I hope this is not a stupid question.
I recently got a kalimba and I love learning simple songs through the little numbered tabs from songs that are already covered by other people. Now I'd love to play tunes of songs that I like, that have no cover and sometimes no sheet music available.
I'm completely new to music. I know how to read notes somewhat, but even if I can find sheet music I don't know whether it is compatible with a kalimba. I know it's a very limited instrument, but it's not like I want to play very complicated music, just the main melodies of songs that I like.
I've tried just going by ear but considering I don't know what key the song I'm sampling is in it's kinda impossible (for me at least) to really go anywhere with that.
Is the kalimba just too limited to play a variety of music? I know you can tune it but I'm not sure whether it's worth going through that effort just to play a maybe 30 seconds sample of a melody.
Submitted December 18, 2025 at 07:07AM by Flover_tm https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/1ppn8sa/is_kalimba_a_good_instrument_to_learn_music_or_is/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Thursday, December 18, 2025