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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
A-Tisket A-Tasket
Free number tabs for A-Tisket A-Tasket on the steel tongue drum. 29 notes, C Major scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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8•2
9•3
0•2
9•1
8•3
0•2
9•1
85
55
56
67
76
65
5•1
8•1
8•2
9•3
0•2
9•1
8•3
0•2
9•1
86
65
56
67
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81–7 scale note• above = higher octave• below = lower octaveabc = key in the app
▶ Play it in Tongue Drum Online
Open the free player on the C Major scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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"A-Tisket A-Tasket" is a traditional American nursery rhyme and game song famously associated with a lost yellow basket, later immortalized by Ella Fitzgerald. On a steel tongue drum its playful, skipping melody trips lightly across the tongues, with a natural buoyancy that makes it fun to play at any age. The clear two-bar phrases and moderate range offer young beginners an inviting, cheerful melody to learn after they have found their footing on the handpan.
How to play A-Tisket A-Tasket on a tongue drum
The numbers above are the standard tongue-drum number notation. Each digit is a note of the C Major scale, counting up from the lowest tongue. A dot above a number raises it one octave; a dot below lowers it. The small teal letters show the matching key in the Tongue Drum Online player.
Start slowly, one phrase at a time. Let each note ring out fully before striking the next — the long decay is the whole character of the instrument. This is a beginner arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of A-Tisket A-Tasket.
About this melody
American traditional nursery rhyme.