Is the online kalimba free?

Yes. No account, no app and nothing to install. It works on phones, tablets and computers.

Why is there no sound on my iPhone?

Turn the volume up and tap a tine once more. The kalimba asks iOS for playback, so it also sounds with the silent switch on in recent iOS versions.

Does it sound like a real kalimba?

It is close: every tine is synthesised with a soft body and the short metallic ping of a real tine, and higher tines ring shorter. A wooden kalimba in your hands still sounds warmer.

Which kalimba matches this one?

Any 17-key kalimba in C major. The tabs on this site and the songs in the play-along list fit it note for note.

Online kalimba

A full 17-key kalimba in C major, right in your browser. Tap or swipe the tines, use your computer keyboard, or pick a song and follow the tine that lights up.

Tap or swipe the tines. Sound on.

All songs with tabs Shop 17-key kalimbas

How it works

The tines are laid out like on a real kalimba: the lowest note (C, or 1) sits in the middle, and the notes go up alternately to the left and right.
The numbers are the same as in kalimba tabs. A dot above a number means one octave higher, two dots two octaves.
On a computer the number keys 1 to 7 play the low octave, Q to U the middle one and A, S, D the top three tines.
Pick a song under Play along. The tine you need lights up and waits for you, so you learn the melody at your own pace.

Questions

Is the online kalimba free?: Yes. No account, no app and nothing to install. It works on phones, tablets and computers.
Why is there no sound on my iPhone?: Turn the volume up and tap a tine once more. The kalimba asks iOS for playback, so it also sounds with the silent switch on in recent iOS versions.
Does it sound like a real kalimba?: It is close: every tine is synthesised with a soft body and the short metallic ping of a real tine, and higher tines ring shorter. A wooden kalimba in your hands still sounds warmer.
Which kalimba matches this one?: Any 17-key kalimba in C major. The tabs on this site and the songs in the play-along list fit it note for note.

Online kalimba

A full 17-key kalimba in C major, right in your browser. Tap or swipe the tines, use your computer keyboard, or pick a song and follow the tine that lights up.

Tap or swipe the tines. Sound on.

How it works

The tines are laid out like on a real kalimba: the lowest note (C, or 1) sits in the middle, and the notes go up alternately to the left and right.
The numbers are the same as in kalimba tabs. A dot above a number means one octave higher, two dots two octaves.
On a computer the number keys 1 to 7 play the low octave, Q to U the middle one and A, S, D the top three tines.
Pick a song under Play along. The tine you need lights up and waits for you, so you learn the melody at your own pace.

Questions

Is the online kalimba free?: Yes. No account, no app and nothing to install. It works on phones, tablets and computers.
Why is there no sound on my iPhone?: Turn the volume up and tap a tine once more. The kalimba asks iOS for playback, so it also sounds with the silent switch on in recent iOS versions.
Does it sound like a real kalimba?: It is close: every tine is synthesised with a soft body and the short metallic ping of a real tine, and higher tines ring shorter. A wooden kalimba in your hands still sounds warmer.
Which kalimba matches this one?: Any 17-key kalimba in C major. The tabs on this site and the songs in the play-along list fit it note for note.