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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Amazing Grace
Free number tabs for Amazing Grace on the steel tongue drum. 36 notes, C Major scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
•1
8•3
0•1
8•3
0•2
97
75
55
55
5•1
8•3
0•3
0•5
W•3
0•5
W•3
0•2
9•2
9•1
8•3
0•1
8•3
05
55
5•1
8•3
0•1
8•3
0•2
97
75
55
55
5•1
8•1
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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Amazing Grace is perhaps the most universally loved hymn in the English-speaking world, written by former slave trader John Newton in 1779 as an act of personal redemption. On a steel tongue drum the waltz-time melody soars with a pure, luminous quality, the instrument's natural resonance amplifying every note's emotional weight. Its simple, singable phrases are perfectly suited to first-time players exploring sacred music.
How to play Amazing Grace 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 Amazing Grace.
About this melody
John Newton, 1779 (public domain).