Happy Birthday to You on the kalimba: tabs
Happy Birthday to You is a easy song on the kalimba: 25 notes over 8 bars in 3/4 at 108 BPM, about 13 seconds. It uses 8 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Happy Birthday to You kalimba tab in numbers
| 55 6 5 | 1* 7 - | | 55 6 5 | 2* 1* - | | 55 5* 3* | 1* 7 6 | | 4*4* 3* 1* | 2* 1* - |
Happy Birthday to You kalimba tab in letters
| G4G4 A4 G4 | C5 B4 - | | G4G4 A4 G4 | D5 C5 - | | G4G4 G5 E5 | C5 B4 A4 | | F5F5 E5 C5 | D5 C5 - |
Happy Birthday to You kalimba tab in solfège
| Sol4Sol4 La4 Sol4 | Do5 Si4 - | | Sol4Sol4 La4 Sol4 | Ré5 Do5 - | | Sol4Sol4 Sol5 Mi5 | Do5 Si4 La4 | | Fa5Fa5 Mi5 Do5 | Ré5 Do5 - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is 5, used for 8 of the 25 notes. The tune goes from 5 up to 5*.
- The widest jump is from 5 to 5* (12 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 4 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.