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Home on the Range on the kalimba: tabs

Home on the Range is a easy song on the kalimba: 76 notes over 33 bars in 3/4 at 88 BPM, about 66 seconds. It uses 8 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.

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Home on the Range kalimba tab in numbers

| r r 5 | 5 1* 2* |
| 3* - 1*7 | 6 4* 4* |
| 4* - 3*4* | 5* 1* 1* |
| 1* 7 1* | 2* - - |
| - r 55 | 5 1* 2* |
| 3* - 1*7 | 6 4* 4* |
| 4* - 4*4* | 3* 2* 1* |
| 7 1* 2* | 1* - - |
| - r r | 5* - - |
| 4* 3* 2* | 3* - - |
| - r 55 | 1* 1* 1* |
| 1* 7 1* | 2* - - |
| - r 55 | 5 1* 2* |
| 3* - 1*7 | 6 4* 4* |
| 4* - 4*4* | 3* 2* 1* |
| 7 1* 2* | 1* - - |
| - |

Home on the Range kalimba tab in letters

| r r G4 | G4 C5 D5 |
| E5 - C5B4 | A4 F5 F5 |
| F5 - E5F5 | G5 C5 C5 |
| C5 B4 C5 | D5 - - |
| - r G4G4 | G4 C5 D5 |
| E5 - C5B4 | A4 F5 F5 |
| F5 - F5F5 | E5 D5 C5 |
| B4 C5 D5 | C5 - - |
| - r r | G5 - - |
| F5 E5 D5 | E5 - - |
| - r G4G4 | C5 C5 C5 |
| C5 B4 C5 | D5 - - |
| - r G4G4 | G4 C5 D5 |
| E5 - C5B4 | A4 F5 F5 |
| F5 - F5F5 | E5 D5 C5 |
| B4 C5 D5 | C5 - - |
| - |

Home on the Range kalimba tab in solfège

| r r Sol4 | Sol4 Do5 Ré5 |
| Mi5 - Do5Si4 | La4 Fa5 Fa5 |
| Fa5 - Mi5Fa5 | Sol5 Do5 Do5 |
| Do5 Si4 Do5 | Ré5 - - |
| - r Sol4Sol4 | Sol4 Do5 Ré5 |
| Mi5 - Do5Si4 | La4 Fa5 Fa5 |
| Fa5 - Fa5Fa5 | Mi5 Ré5 Do5 |
| Si4 Do5 Ré5 | Do5 - - |
| - r r | Sol5 - - |
| Fa5 Mi5 Ré5 | Mi5 - - |
| - r Sol4Sol4 | Do5 Do5 Do5 |
| Do5 Si4 Do5 | Ré5 - - |
| - r Sol4Sol4 | Sol4 Do5 Ré5 |
| Mi5 - Do5Si4 | La4 Fa5 Fa5 |
| Fa5 - Fa5Fa5 | Mi5 Ré5 Do5 |
| Si4 Do5 Ré5 | Do5 - - |
| - |

What to watch for

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.

Source: Traditional American folk song (Kelley, 1870s), public domain. Licence: Public domain.

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