【April's Kalimba Classroom】Lesson 3

Hello, I am April Yang. Welcome to my Kalimba Classroom.
Lesson 3: How to read Kalimba Tabs (part 1).
Video explanations are fast, you can pause somewhere to help understand learning. If you get some questions, please leave your message in comments section.
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[@kueapel911]

My highschool music teacher: A quarter note is half the length of the whole note divided by two, which if you divide it by 18, times 9, it becomes half note, then take a factorial of f(x) where x equals to 4 it becomes something else entirely with you will absolutely need to learn and will come out in the test which will determine your entire future from now on which actually won't matter in one million years ahead. it gave me PTSD on musical lesson, but somehow April's explanation is kinda easy to understand...

[@jerrymeo1137]

i wish i had a music teacher like April when i was a confused school kid lol

[@ka_the_ghost]

Me: Im gonna go sleep early tonight Me (at 3:02 am going trough a musical crisis): WHERE ARE THE SEMITONES?!?!?

[@VyNguyen-fy1ij]

Aquamarine City me too! I usually get in bed at 12 because I worked late! Then I just pick up my Kalimba and play! Then it become addicted and play until 3 or something like that! One time I even try to tune it at 2:30!😅

[@Igrzu-san]

This one lesson has singlehandedly changed the way I understand music. Thank you so much! The concept of tapping the table makes it so easy to read and write music, i couldn't find any better explanation on how to read notes. Now on to the other lessons and I'm ready to write down my favourite music by ear. I can't be more grateful

[@SweevyWeev]

I have just found your channel today and now I can't stop watching!! You have inspired me to try new things. Thank you!! 😀

[@Katesaigon]

I will buy one and learn it! I love that it is such a small instrument that you can carry around with you also it is not a loud and noisy one so it is good for self entertainment.

[@jannajurado4937]

Katesaigon ikr!! thats the exact reason why ive been so obsessed over this intrument since yesterday and now planing to buy it 🤣

[@iomoon3608]

This is such a professional video. I am impressed.

[@KalimbaCam]

Thanks so much for this tutorial. You are really helping me to improve on the Kalimba and create covers!

[@pilsgames5922]

i still struggle to read the tabs, this video was a bit fast for me

[@MR-jx8dv]

Same but it was good video

[@zmalien]

pils games slow it down with playback speed, that what I did.

[@safiamccants9476]

Thank you for the English translation. I love your beautiful videos. Especially "Big Fish and Begonia "and" Pipa Language". So I am watching different videos to decide which kalimba to purchase. So many varieties to choose from.

[@jeanniehathaway2858]

Fantastic! Well explained. Looking forward to more lessons.

[@DatHugDealer]

I only just recently got a kalimba, and I've been spending a lot of time learning some from your k-tabs videos. This series has been incredibly helpful so far! Thank you, April! Love from Australia 💛💚

[@aurora4757]

oh god I've been waiting for this kind of video for years Thanks❤

[@KazukoStarz]

Am I the only one who wishes that the introduction music can be made into a song and be longer? So nice!

[@TusharSundarka]

It's so weird seeing a Chinese video get so many English comments

[@jonahmontaron5553]

It has English sub and we're fangirling

[@BingDwenDwen]

That means the content is really that good

[@user-vy8hh2yd4m]

because this instrument is not well-known in China

[@ahmadqassab95]

I bought my Kalimba a few weeks ago after i saw your videos .. and those lessons are very helpful thanks ! 😊

[@maychen3862]

I bought kalimba because i saw her video. Now learning from her video's. 😁

[@smaple6173]

Same here! It's coming in 3 days and I'm so excited to learn Clair De Lune and Avatar's Love

[@rosaneoliveira4431]

Hi, I am from Brazil and I just wanted to thank you for taking time to share this! 🇧🇷 I'll be always grateful! ❤️

[@erickjmedina]

Nice one teacher April! I’m planning to buy a Kalimba. Soon I will learn it from your channel. You got a lot of videos about it. I can still understand your channel because of the subtitles! Thanks a lot. Love all small instruments! ❤️👏🏼😃☺️🙏🏼👍🏼

[@JoyKey1314]

剛好要學!! 太棒了，請繼續上傳!! 我跪下謝恩了!!!

[@PhantomDan07]

Excellent videos! Please keep teaching more about kalimba.

[@MorriganPickman]

Very nice lessons, easy to understand! Thank you a lot :) Btw. I used nail polish to mark my Kalimba because I didn't have stickers, works great too!

[@martinav9360]

Thank you so much for these videos 😍 I just bought my first kalimba and you'll be so helpful!! Thank you!!

