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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Au Clair de la Lune
Free number tabs for Au Clair de la Lune on the steel tongue drum. 22 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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61–7 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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Au Clair de la Lune is one of the earliest recorded songs in history and a cornerstone of French musical culture. On a steel tongue drum its minimal, moonlit melody glows with a remarkably meditative quality, each long note hanging in the air with bell-like purity. The extremely simple structure makes it a perfect first piece for absolute beginners. A quietly beautiful journey into French folk tradition.
How to play Au Clair de la Lune 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 beginner arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Au Clair de la Lune.
About this melody
French traditional.