I don’t duplicate 7b there so it is easier to play.ĥ. I use second octave for them because the green notes is also on a relatively high octave.
#Translate tab to notes plus
The lower 7b in piano version is also the lowest possible 7 tile in kalimba, plus 2′ and 4′. The notes are (from left to right): 7b 4 7b 2. Remember – lower notes for the first octave, higher notes for the second octave and the last 3 tines.įor example, we have this chord on synthesia: Also, if you choose to play more notes don’t mess up its original position on the piano keyboard – chords for the left hand will always be on the kalimba’s first octave. Tend to group the notes together so you can play it. You will notice that some notes can be easily excluded from the chord because they don’t make any difference whether you play them or not. The fewer notes you choose – the easier it is to play. As we play on kalimba using only two fingers we need to adjust the chords to make it playable and throw away some notes which are unplayable or doesn’t change the sound much. Clicking on this line again will play it to you so you can compare the sound to the piano one. On KTabS window you need to click on the tines you remembered in a one row to form a chord. 4) – change KTabS configuration to include them into your tablature.ģ-4. Black keys means that you will need to tune corresponding kalimba tines to # or b. When you pause the video you see which keys you need to use, then you look at the picture and convert them to kalimba numbers/letters. You will have to pause the video at each chord so this is a time-consuming process.Ģ. Obviously there will be higher parts and the lower ones in each song, so choose what you will play on the first octave (1-7 keys) and what will be on the second (1’ – 7’) and distribute the notes according to this. In any case we are limited to 2 octaves (plus 3 keys) compared to a wide piano range, thus we need to choose which one to use for each part of the song we play. Depending on what difficulty you want to achieve you can pick the notes of the main part only (the green blocks to the right) or make a more rich and complex melody using most of the keys you see on each chord. (optional) When you are done listen to it (“Play” button) and adjust the speed, pauses etc.ġ.
Listen to the sound of it and adjust the keys amount and positioning.Ħ. Remember the numbers/letters played using this picture to convert them:Ĥ. The process of converting piano notes to kalimba ones is rather simple:ġ. You can find a note on KTabS kalimba configuration at the end of this tutorial. Otherwise, if you don’t want to use KTabS, play notes on your own kalimba and write them down. This program is the fastest way to test different keys combinations and create a sample of the music you want to play.
#Translate tab to notes trial
The only drawback of the trial version is that you can’t save your tabs for a later use, but you can record a video of it playing or write your tabs down instead.
#Translate tab to notes install
Second you need to install KtabS on your computer. Other instruments can also be used as reference but this way is the easiest one. Just open youtube and type your song name + “piano cover” or “synthesia”: You can find such videos for almost any popular song or OST available on youtube and choose among them the one you like the most. We will simply convert piano notes into kalimba ones and the easiest way to so is to find piano tutorials with Synthesia (on video it looks like a bunch of falling blue and green blocks on piano keys). It will take a few hours depending on how long and complicated original music is, and what difficulty level of your kalimba cover you want to achieve.įirst you need to find a piano cover on your target music/song on youtube. This tutorial will help you to create your own kalimba cover for almost any music piece available on youtube.
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