Record from Kalimba
Play it, and Tines Studio tabs it out for you, rhythm, rests and chords included.
For iPhone and iPad
Play kalimba songs.
Write your own.
Play along on your real kalimba while Tines Studio listens and scores every note. Play a tune of your own and it writes the tab for you. Or just play: a full-screen kalimba, a tuner, a songbook and starter songs are built in.
Free starter songs. Works offline. No ads, no tracking.
Everything you need to learn a tune
Tines Studio is made for people who would rather play than read sheet music. Pick a song, follow the colors, and play along on your own kalimba at your own pace.
Play along and score
Play at tempo on your real kalimba. Every note is judged Perfect, Good or Miss, with stars and a best score for each song.
Tune My Kalimba
A built-in tuner checks each tine and tells you in plain words which way to tap it, until every tine turns green.
Wait for me
In wait mode the song pauses at each note until you play it on your kalimba. Learn a new tune one note at a time.
Follow the falling notes
Notes glide toward tines colored and labeled to match your kalimba, with the lyrics lighting up syllable by syllable.
Write your own songs
Tap the on-screen tines to enter notes. Hold a tine for a longer note, or press several at once to write a chord.
Play it like a real kalimba
Hold a tine and it rings until you let go. One finger across two neighboring tines plays both, just like a thumb.
Or type and paste tabs
A simple number notation, the kind kalimba tabs already use. Paste a tab you found and it plays. See the notation.
Share a song
Send any song by Messages or Mail as readable tab text. Friends paste it into Tines Studio and it arrives with its title, kalimba and tempo.
Room for every tine
Turn your iPhone or iPad sideways and the tines span the full width of the screen, made for 17-, 21- and 34-key kalimbas.
Made for iPad too
Larger song cards, a kalimba that fills the big screen, and a wide editor layout when you hold it sideways.
Fits your kalimba
8, 10, 17, 21 and 34 keys, in any key, with custom tunings for every tine, a reference pitch from A4 = 430 to 450 Hz, and a note length you choose.
Just play
Free Play opens a full-screen kalimba in any size and tuning, one tap from your library. Nothing is recorded or written down.
Starter songs included
Twinkle Twinkle, Ode to Joy, Amazing Grace, Frère Jacques and more public-domain favorites, ready to play.
Private, synced if you want
No account needed, no ads, no tracking, and your microphone audio never leaves your device. Sign in to sync songs across devices. Privacy policy.
Play it, and Tines Studio tabs it out for you
Worked out a tune by ear? Tap the record button in the song editor, pick a tempo, and just play. Tines Studio listens and writes the notation as you go.
- A four-beat count-in, with an optional click to keep time.
- See each note as it’s heard: a big colored tine and the note name, with the tab growing underneath.
- Rhythm included. Notes snap to the beat, held notes and rests are written, notes played together become chords, and a new line starts every two bars.
- Review, then Add to Song. Fix any wrong notes in the editor.
Play along at tempo, and see how you did
Turn on the microphone, pick a speed, and play your real kalimba while the song scrolls. After a four-beat count-in, every note is judged as it passes.
- Perfect, Good or Miss for every note. Chords count when you play all their notes, together or rolled.
- A running accuracy and a 🔥 streak while you play.
- Up to three stars, your Perfect, Good and Missed counts, your best streak, and your best score for each song.
- Practice slower at 0.5× and work up to 1.5×, or switch on wait mode to go note by note.
Tune My Kalimba
Kalimbas drift out of tune. The built-in tuner knows your kalimba’s layout, custom tunings included, and walks you through it tine by tine.
- A needle and gauge from −50 to +50 cents, with the target note in large type and the frequency in Hz.
- Plain-language hints such as “12¢ flat. Tap the tine toward the bridge to raise it.”
- Every tine at a glance: grey not checked, green in tune, orange close, red off, with a count like “14 of 17 tines in tune”.
- Auto or manual. Follow whichever tine you pluck, or pick one and move to the next untuned tine when it’s done. Play a reference tone any time.
A songbook that grows with you
Found a tab online? Paste it in. Prefer to tap? Every edit button is on screen, and the notes follow along as you write.
1 1 5 5 6 6 5-
> Twin-kle twin-kle lit-tle star
4 4 3 3 2 2 1-
> How I won-der what you are- Numbers or letters, octaves, sharps and flats, rests and chords, with a visual “How To Write Songs” guide behind the ? button.
- Lyrics on their own lines, matched to notes by syllable.
- Set the tempo with a slider or tap it out, and see its musical name, like “Andante · walking pace”.
- Share it with a long-press in your library, as a message anyone can read.
Just play.
Sometimes you just want to play. Tap the kalimba button next to + in My Songs for a full-screen kalimba. Nothing is recorded or written down.
- Hold a tine and the note rings until you let go. In the editor, a held note is written longer, like
5---. - Several fingers play a chord, written in the editor as one, like
(1 3 5). - One finger across two tines plays both, like a thumb on a real kalimba. Tap a tine’s tip for a single note, or press higher up for an easy two-note chord. Choose how readily this happens with Chords on screen (Off, Normal or Easy).
- Any kalimba: switch between 123 and CDE labels, and pick any key count from 8 to 34 and any tuning. Upright or sideways.
Made for iPad too
Tines Studio runs natively on iPad mini, iPad Air and iPad Pro, in every orientation. Song cards get bigger, the kalimba fills the screen, and the editor spreads out when you hold it sideways.
Room for every tine
Turn your iPhone or iPad sideways and the tines stretch across the whole screen, in the editor, the player and Free Play. Perfect for 17-, 21- and 34-key kalimbas.
Tines Studio is coming soon
Tines Studio is on its way to the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Starter songs are included, and you don’t need an account.
Coming soon to theApp Store