’s God the Whole World in His Hands
Holy, Holy, Holy
I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Jesus Loves Me
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come!
Just As I Am
Kumbaya, My Lord
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Praise Him, All You Little Children
Shall We Gather at the River
Silent Night, Holy Night
Sinner Man
Soldier of the Cross
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
We Are Marching (Siyahamba)
When the Saints Go Marching In
Who Built the Ark?
This illustrated learning e-book (black and white version) will help you begin to play music by letter simply and easily. The recorder songbook includes not only letters but also classic sheet music and it is helpful in developing music literacy.
Most of the presented melodies are rather unique. Although my songbook includes basically kids’ songs, you will find several Christian hymns and Christmas carols. This e-book includes complete melodies as well as substantial segments of uncomplicated, famous traditional folk songs.
In addition, you can find another e-book for the recorder musical instrument with the most popular songs from around the world “Recorder for Beginners. 50 Easy-to-Play Songs from Over the World”.
Attention: Some melodies might be changed and simplified for beginners to be played within one octave.
Letter names have been added to the classic musical notes to make it possible for you to confidently begin playing.
Also, QR codes have been added to all songs so you can follow the link and hear the rhythm before playing.
Traditional British Folk Songs
Alphabet Song
Amazing Grace
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Bobby Shafto
Cobbler, Mend My Shoe
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
Dr. Foster
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Five Little Monkeys
Here We Go Looby Loo
Hey Diddle Diddle
I Love Little Kitty
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
Jack and Jill
Little Jack Horner
Old Mother Hubbard
One, Two Three, Four
Pat-a-Cake
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Rig-a-Jig-Jig
Ring Around the Rosie
Wishy-Washy Wee
See-Saw Margery Daw
Silent Night
The First Noel
This Old Man
To Market, To Market
Traditional American Folk Songs
A-tisket, A-tasket
I Like to Eat (Apples and Bananas)
Baby Bumble Bee
Bill Grogan’s Goat
Bim Bum Biddy
Charlie Over the Ocean
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Chumbara
Ding Dong Diggidiggidong
Frog in the Meadow
Go Get the Axe
Heigh Di Ho
I Fed My Horse
Jack-o-lantern
Old Bell Cow
Old Blue
Old Brass Wagon
Over the River and Through the Woods
Pizza Pizza Daddy-o
Ten in the Bed
Ten Little Fingers
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The Bee and the Pup
The Big Sheep
When Sammy Put the Paper on the Wall
Zudio
The most difficult thing about playing Native American songs is their irregular rhythms. It might change several times during a song because rhythm is generally more important than melody. Songs for American tribes are traditionally a method of communicating with their ancestors and supernatural powers. Music is used to help grow a harvest, bring rain, bring victory in battle or cure the sick.
Music is seldom performed for its own sake and as a rule, the tribes tried to repeat sounds that were heard in nature (whispering winds, rain sounds, etc). That is why the rhythm prevailed and words were not so important. Some songs such as ceremonial or medicinal ones often were inspired by dreams. Here you can find traditional songs, handed down from generation to generation
These traditional American folk songs are possible to play on the piano, Melodica, glockenspiel, xylophone, or synthesizer keyboard, but remember that traditional American music never involved or included a piano or other keyboard instrument.
I added a QR code to each song. Follow the link and listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
Table of Contents
Ani Couni - Arapaho Song. (Version 1)
Ani Couni - Arapaho Song. (Version 2)
Ani Couni - Arapaho Song. (Version 3)
Bebi Notsa - Creek folk song
Buffalo Dance - Kiowa folk song
Chippewa Lullaby - Chippewa folk song
Corn Grinding Song - Zuni folk song
Creek Duck Dance - Creek folk song. (Version 1)
Creek Duck Dance - Creek folk song. (Version 2)
Dust of the Red Wagon - Ute folk song
Eagle Dance Song - Algonquin folk song
Epanay - Sioux folk song
Happy Song - Navajo folk song
Hiya Hiya - Pawnee 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
Kayowajineh - Seneca Canoe song
Medicine Song - Apache Song
Moccasin Game Song - Navajo folk song
Mos Mos - Hopi folk song
Muje Mukesin - Ojibwe traditional song
My Paddle - Folk song
Nessa, Nessa - Ojibwe Lullaby
O Hal’lwe - Nanticoke folk song
Okki Tokki Unga - Inuit fishing song
Pleasure Dance - Choctaw folk song
Sioux Lullaby - Sioux folk song
Song of the Deer Dancing - Chippewa folk song
Song to the Sun - Zuni folk song
Uhe’ Ba Sho - Omaha folk song
Wanagi Wacipi Olowan - Dakota folk song
Wioste Olowan - Dakota folk song
We n’ De Ya Ho - Cherokee Morning song
Ya Ya We - Wichita song
Zuni Sunset Song - Zuni folk song
All 70 songs in this e-book have been written without using the classic music score system, because it is for the absolute beginners who can’t read sheet music. This e-book is aimed at those who want to add popular melodies to their experimentation.