[@meal5607]

Me too xD

[@rodesnavel7419]

Let me just jay you are beautiful. I played guitar for 3 years and produced music for about 8 years. I always wondered what instrument made that hauntingly beautiful sound. Thanks to you i finally found out what it is. I ordered one today and will be using your tutorial to learn to play it. Thank you so much! Greetings from the netherlands

[@saifalisanadi6519]

I'm planning to buy one... don't stop uploading tutorials... love from India

[@crispycookie6643]

Thank you for These lessons, i wanted to buy myself a kalimba for a while now and thanks to your helpful tipps im more confident in learing how to Play it! ^^

[@DavidJohnShewsbury]

Thank you, I like your video lesson, hope u can continue this....

[@Chloe-xt6wt]

妳解釋的很好 真谢谢你 🙂

[@catherinepaolazakzukfalque8441]

¡Es una explicación maravillosa! Muchas gracias.

[@a80139312]

Thank you, April!!

[@skiiyo5292]

Thank you so much. You are very understandable and easy!

[@irwananggak9305]

wait for the next video.. very easy to understand thx u!!

[@raquelgoeslima1744]

I likeee your videos so much!! Can you explain more about kalimba types?? I would love to know 😊💕

[@gabacay]

First comment, Thank you, I love you, I bought my kalimba because of your videos!

[@toupiee]

Thanks a lot for the information about my Kalimba

[@negar.m6618]

thank you for your helpful videos

[@user-yc2jk2hp3b]

Thank you😊

[@anacarolinapomin4850]

Thank you so much 🙌😊

[@wongpeter6719]

Thanks for teaching. There's only afew people teach lesson. Please teach us more. Thanks u for sharing.

[@heliummauz5260]

moreeeee ahahha thank youuuuu😂💕

[@kw-2922]

Gosto muito de seus vídeos. Muito bom. ☺

[@tekanova7480]

You speak faster than my ear to brain connection, I play at .5, it was many years I finally learned that video speed can be changed.

[@lucaslopes8636]

Aaaaa thank you ❤

[@aliciab4676]

I love your voice! it has such a great tonality and pronunciation- i know you're fluent, but i'm not. when i moved back to the US i forgot a lot of it T^T but this really helps !

[@etielc.ramosb2928]

Number 4 please!!! i love your videos, i got my kalimba 3 days ago! :D

[@afsalgafoor4302]

thank you 😊

[@orangeisthenewgreen9342]

omgggg yessss thanksss you

[@shshjeje7197]

The hero we need ❤️

[@rainespiano]

期待下一个！

[@chercheurdor1944]

Good !!

[@aljongalaroza1511]

❤❤ Thanksssss

[@Handsomesquidward549]

The beat is also used in Indian Traditional music in hindhustani it is called as taal and in carnatic vocal it is called taalam

[@Lestral_]

谢谢，我真的很想知道如何玩kalimba，但是多亏了你，我现在才知道:)

[@roennesr]

Great tutorial! I just ordered my first kalimba and I can't wait for it to arrive in the mail :) I have a question though, how do you play sharps and flats?

[@Hope__8]

Thank you ! I don't understand why these stickers are on these notew, wouldn't it be more logical to put stickers on the 3 C ?

[@eusthetic]

I got a little manual of fundamentals in my gecko by you!

[@nue111]

Hello ....April Yang, thanks so much for your sharing! I want to learn more music sheets and play....where can i get 17 notes kalimba song book?? Please .....someone here known it?

[@wanwantheagiletiger9483]

like the whole note, half note and etc.. Like what is that for?? And also if you read the chords like this like especially with covers, how do you know like for how many seconds are you gonna take a break or stop? I really wanna know kalimba even tho i still dont have one, and my parents are not gonna buy me one unless i know how to play. Thanks

[@climax7592]

I love you !!! Kiss from France

[@wsdasdasd7809]

講解得很清楚

[@MFSG67]

🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄🙄 English speaking person here trying to decipher April's instructions😳😳😳🤣🤣🤣

[@sajaldasgupta2540]

Pls upload more videos like this😀😊😊😃😄

[@battlexp2929]

Hi April, thanks for the video, really helpful. may I know the song in your intro?

[@hamiow5557]

很喜欢你的视频，小姐姐请问对于新手买什么牌子比较好呢

[@kino_mo]

You are so cute, and Chinese is cute too. Thank for your lessons!

[@TheMakugan]

😍😍😍

[@youtube-critic]

Hi April, love your music. I'd really like to use these lessons but I don't speak the language. Is there an English version?

