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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Symphony No. 5 Opening (Beethoven)
Free number tabs for Symphony No. 5 Opening (Beethoven) on the steel tongue drum. 20 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
55
53
34
44
44
42
24
44
44
43
33
33
31
15
55
55
53
3•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 four-note fate motif that opens Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (1808) is arguably the most famous four notes in Western music. Played on a steel tongue drum, the short-short-short-long pattern has an almost percussive drama that suits the instrument's natural decay beautifully. Even in a simplified arrangement this theme carries unmistakable power and gravitas.
How to play Symphony No. 5 Opening (Beethoven) 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 easy arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Symphony No. 5 Opening (Beethoven).
About this melody
Beethoven.