I used circles with numbers because most modern tongue drums have numbers engraved or painted on their keys. I do not show the note duration. You can experiment with a duration on your own.
I recommend finding each of these songs on YouTube and listening to the rhythm before beginning to play.
My sheet music is only a guide. The most important thing is to listen and repeat the recordings.
All songs from this e-book are possible to play in one octave.
These songs are suitable for a diatonic 8-note tongue drum, which should have numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 1 of the next octave.
Please note: if you have a model of the tongue drum with 5 tongues, or if some keys from the octave are missing, you will not be able to play all of the songs in this e-book.
The songbook includes very simple, popular children’s and folk songs, but even well-known children’s songs played on the tong drum will create an unusual magical sound.
Table of contents
PART 1
A Hunting We Will Go
Acka Backa
Bell Horses
Bobby Shafto
Doggie Doggie
Frog in the Meadow
Hot Cross Buns
London Bridge
Long-legged Sailor
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Miss Mary Mack
Ninety-Nine Bottles
Old Bald Eagle
One, Two, Three, Four
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Ring Around the Rosie
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
See-Saw Margery Daw
Ten in the Bed
The Wheels on the Bus
PART 2
Alphabet Song
A Sailor Went to Sea
Are You Sleeping?
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baby Bumble Bee
Cobbler, Mend My Shoe
Cotton Eyed Joe
Ding Dong DiggiDiggiDong
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Doctor Foster
Five Little Ducks
Five Little Monkeys
Happy Birthday
Humpty Dumpty
I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas
I Love Little Kitty
It’s Raining
Jack and Jill
Jingle Bells
La Cucaracha
Lavender’s Blue
Little Jack Horner
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
My Hat
Oh We Can Play on the Big Bass Drum
Old Blue
Old McDonald
Old Mother Hubbard
Row Row Your Boat
The Backer
The Bee and the Pup
The Mulberry Bush
This Old Man
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
PART 3
Bim Bum Biddy
Brahms Lullaby
Chumbara
Cock-a-Doodle Doo
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Kookaburra
Li’l Liza Jane
Ode to Joy
Oh Susannah
Peace Like a River
The Big Sheep
Tinga Layo
To Market, To Market
Mantras use the energy of sacred sound to bring benefit to the human body and psyche. This is done through vibration, content, and repetition, and the purpose is to harmonize the energy of one’s heart, mind, and body. The creation of this balance of energy has been used for centuries to access and open the human heart and mind and connect them to spiritual powers. Most mantras consist of simple words or sounds that evoke a deep resonance.
These mantras were adapted here for Tongue Drum and Handpan and they are possible to play on most drum models. Songs have been transposed for a steel drum sound range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified.
The steel tongue drum (aka tong drum, tank drum, gluck-o-phone, hapi, or steeldrum) and the handpan (aka hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum, meditation, healing, or chakra drum) are percussion musical instruments designed to help you focus on your feelings, sensations, and body. The main purpose is relaxation, meditation, and traveling through your inner world.
We write the note numbers above the notes because our sheet music is aimed at absolute beginners. Just follow numbers and enjoy.
Also, we add a QR code to most songs. Follow the link and find this song before beginning to play.
For which tongue drum are these mantras suitable?
