Publisher's Synopsis
Through music, we are brought together and we can gain a better understanding of people from all corners of the Earth. I call this series "I Don't Read Music" since I am targeting beginners of all ages. This book includes 54 popular, rhythmic, and easy-to-play folk songs and melodies from all over the world. Since this book is aimed at the absolute beginner without any knowledge of reading music, I do not use the classical music staff and do not show the note duration. Each song here is written without classic musical notation but only with circles and numbered notes inside. First of all, I recommend following the QR-code which you will find on each page, listening to the song on YouTube, and then trying to repeat what is heard in the recordings. It will help to understand the rhythm pattern and duration. You can use an 8-note kalimba, but if you want to play all 54 songs, you should have a 10- or 17-note kalimba. Table of contents North America Alice the Camel Ani Couni Chaouani Aura Lee Chicken on a Fence Post Bim Bum Biddy Buckeye Jim Li'l Liza Jane The Farmer in the Dell Kum-Ba-Yah Peace Like a River Land of the Silver Birch My Paddle Latin America Brinca la Tablita Cucaracha DoDo Petit PoPo Tingalayo Cumpleanos Feliz Lost my Gold Ring Africa Banuwa Che Che Koolay Do-Do-Ki-Do Funga Alafia Kanzenzenze Labe-igi-Orombo Obwisana Sansa Kroma Shosholoza Siyanibingelela Welcome Song Europe Five Little Ducks Five Little Monkeys Hush Little Baby Old Mother Hubbard This Old Man See-Saw Margery Daw Donde estan las Llaves Au Clair de la Lune Pirouette Cacahuete Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) Un Petit Cochon Vous Diraije Maman (Twinkle Little Star) Giro-Giro-Tondo Mein Hut (My Hat) O, Tannenbaum Asia Kalinka Ekmek Buldum Kum Bachur Atzel Anile, Anile Gayatri Mantra Maha Mrityundjaya Mantra Zhao Peng You Hotaru Koi Australia and Oceania Epo-i-Tai-Tai-e Kangaroo, Skippy Roo
