Hi guys welcome to Tune Basics the series that teaches you how to play
the basics today we'll be taking another look at how to play that famous Italian folk song Bella
Cioa 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-center
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 Bella Cioa looks like when it's written down and this is how it sounds
let's take a closer look at phrase one with your right thumb plug three
with your left thumb plug six with your right thumb pluck seven
with your left thumb pluck one
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 three
with your left thumb pluck six twice with your right thumb pluck seven
with your left thumb pluck one and with your left thumb pluck six
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase three with your right thumb pluck three
with your left thumb pluck six with your right thumb pluck seven
with your left thumb pluck one
with your right thumb pluck seven
with your left thumb pluck six with the left thumb pluck one with your right thumb pluck seven
with your left thumb pluck
six and with your right thumb pluck three three times
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 4 with your right thumb pluck 3
with your left thumb pluck two with your right thumb pluck three
and with your left thumb pluck four twice
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase five with your left thumb pluck four with your right thumb pluck three twice
with your left thumb pluck two
with your right thumb pluck three
with your right thumb pluck one
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase six with your left thumb pluck one three times
with your right thumb pluck seven
with your left thumb pluck three with your left thumb pluck one
with your right thumb pluck seven
and with your left thumb pluck six
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
now 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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