Color-Coded Kalimba. Gospel Songs for Beginners: Play by Color or by Letter

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 book, we 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 our book doesn't include stickers, we 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.

Our sheet music is not for a specific kalimba but is universal and suitable for 8-17 note kalimbas.

This book includes 35 gospel songs. Many spirituals "sorrow songs" are slow and melancholic and are ideally suitable for kalimba. We made our 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?