Danny Boy Kalimba Tabs & Number Notation

Rights: Public domain
Year: 1913
Key: C
Time: 4/4
Tempo: 72 BPM
Reference difficulty: Easy · ★★
First note: B4

Danny Boy on kalimba

This website publishes the full reference melody as kalimba number tab you can read on screen or print for the stand, free. The website collection is separate from the app lesson catalog and makes no board-fit claim; Kalimba Studio: Tuner & Tabs names unavailable pieces after you choose 8, 10, 15, 17, or 21 keys.

–7123.23653216–1345.653132 ––7123.23653216–7123.432121 ––5671.77656531–5671.776532 ––5553.22161531–712365321671 – – –

Public domain. The rights status was verified against a dated primary source before publication; the exact source record remains in the internal rights ledger. Melody is the traditional Irish air 'Londonderry Air' (public domain); teach/render the air only. F. Weatherly's 1913 lyric is also public domain (US pre-1929; life+70 expired 1999) but is not required for the melody lesson.

How to practise this on kalimba

Use this website number tab as a notation reference: Danny Boy is in C and starts on B4, so locate that pitch on your own board before you begin. A dot above a number means play it one octave up; a line under it means two notes to the beat. This website collection is separate from the app lesson catalog and makes no board-fit claim.

Let each tine ring rather than damping it, and pluck with the corner of the nail for a clear tone. Start well under around 72 BPM, circle one short section, and repeat it until the plucking order is settled in your thumbs. Kalimba Studio: Tuner & Tabs evaluates its own lessons against your selected 8-, 10-, 15-, 17-, or 21-key board and names pieces that are unavailable. By the numbers, this setting runs 90 notes across 17 bars, from C4 up to E5 in 4/4 time.

Reference versions for other instruments

This melody has website notation references for 8 instruments. The cross-instrument hub compares notation, difficulty, and provenance. These are website reference versions; app catalog availability and feedback modes are separate. See the Danny Boy cross-instrument reference hub.

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