Each tongue drum is very different, and it is impossible to accommodate songs for all kinds of tongue drums in one book. This book is suitable for most models of handpan, but if you have a tongue drum, it should have a minimum of 10 keys, because many songs in this book involve more than one-octave notes. 13 melodies from this book are suitable for a 1-octave tongue drum. Others melodies require a 10+ key tongue drum or a handpan.
Contents:
Adi Mantra of Kundalini Yoga
Ayodhya Vasi Ram
Devi Devi Devi Yagan Mohini
Gauri Gauri Gange Rajeshwari
Gayatri Mantra
Govinda Jaya Jaya
Guru Brahma
Hara Hara Mahadeva
Hare Krishna
Hari Hari Bol
Jai Radha Madhava Kunjabi Hari
Jaya Durga Kali
Jaya Ho Mata
Jyota Se Jyota
Kali Durgai Namo Namah
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Namosthute
Om Aim Hrim Klim Chamundaye Viche Namaha
Om Bhagavan
Om Mane Padme Hum
Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya
Om Shakti Om
Om Shri Durgayai Namaha
Rama Bolo
Shankara Karunakara
Shiva Shiva Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shambho
Shivananda Namah Om
Shivaya Parameshwaraya
Siri Gayatry Mantra (Ra Ma Da Sa)
This e-book aims to help beginners play the Alto saxophone. The e-book includes 42 saxophone diagrams with fingering positions and staff notation and 42 illustrations of the fingering location on the saxophone itself. The musical notes cover almost 4 octaves from A#3 to Eb7. Here are the basic and altissimo fingerings suitable for alto saxophones. This e-book does not include the trill fingerings. Learn trill fingering with my e-book: “Saxophone Trill Fingering Chart”.
You 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 page in the e-book. 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. Under the picture of the key, you will also find the fingering combinations depicted with the names of the key. Choose a style that makes it easier for you to learn. If you are a beginner/student or even more advanced, try hanging the individual pages on the wall in front of you. The size of the cut-out is 6.5x10 inches.
I call this series “I don’t read music” since I am targeting beginners of all ages: children, teens, parents, grandparents.
Folk music traditionally is not learned from sheet music or notes. Instead, it is learned by repetition and from being passed from generation to generation. I believe in this method of teaching, which is easier and more enjoyable.
This e-book includes 63 familiar and easy-to-play folk songs and melodies. Each song here is written with color circles and letter notes inside. Most songs have been simplified and transposed for one octave. Since this e-book is aimed at the absolute beginner without any knowledge of reading music, I do not use here the classical music staff and do not show the note duration. You can experiment with the duration on your own.
If you have very little music experience, playing by note can be difficult. It is easier to follow color-coded circles with note letters. By simply following the color circles, you will sound like an experienced musician.
This songbook uses the Chroma-Notes Colored Music System, popular in the US.
I recommend finding each of these songs on YouTube and listening to the rhythm before beginning to play. My sheet music is only a guide. The most important thing is to listen and repeat the recordings.
Attention:
This learning sheet music will be most useful for the musical instruments with the color scheme below:
C = red, D = orange, E = yellow, F = green, G = light blue, A = blue, B = violet, C8 =red.
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:
Alphabet Song
A Hunting We Will Go
A Sailor Went to Sea
Acka Backa
Are You Sleeping?
Baby Bumble Bee
Baa Baa Black Sheep
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
Doctor Foster
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 31
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
This e-book consists of 2 parts:
The first includes the most essential mantras for your yoga practice.
The second part includes the most sacred chants from different traditions: Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Christian, and Islamic.
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, and Kundalini Yoga. I also included several Buddhist mantras which are usually used at the end of a yoga session when Metta meditation is done. The handpan because of its unusual sound might be a great tool in your spiritual practice and experience.
These mantras were adapted here for Tongue Drum and Handpan and they are possible to play on most drum models. Songs have been transposed for a steel drum sound range. Some melodies have been changed and simplified.
The steel tongue drum (aka tong drum, tank drum, gluck-o-phone, hapi, or steeldrum) and the handpan (aka hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum, meditation, healing, or chakra drum) are percussion musical instruments designed to help you focus on your feelings, sensations, and body. The main purpose is relaxation, meditation, and traveling through your inner world.
I wrote the note numbers above the notes because my sheet music is aimed at absolute beginners. Just follow numbers and enjoy.
