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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Air on the G String (Bach, Suite No. 3)
Free number tabs for Air on the G String (Bach, Suite No. 3) on the steel tongue drum. 34 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
7
76
65
54
43
32
26
65
54
43
32
21
17
76
65
55
54
43
32
21
17
76
65
56
63
32
21
17
76
65
54
43
31
11–7 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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Bach's Air from the Orchestral Suite No. 3 (c. 1731) is a masterpiece of long-breathed counterpoint and inner calm. Transcribed for steel tongue drum, the sinuous descending melody floats over the instrument's natural warmth, each note decaying softly into silence before the next arrives. Few pieces match this Air for pure, contemplative beauty on a handpan or tongue drum.
How to play Air on the G String (Bach, Suite No. 3) 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 intermediate arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Air on the G String (Bach, Suite No. 3).
About this melody
Bach.