Joy to the World on the kalimba: tabs

Joy to the World is a medium song on the kalimba: 57 notes over 20 bars in 2/4 at 100 BPM, about 24 seconds. It uses 8 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.

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Joy to the World kalimba tab in numbers

| 1* 76 | 5 4 |
| 3 2 | 1 5 |
| 6 6 | 7 7 |
| 1* - | - 1* |
| 1*7 65 | 54 31* |
| 1*7 65 | 54 33 |
| 33 33 | 5 43 |
| 22 22 | 4 32 |
| 11* 6 | 54 34 |
| 3 2 | 1 - |

Joy to the World kalimba tab in letters

| C5 B4A4 | G4 F4 |
| E4 D4 | C4 G4 |
| A4 A4 | B4 B4 |
| C5 - | - C5 |
| C5B4 A4G4 | G4F4 E4C5 |
| C5B4 A4G4 | G4F4 E4E4 |
| E4E4 E4E4 | G4 F4E4 |
| D4D4 D4D4 | F4 E4D4 |
| C4C5 A4 | G4F4 E4F4 |
| E4 D4 | C4 - |

Joy to the World kalimba tab in solfège

| Do5 Si4La4 | Sol4 Fa4 |
| Mi4 Ré4 | Do4 Sol4 |
| La4 La4 | Si4 Si4 |
| Do5 - | - Do5 |
| Do5Si4 La4Sol4 | Sol4Fa4 Mi4Do5 |
| Do5Si4 La4Sol4 | Sol4Fa4 Mi4Mi4 |
| Mi4Mi4 Mi4Mi4 | Sol4 Fa4Mi4 |
| Ré4Ré4 Ré4Ré4 | Fa4 Mi4Ré4 |
| Do4Do5 La4 | Sol4Fa4 Mi4Fa4 |
| Mi4 Ré4 | Do4 - |

What to watch for

The most played key is 3, used for 13 of the 57 notes. The tune goes from 1 up to 1*.
The widest jump is from 1 to 1* (12 semitones): slow down there the first times.
A note is played again straight after itself 15 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.

Source: ANTIOCH, arr. Lowell Mason (1839) from Handel, public domain. Licence: Public domain.