Also, I added a QR code to most songs. Follow the link and find this song before beginning to play.
Which tongue drum are these songs suitable for?
Each tongue drum is very different, and it is impossible to accommodate songs for all kinds of tongue drums in one e-book.
This e-book is suitable for most models of handpan, but if you have a tongue drum, it should have a minimum of 10 keys, because many songs in this e-book involve more than one-octave notes. 18 melodies from this e-book are suitable for a 1-octave tongue drum. Others melodies require a 10+ key tongue drum or a handpan.
Table of Contents:
Part 1. Yoga Mantras
Adi Mantra. Kundalini Yoga
Asatoma Sadgamaya
Ashtanga Vinyasa Closing Yoga Mantra.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Opening Yoga Mantra
Ganesha Mantra
Gayatri Mantra
Lakshmi Mantra
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Om Shakti Om
Siri Gayatry Mantra (Ra Ma Da Sa). Kundalini Yoga
Surya Gayatri Yoga Mantra
Surya Namaskar
Yoga Sutra. Patanjali Yoga
Part 2. Sacred Chants for Meditation
Green Tara Mantra Tibetan Buddhism Tradition
Jai Radha Madhav Kunjabihari Hinduism Tradition
Jesus Prayer Christianity
Kali Durgai Namo Namah Hinduism Tradition
La Illaha Illallah Sufi. Islamic Tradition
Namo Buddhaya Buddhism
Namo Tassa Bhagawato (Vandana) Buddhism. Theravada Tradition
Navkar Mantra Jainism
Om Ma Tri Mu Ye Sa Le Du Bon. Tibetan Tradition
Shiva Shiva Shambho Hinduism Tradition
Tibetan Healing Mantra (Lama Chenno) Bon. Tibetan Tradition
Triple Mantra. Kundalini Yoga Sikh Tradition
My sheet music includes fingering positions, letter-coded notation, and song lyrics for a 4-hole ocarina. Although your ocarina has just 4 holes, this small instrument can produce 8 natural notes, the full range from C to C, and 5 flat or sharp notes: a total of 13 notes.
This songbook is suitable for a 6-hole ocarina also, in this case, 2 holes on the back side of the instrument should be always covered with thumbs.
The fingering positions are shown in the e-book graphically on an image of a standard-shaped ocarina with four holes. Each hole on the ocarina is represented by circles. The circles filled in black indicate which holes should be covered while playing. The open circles mean they should be uncovered. The bottom circles correspond to the holes on the ocarina which are closest to your mouth. Circles on the left are played using the left hand and are played with the index and middle fingers, while those on the right side are played with the same fingers on the right hand.
Ocarinas always have 1 hole which is never covered. This is the place where sound is released from the ocarina, which is called the whistle.
The 4-hole ocarina is a simple beginner instrument. It is cheap and portable, has a simple structure and form, and is easy to begin to play.
Ocarinas are made from a variety of materials. The most popular models are made of plastic, porcelain, ceramic, or wood.
My sheet music is based on a 4-hole ocarina tuned in C Major.
Contents
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
A Tisket, a Tasket
Aloha Oe
Amazing Grace
Aura Lee
Au Clair de la Lune
Away in a Manger
Barbara Allen
Bingo
Blue Bells of Scotland
Bye Baby Bunting
For Elise
Good King Wenceslas
Happy Birthday to You
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Hickory Dickory Dock
Holy, Holy, Holy
Home on the Range
Hot Cross Buns
I’m a Little Teapot
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Kumbaya
Lavender’s Blue
Little Bunny Foo Foo
London Bridge
Mary Had a Little Lamb
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
My Old Dog Tray
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Ode to Joy
Oh, My Darling Clementine
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Pop Goes the Weasel
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Ring Around the Rosie
Rock-a-bye Baby
Row Row Row Your Boat
Skip To My Lou
Syahamba
Ten Little Fingers
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The First Noel
The Muffin Man
The Skye Boat Song
The Wheels on the Bus
This Old Man
Three Blind Mice
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
When the Saints Go Marching In
99 Bottles of Beer
Music is an integral part in the life of the Native Americans, playing a key role in ceremonies, recreational activities, self-expression, and healing. Many different instruments are used in Native American music, including drums, flutes, and other percussion instruments.
