Undertale Megalovania Kalimba Sheet Music

Have you played the indie video game Undertale and want to perform the famous Megalovania theme—the one that plays during the final battle against Sans—on your 21-tine kalimba? It’s a particularly fast melody that will take several hours of practice. Still, with the sheet music and tablature you’ll find in this article, you may well be able to pull off Megalovania.

Let’s dive right into this piece from Undertale.

Prepare your kalimba before practicing the Undertale sheet music

The track Megalovania uses many different notes, including accidentals (sharps and flats). So, to play it without a chromatic kalimba, you’ll need to retune a few tines according to the diagram below:

This is the only way you’ll be able to play it. If you’re not sure how to tune your thumb piano, watch this tutorial. Everything is explained so you can try your hand at learning Megalovania.

Next, since the tablature is fairly complex, you’ll come across a few music-notation symbols that are essential to understanding it. To get properly oriented, check out this page that explains how to read kalimba sheet music. This step is essential for deciphering what you’re about to see so you can reproduce the music accurately.

Get inspired with a Megalovania kalimba tutorial

What better way to make things easier than to show you exactly what to do with your thumbs? That’s what you’ll find in the video below. Take a few minutes to watch it and use it as inspiration.

Also listen to the original track composed by the game’s creator. It’ll definitely bring back memories for some and be a great discovery for others.

Learn Megalovania with numbered kalimba sheet music

Ideal for simple melodies, numbered sheet music lets anyone—even without music theory—play songs.

Play the classic Undertale track using letter-based sheet music

If you feel more comfortable with letters than numbers, the mbira sheet music below is a great middle ground.

Thumb piano tablature for Megalovania

The complexity of this song makes it especially well suited to tablature. You’ll get a clearer visual guide to the tine sequences needed to play the Megalovania melody.

Practice anywhere by printing out the sheet music

It’s always easier to practice with a paper version of the sheet music or tablature. Plus, you can take it anywhere, even where there’s no internet connection. To make things easier, download this PDF file containing the Undertale sheet music. Then it’s simple to print everything out so you can practice in any situation.

What is Undertale?

Undertale is an indie video game created by a single American developer known by the pseudonym "Toby Fox," whose real name is Robert F. Fox. The game was released on September 15, 2015, for PC before being ported in the following years to multiple consoles, such as Xbox One and PlayStation 4, thanks to its success.

The story of this RPG revolves around a child, controlled by the player, who has accidentally fallen into the Underground, a vast world beneath the Earth’s surface populated by countless monsters. The goal is to make it back to the surface. To do that, the child must fight the monsters they encounter, and at the end of each battle, the player is always given a choice: kill them or spare them. Those choices change the story’s narrative and other elements, making a new playthrough feel different. Critics praised the game, paving the way for console ports. Toby Fox later released another title, Deltarune, on October 31, 2018.

Who composed the track Megalovania?

As with most indie games, the entire Undertale soundtrack, including Megalovania, was composed by Toby Fox. Fox began his career as a composer in 2008, and Megalovania wasn’t originally created for Undertale. It first appeared in 2008 in a hack of the video game EarthBound and later in the webcomic Homestuck. But Undertale is what truly popularized the song.

Overall, the game’s soundtrack is widely considered a major reason for its success, with players especially praising its range of rhythms. Fox didn’t expect that level of acclaim and even said it made him anxious. Still, his talent quickly caught the attention of major publishers. He was recruited by the Japanese company Game Freak to compose music for some of their games, such as Little Town Hero in 2018 and Pokémon Sword and Shield in 2019. Today, the soundtrack is so beloved that, to celebrate Undertale’s 5th anniversary on September 15, 2020, a philharmonic concert was held in Tokyo featuring the most iconic tracks, including, of course, Megalovania. You can listen to that concert below:

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Megalovania is a track that has stayed with Undertale players for years, so it’s only natural to want to reproduce this melody on a kalimba. By practicing with the sheet music and tablature above, you’ll put all the odds on your side.

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