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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Atirei o Pau no Gato
Free number tabs for Atirei o Pau no Gato on the steel tongue drum. 27 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
3
35
53
32
24
46
64
43
35
5•1
87
76
65
55
56
65
53
34
45
56
65
53
32
23
31
11
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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Atirei o Pau no Gato is a classic Brazilian folk nursery rhyme whose mischievous humor has made it a staple of children's culture across Brazil for generations. On the steel tongue drum its energetic, leaping melody — full of wide interval jumps and fast-moving passages — becomes a lively showcase for fingerwork and precision. The busy phrasing and quick tempo reward intermediate players.
How to play Atirei o Pau no Gato 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 Atirei o Pau no Gato.
About this melody
Brazilian folk.