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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Musette in D (transposed to C)
Free number tabs for Musette in D (transposed to C) on the steel tongue drum. 32 notes, C Major scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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9•3
0•4
Q•3
0•2
9•1
8•3
0•2
9•3
0•4
Q•5
W•4
Q•3
0•2
9•4
Q•3
0•2
9•1
85
56
67
7•1
8•2
9•3
0•1
85
56
67
7•1
8•2
9•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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The charming Musette in D from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook (BWV Anh.126) is a short, drone-based Baroque dance with a rustic, pastoral character. On a steel tongue drum its simple, repeating melody over a sustained low note feels almost native to the instrument, the ringing overtones naturally suggesting the bagpipe-like musette it was named after. Delightful and wonderfully simple.
How to play Musette in D (transposed to C) 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 Musette in D (transposed to C).
About this melody
J.S. Bach / Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook, BWV Anh.126.