[@borg2424]

❤️

[@Tw1x5000]

English: "We could use our feet to replace our hand to count the beat while playing." Chinese: *She is talking and explaining...* year 2100 *She still explains it*

[@TheCompodulator]

Uh, help? I tried downloading wechat and adding you, but it can't connect to network. No idea why.

[@TV-je5mo]

ขอบคุณครับ ตอนนี้เริ่มเล่นเป็นแล้วครับ แต่ยังไม่แม่นคอรดครับ😻

[@anuraaggad]

I'm going to buy a Kalimba

[@leadsolo69]

Lol me too ,did you end up buying one? I'm looking at alot of options on Amazon rn but I guess the ones around 2000-3000 price bracket are the best .

[@vangpride2059]

First time seeing your face. You look cute and your voice is cute too. Keep it up 😉

[@lenadkrolik]

То чувство, когда не достаточно понимаешь английский, а тем более китайский 😢

[@kietkiet2955]

Can you cover THE LONELY STREET song This song so good

[@user-nc1hk8pf4e]

this gave me flashbacks to grade 5 theory exams

[@study_beagle6779]

ohmygoshh I thought I was the only one I barely got merit for grade 5 theory lessons for theory were a legit nightmare

[@cavaguynh7791]

xie xie liaoshi

[@utomow]

Cutest lao shi ever.

[@saniinisan]

Any tips for being able to play two distant tines at the same time on either side of the kalimba like you did in river flows in you? I find it difficult to let my other thumb pluck the tine on the left side. :(

[@AprilYang]

You need to keep a 2-3mm thumb nail, that will help you use your thumb play the keys on the other side.

[@saniinisan]

@@AprilYang i have 3mm nails. But whenever I reach to the other side, my thumb's side gets on the way. So I could't reach it. Example, plucking E and F at the left side using both thumbs.

[@AprilYang]

​@@saniinisan When your right thumb needs to play the F on left, the right hand needs to be detached a little from the body of kalimba.

[@saniinisan]

@@AprilYang oohh I have been doing it wrong all along. I did what you just said and it worked! Just need more practice 😁 thank you so much!

[@cintapuntung]

😘😘😘😘

[@cheriroselaguilles207]

Xie xie 😍😍😍

[@user-cf7oe7fr2p]

I have bought a new Kalimbia machine and I want to learn on it and I like your explanation, but I do not master the English language, so can you add Arabic??!

[@punkfunk212]

ily

[@rossyta4551]

i had headache🤔😢😵 for underatand this lesson

[@t.5427]

What is that song at the first of this video?

[@user-cf7oe7fr2p]

لقد اشتريت آلة كاليمبيا جديدة وأريد أن أتعلم عليها وأعجبني شرحك لكني لا أتقن اللغة الإنجليزية فهل يمكنك إضافة العربية ؟؟!

[@meimei9285]

Irs preatty similiar to piano notes ;D,

[@margaretche1654]

Hello.))) I would like to ask you if you can give notes on kalimba. For example, something on the subject of horror films ...or maybe something from the Nutcracker ballet. I do not insist on it. Especially now I am writing to you through a translator.)))😂👌 Thank you in advance.😳

[@BunchOfRandomness]

My piano teacher hits my hand with a ruler when i count wrong. Later on, i tokd myself, screw rules, ill play songs based on my feelings. Imagin countin while driving.. thats it when playing music while counting notes

[@mooooo6601]

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕😍😍😍 beautiful

[@nancyj.4566]

I can't find the right kalimba!!!! helpppp

[@zahidulislam7299]

i love you

[@Smilestyles123]

I’m confused, what are the red stickers for?

[@coco65548]

I believe it's so that you don't get two adjacent tines mixed up while playing a song

[@arthurgc8000]

Que manotas 7u7r♥️

[@jedzheng4505]

Chinese sr Pelo *smaks table* 😄

[@varachasinghsuwan8314]

Can you teach me to play thousand year-Christina Perri please. I don'have any skill in music but I wanna play this song for my girlfriend in our 3 year anniversary.

[@AprilYang]

OK, maybe someday i will update this song.

[@timchiang1386]

好像音樂盒的概念

[@kietkiet2955]

你最喜欢的kimimba是什么？

[@caturlifelive]

I said, just keep scrolling

[@kateriishna6267]

Тот момент когда знаешь только русский 😂 огромная мотивация выучить английский или китайский The moment when you know only Russian 😂 huge motivation to learn English or Chinese

[@user-fz7xs2xl8s]

Катерина Шестакова good luck! I know both English and Chinese.

[@monkeydare_rings4322]

Tq baby.. i love u