This e-book is suitable for most models of handpan, but if you have a tongue drum, it should have a minimum of 10 keys, because many songs in this e-book involve more than one-octave notes.
The steel tongue drum (aka tong drum, tank drum, gluck-o-phone, hapi, or steeldrum) and the handpan (aka hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum, meditation, healing, yoga, or chakra drum) are percussion musical instruments designed to help you focus on your feelings, sensations, and body.
In musical science, a unique Native American style of singing can be distinguished. It is characterized by rhythmic breathing, a tense voice, and syllabic sounds being more important than lyrics. These technical features helped the shaman achieve a trance state. Although the tongue drum is a modern musical instrument, is perfectly suitable for any tribal song.
Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If your drum has flat keys, it is recommended that you use the classic sheet music for the piano.
I wrote the note numbers above the notes because my sheet music is aimed at absolute beginners. Just follow numbers and enjoy.
Here you can find traditional songs, handed down from generation to generation: ceremonial (such as corn grinding or moccasin game songs) or healing songs.
Also, I added a QR code to most 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. Ojibwe Lullaby
Mos Mos. Hopi folk song
My Paddle. Folk song
O Hal’lwe. Nanticoke folk song
Okki Tokki Unga. Inuit fishing song
Pleasure Dance. Choctaw folk song
Sioux Lullaby. Sioux folk song
Song of the Deer Dancing. Chippewa folk song
Song to the Sun. Zuni folk song
Uhe’ Ba Sho. Omaha folk song
Wanagi Wacipi Olowan. Dakota folk song
Wioste Olowan. Dakota folk song
We N’ De Ya Ho Cherokee Morning song
Ya Ya We. Wichita song
Zuni Sunset Song. Zuni folk song
Flutes are a part of the Native American tradition.
Original instruments have from zero to 7 finger holes, and each flute master designs their own instrument in order to find their own unique sound.
Flutes, along with percussion instruments, were used for ceremonial and healing purposes.
These songs were adapted here for Recorder musical instrument.
Songs for American tribes are traditionally a method of communicating with their ancestors and supernatural powers. Music is used to help grow a harvest, bring rain, bring victory in battle or cure the sick.
Music is seldom performed for its own sake and as a rule, the tribes tried to repeat sounds which were heard in nature (whispering winds, rain sounds, etc). That is why the rhythm prevailed and words were not so important. Some songs such as ceremonial or medicinal ones often were inspired by dreams. Here you can find traditional songs, handed down from generation to generation.
I wrote the note numbers above the notes because our sheet music is aimed at absolute beginners. Just follow numbers and enjoy.
Also, I added a QR code to each song. Follow the link and find this song on YouTube, so that you can listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
For which recorders are these songs suitable?
These traditional American folk songs can possibly be played on a Soprano recorder, and several songs can be played on an Alto model.
Table of Contents
Ani Couni. Arapaho Song. (Version 1)
Ani Couni. Arapaho Song. (Version 2)
Ani Couni. Arapaho Song. (Version 3)
Bebi Notsa. Creek folk song
Buffalo Dance. Kiowa folk song
Chippewa Lullaby. Chippewa folk song
Corn Grinding Song. Zuni folk song
Creek Duck Dance. Creek folk song. (Version 1)
Creek Duck Dance. Creek folk song. (Version 2)
Dust of the Red Wagon. Ute folk song
Eagle Dance Song. Algonquin folk song
Epanay. Sioux folk song
Happy Song. Navajo folk song
Hiya Hiya. Pawnee 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
Kayowajineh. Seneca Canoe song
Medicine Song. Apache Song
Moccasin Game Song. Navajo folk song
Mos Mos. Hopi folk song
Muje Mukesin. Ojibwe traditional song
My Paddle. Folk song
Nessa, Nessa. Ojibway Lullaby
O Hal’lwe. Nanticoke folk song
Okki Tokki Unga. Inuit fishing song
Pleasure Dance. Choctaw folk song
Sioux Lullaby. Sioux folk song
Song of the Deer Dancing. Chippewa folk song
Song to the Sun. Zuni folk song
Uhe’ Ba Sho. Omaha folk song
Wanagi Wacipi Olowan. Dakota folk song
Wioste Olowan. Dakota folk song
We n’ De Ya Ho. Cherokee Morning song
Ya Ya We. Wichita song
Zuni Sunset Song. Zuni folk song
This e-book includes complete melodies as well as substantial segments of uncomplicated, famous traditional folk songs from different countries. Their goal was to assist you in acquainting your students with the musical traditions of diverse nations and cultures.
