Hi guys welcome to Tune Basics series that teaches you how to play the basics today
we'll be taking another look at the famous sea shanty What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor
and how to play it on a kalimba with 10 keys here is a kalimba this kalimba is in the Key of C to
play the Kalimba hold it with both of your hands with your thumbs positioned to pluck the keys like
this each key is numbered so that the lower C starts slightly off centre and is labeled one
D is labeled two E is labeled three F is four and so on because this kalimba is a ten pronged
Kalimba we might run out of notes but don't worry we'll just have to get creative here's
what Drunken Sailor looks like when it's written down in the Key of C and here is how it sounds
let's take a closer look at phrase one with the left thumb pluck six seven times
with your left thumb pluck two
with your left thumb pluck four
and with your left thumb pluck six
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase two with your right thumb pluck five seven times with your right thumb pluck one
with your right thumb pluck three
and with your right thumb pluck five
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase three with the left thumb pluck six seven times
with your right thumb pluck seven
with your left thumb pluck one
with your right thumb pluck two
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase four with the left thumb pluck one with the right thumb pluck five
with your left thumb pluck six
with the left thumb pluck four
with your left thumb pluck two twice
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase five with your left thumb pluck six four times
with the left thumb pluck two
with the left thumb pluck four
with your left thumb pluck six
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 6 with your right thumb pluck five four times
with your right thumb pluck one with your right thumb pluck three
and with your right thumb pluck five
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase seven with your left thumb pluck six four times with your right thumb pluck seven once
with your left thumb pluck one
and with your right thumb plug two
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
now phrase eight is exactly the same as phrase four
let's try putting all the phrases
together
and there you have it and remember if you're the type of person who prefers learning the
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