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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Alma Llanera
Free number tabs for Alma Llanera on the steel tongue drum. 24 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
6
55
43
32
23
32
21
12
23
35
46
56
55
46
55
43
32
23
35
46
55
43
32
21–7 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 Pentatonic scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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Alma Llanera — 'Soul of the Plains' — is the unofficial anthem of Venezuela, a sweeping joropo that evokes the vast, windswept llanos of the Orinoco basin. On the steel tongue drum its dotted, dance-driven phrases surge with the characteristic lilt of Venezuelan folk music, the handpan's resonance adding a contemplative grandeur. Dotted rhythms and expressive swells make it a compelling intermediate piece.
How to play Alma Llanera on a tongue drum
The numbers above are the standard tongue-drum number notation. Each digit is a note of the C Major Pentatonic 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 Alma Llanera.
About this melody
Venezuelan folk.