Through music, we are brought together and we can gain a better understanding of people from all corners of the Earth.
I call this series “I Don’t Read Music” since I are targeting beginners of all ages: children, teens, parents, and grandparents.
Getting to know music from around the world can be one of the most exciting and appealing ways to be introduced to new and different cultures. Music is a universal language, meaning that it transcends borders and opens up an entirely new way of thinking.
This e-book includes 53 popular, rhythmic, and easy-to-play folk songs and melodies from all over the world. Since this e-book is aimed at the absolute beginner without any knowledge of reading music, I do not use the classical music staff and do not show the note duration. Each song here is written without classic musical notation but only with circles and numbered notes inside. First of all, I recommend following the QR-code which you will find on each page, listening to the song on YouTube, and then trying to repeat what is heard in the recordings. It will help to understand the rhythm pattern and duration.
Keep in mind that folk music traditionally is not learned from sheet music or notes. Instead, it is learned by repetition and through being passed from generation to generation. I believe in this method of teaching, which is easier and more enjoyable. For learning purposes, all songs have been simplified and adapted especially for 8 key drums.
Contents:
North America
Alice the Camel
Ani Couni Chaouani
Aura Lee
Bim Bum Biddy
Buckeye Jim
Jacob’s Ladder
Li’l Liza Jane
Kum-Ba-Yah
Michel Row Your Boat
Over the River
Peace Like a River
Latin America
Brinca la Tablita
Cucaracha
DoDo Petit PoPo
Tingalayo
Cumpleanos Feliz
Lost my Gold Ring
Los Pollitos Dicen
Africa
Banuwa
Che Che Koolay
Do-Do-Ki-Do
Funga Alafia
Kanzenzenze
Labe-igi-Orombo
Obwisana
Sansa Kroma
Shosholoza
Welcome Song
Europe
Five Little Duck
Five Little Monkeys
Hush Little Baby
Old Mother Hubbard
This Old Man
See-Saw Margery Daw
Buenos Dias
Donde estan las Llaves
Au Clair de la Lune
Pirouette Cacahuete
Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?)
Un Petit Cochon
Vous Diraije Maman (Twinkle Little Star)
Giro-Giro-Tondo
Oh Che Bel Castello
Mein Hut (My Hat)
Asia
Kalinka
Kum Bachur Atzel
Anile, Anile
Gayatri Mantra
Maha Mrityundjaya Mantra
Zhao Peng You
Hotaru Koi
Australia and Oceania
Epo-i-Tai-Tai-e
Kangaroo, Skippy Roo
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?
This book aims to help beginners play the Tenor saxophone. The book includes 42 saxophone diagrams with fingering positions and staff notation and 42 illustrations of the fingering location on the saxophone itself. The musical notes cover almost 4 octaves from A#3 to Eb7. There are:
A#/Bb3, B3, C4, C#/Db4, D4, D#/Eb4, E4, F4, F#/Gb4, G4, G#Ab4, A4, A#/Bb4, B4 C5, C#/Db5, D5, D#/Eb5, E5, F5, F#/Gb5, G5, G#Ab5, A5, A#/Bb5, B5, C6, C#/Db6, D6, D#/Eb6, E6, F6, F#/Gb6, G6, G#/Ab6, A6, A#/Bb6, B6, C7, C#/Db7, D7, D#/Eb7
Here are the basic and altissimo fingerings suitable for the tenor saxophone. This book does not include the trill fingerings. Learn trill fingering with our book: “Saxophone Trill Fingering Chart”.
You can cut out the charts or use them directly from the booklet. Each note here has its own page in the book. 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. Under the picture of the key, you will also find the fingering combinations depicted with the names of the key. Choose a style that makes it easier for
you to learn. If you are a beginner/student or even more advanced, try hanging the individual pages on the wall in front of you. 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 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).
