Silent Night: kalimba tabs
Franz Xaver Gruber composed the melody for a poem by Joseph Mohr, and it was first sung in Oberndorf, Austria, on Christmas Eve 1818. The slow, swaying rhythm suits the long sustain of a kalimba. The English words are John Freeman Young's translation from 1859.
Origin: Franz Xaver Gruber, 1818
Tap or swipe the tines. Sound on.
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Silent night, holy night,
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all is calm, all is bright,
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round yon virgin mother and child,
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holy infant so tender and mild,
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sleep in heavenly peace,
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sleep in heavenly peace.
How to play it
The fifth line climbs to 3', the highest note of the song. Play it with feeling, then come down calmly to 1 at the end.
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