In this songbook, we’ve compiled a collection of traditional English-language songs and ballads from various countries, including England, Ireland, Scotland, the USA, and Australia. The book features 77 songs, all of which can be played on any C-major tongue drum with 13 or more keys. Most of the songs can also be played on an 11-key tongue drum.
All melodies are written in traditional musical notation, but this book is beginner-friendly as well. For those unfamiliar with reading sheet music, we’ve added corresponding numbers above each note.
The numbering system in this book uses the common diatonic scale, with numbers ranging from 1 to 7 to represent the notes of each octave.
Each page includes QR codes that link to recordings of the songs. While these recordings may not exactly match the traditional versions notated in this book, they serve as useful guides for understanding the melodies and rhythms.
Playing by Numbers
For tongue drums with numbered musical notation, the numbers 1 to 7 represent the notes of the diatonic major scale.
Dots above or below the numbers indicate notes from a higher or lower octave, respectively.
The songs in this books are adapted for the tongue drums with C-major scale.
The number of notes available to you will depend on the range of your tongue drum.
Contents
Alabama Gal
Annie Laurie
Aura Lee
Barbara Polka
Bayou Sara
Beautiful Brown Eyes
Bella Ciao
Big Rock Candy Mountains
Blood on the Saddle
Bound for South Australia
Brennan on the Moor
Bridal Chorus
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Butcher Boy
Cliffs of Doneen
Come Back Liza
Cotton Eyed Joe
Daddy Fox
Down by the Salley Gardens
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Drunken Sailor
Fire In the Mountains
For He Is a Folly Good Fellow
Get Along Little Doggies
Henry My Son
Hi’ilawe
Hopping Dance
I Gave My Love a Cherry
Isn’t It Grand, Boys?
Italian Waltz
James Connoly
Land of the Silver Birch
Largo from the “New World Symphone” Dvorak
Lavender’s Blue
Long, Long Ago
Man of Constant Sorrow
Molly Malone
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
My Home’s in Montana
My Paddle
My Singing Bird
My Wild Irish Rose
O Christmas Tree
Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be
Oh How Lovely the Evening Is
Old Folks at Home
Old Jim Slack Grey Horse
Peace Round
Pigeon on the Gate
Scarborough Fair
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain
Skibbereen
Spancil Hill
Sweet Betsy From Pike
The Banks of Claudy
The Bonny Boy
The Boys of Fairhill
The Curragh of Kildare
The Galway Races
The Irish Rover
The Kerry Recruit
The Meeting of the Waters
The Northern Lights of Aberdeen
The Rocks of Bawn
The Snowy-Breasted Pearl
The Spanish Lady
Three Score and Ten
Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra
Town of Ballybay
Trees Grow Tall
Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree
Vive L’Amour
Wanderin’
Weile Walia
Wildwood Flower
Wreck of Old ‘97
You have never played music before or cannot read sheet music, and yet you want to play inspiring hymns, famous religious folk songs, and spirituals? Don’t worry! You will begin to play right away. Many spiritual “sorrow songs” are slow and melancholic and are ideally suitable for kalimba.
I made my pictured sheet music as simple as possible.
You’ll play by number-coded circles. No musical staff or notes. The easy-to-play songs and melodies were adapted especially for beginners.
You will be able to begin to play right away if the keys of your instrument have number notations. Most kalimbas already have them.
My sheet music is universal and suitable for 10-17 note kalimbas.
Each of the modern kalimbas usually has engraved numbers and letters representing the name of the notes. The low notes are in the center of the kalimba. The notes become higher as you move away from the center. The order of the notes alternates from right to left, going outward as you move up the scale.
Taking “C D E F G A B C”, “C” is on the right side, and then you will find “D”
on the left.
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 3 notes in the 4th minor octave - C6, D6, and E6 - are depicted by numbers with two dots above them.
I also put one or two dots above the numbers in the sheet music if they use an octave other than the main kalimba octave. The dots will help you to begin to play immediately.
Note: songs have been transposed for a diatonic range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified.
Updates:
I appreciate your feedback, which helped us identify and correct all of the typos. Thank you for bringing them to my attention.
This e-book includes 45 hymns and 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
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
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?